Keynote: Sonic Pi: Past, Present & Future
summary
Sonic Pi demonstrates a concrete system: a live‑coding music environment that taught kids on Raspberry Pi, added MIDI and multi‑channel audio, and implements deterministic timing and deterministic randomisation so concurrently running loops stay musically locked. It moves heavy scheduling onto the BEAM (Elixir/Erlang) — Joe Armstrong’s scheduler influenced the design — and adds Ableton Link integration via an Erlang NIF and a Mix release, plus an embedded browser LiveView GUI for live hotswapping and networked jams.
AI-written summary · about
chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 0:15Accessibility
- 2:12The History of Sonic Pie
- 3:32Euro Rack Modules
- 12:28How Do You Build Something for Kids
- 27:27Live Coding
- 46:45Questions
- 53:30Do You Need To Know Much Music Theory
