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Sonic Pi is a code-based music creation and performance tool.
It is free and open-source software (FOSS).
Versions of Sonic Pi are available for Windows (10 and 11), MacOS (both Intel and Apple Silicon), and Raspberry PI OS.
It can be used by anyone, "including programmers who don't know music, and musicians who don't know programming."
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Tips
- Sonic Pi is based on the programming language Ruby, and files are saved with ".rb" extension
- However, using Sonic Pi does not require any previous programming experience.
Training
Links to sonic-pi.net:
Free Sonic Pi Book
Cheat Sheets
cheatography by Sam Aaron
Sonic Pi on Wikipedia
Related Pages
Links to related PPM Wiki pages:
Raspberry Pi
Electronics
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