Make Music with Code- Complete Guide to Coding with Sonic Pi
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- Jan 08, 2025

Make Music with Code: Complete Guide to Coding with Sonic Pi, available at $64.99, has an average rating of 4.85, with 50 lectures, based on 54 reviews, and has 217 subscribers.
You will learn about Gain a deep understanding of the fundamentals of coding and program flow. Learn how to generate, create, record and perform music with Sonic Pi. Use synths, samples, filters and envelopes in code to enhance your sound design repertoire. Use Sonic Pis randomisation function to create generative music. Take the knowledge gained in this course and be able to create entire musical compositions using code as your instrument. This course is ideal for individuals who are Musicians wishing to gain some knowledge of programming, to use code as an instrument for composition, recording and live performance. It is particularly useful for Musicians wishing to gain some knowledge of programming, to use code as an instrument for composition, recording and live performance.
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Summary
Title: Make Music with Code: Complete Guide to Coding with Sonic Pi
Price: $64.99
Average Rating: 4.85
Number of Lectures: 50
Number of Published Lectures: 50
Number of Curriculum Items: 50
Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 50
Original Price: £29.99
Quality Status: approved
Status: Live
What You Will Learn
Who Should Attend
Target Audiences
Aimed at musicians with little or no coding experience, this fun course will teach you how to compose and perform music using code as your instrument. Based on the free Sonic Pi framework, popular in the Algorave scene, you’ll cover everything from the very basics of programming to using Sonic Pi for live performance, including writing a drum sequencer. Later in the course, you’ll even learn how to integrate your code with MIDI & audio instruments.
With four hours of video split across fifty lectures, you will find detailed descriptions and demonstrations of:
How to create music by coding musical patterns with synths and samples.
Fundamental programming concepts, including program flow and Sonic Pi’s built-in data structures.
Creating a drum sequencer, looping melodies, chord progressions and bass lines from scratch.
How to use filters and ADSR envelopes for code-based sound design.
How to add effects such as distortion, delay and reverb to make your sounds more interesting.
How to control MIDI and audio from your code.
How to use the features of Sonic Pi to enhance your live performances.
We’ll be using the free Sonic Pi throughout the course, and by the end, you’ll be able to apply what you’ve learned to create unique musical compositions and perform live using code. As you’ll see, anyone can learn to program. We take each new concept step-by-step, and it’s easier than you think, even if you have absolutely no prior coding experience!
Course Curriculum
Chapter 1: Introduction
Lecture 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Getting Started with Sonic Pi
Lecture 1: Getting Sonic Pi
Lecture 2: Getting to know the Sonic Pi user interface
Lecture 3: Lets make some noise!
Lecture 4: Using MIDI note names
Lecture 5: Code comments
Lecture 6: Using the log
Lecture 7: Play options
Lecture 8: Setting the tempo
Chapter 3: Synths, Samples, Filters and Envelopes
Lecture 1: Synths
Lecture 2: Applying synth filters
Lecture 3: ADSR Envelopes
Lecture 4: Playing samples
Chapter 4: Program Flow
Lecture 1: Program flow
Lecture 2: Loops
Lecture 3: Nested loops
Lecture 4: To infinity, but not beyond!
Lecture 5: Enhancing your beat
Lecture 6: Randomisation
Lecture 7: Generating melodies with randomisation
Lecture 8: Other random functions
Lecture 9: Selection
Lecture 10: if else
Lecture 11: Combining comparisons
Lecture 12: The one_in randomisation function
Lecture 13: The simple if
Lecture 14: Variables
Lecture 15: Loop counters
Chapter 5: Data Structures
Lecture 1: Lists
Lecture 2: Indexes
Lecture 3: Making a drum sequencer
Lecture 4: Playing patterns
Lecture 5: Chords
Lecture 6: Scales
Lecture 7: Rings
Lecture 8: Ring functions
Lecture 9: Custom functions
Lecture 10: Function parameters
Chapter 6: FX
Lecture 1: Effects in Sonic Pi
Lecture 2: FX options
Lecture 3: Chaining effects
Lecture 4: Taking control
Lecture 5: Controlling note slide
Lecture 6: Controlling effects
Chapter 7: Live Performance
Lecture 1: Live loops
Lecture 2: Live performance with live loops
Lecture 3: MIDI in
Lecture 4: MIDI out
Lecture 5: Live audio
Chapter 8: Wrapping Up
Lecture 1: Wrapping up
Instructors

Steve Lydford
Musician, Software Engineer & Author
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