For the record I didn’t use LLMs to write this tutorial.

Ah, sorry, I was only replying to the above comment but did not mean to imply that the tutorial might be AI-written; it very much looks human-written and generally a nice read :-)

Here's DJ Dave using Sonic Pi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2s1DK1w3WI

Also, Sonic Pi was designed for teaching - the language priorities for professional programmers that touch-type are quite different to those for a learner. Lots of strict and unusual syntax can be a considerable and confusing barrier.

Also, Sonic Pi is implemented in Ruby, so you can totally use `{ }` just fine if that's your preference :-)

> Sonic Pi was designed for teaching

... coding. There many alternatives founded more in music.

v5 now has AppImage builds for Linux ARM64, x64 and x86: https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi/releases/tag/v5.0.0

I nerd-sniped myself porting SuperCollider's scsynth audio DSP engine for that Tau5 project. This then turned into SuperSonic (https://sonic-pi.net/supersonic/demo.html). I then wrapped SuperSonic back into a native form and used it to replace scsynth in v5 of Sonic Pi (https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi/releases/tag/v5.0.0).

I'm now working on a new audio DSP engine which builds on all this learning which combines my favourite parts of scsynth and Erlang. I'll be discussing and sharing progress over on my Patreon (https://patreon.com/samaaron).

As a sneak peek - here's an experimental prototype of the kind of direction I'm headed in: https://sonic-pi.net/tau

For the record, this isn't an official Sonic Pi web version - it's an LLM rewrite by a fan.

Understood. While I have your attention: it would be great if the official version would have a web version, too.

And thanks for your work!!

Of course - and it's what I've been working hard on in the background for the past year.

I ported SuperCollider's scsynth to Web Audio workouts (https://sonic-pi.net/supersonic/demo.html) late 2025, built an experimental spike called Sonic Tau (https://sonic-pi.net/tau). Then I wrapped SuperSonic in a native audio framework and used it to replace scsynth in Sonic Pi v5 (https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi/releases/tag/v5.0.0)

I'm now working on a new audio DSP engine building on this learning which combines my favourite aspects of scsynth and Erlang which I'll be discussing and revealing over on my Patreon over the coming months (https://patreon.com/samaaron)

Got it, great to hear that! On your Patreon now, and I sponsored via GitHub.

Oh amazing - thank-you so much for your kind and generous support! I can only do this work because of people such as yourself. Thanks!

Yes, SuperSonic (the new internal synth and IO engine) specifically targets embedded devices, so expect some fun announcements in the future!

Thanks for your kind support!

Congratulations on you anniversary! I’m so happy to hear that Sonic Pi helps you connect together with music. It makes me smile :-)

Thanks also for your kind support.

Awesome to hear! So glad you had fun with it :-)

By default there’s a 500ms latency as this gives all target platforms sufficient breathing space for system pauses and other work not to affect the scheduling.

Multiple presses spawn multiple threads which layer over each other - unless you’re using Live Loops in which case it triggers hot code swapping.

What was the code you were running? Happy to help.

We also have a friendly forum to ask questions and get help: https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net

Thanks I appreciate the response but this is not for me. I clicked "your first note" and got a runtime error "Promise timed out after 3 seconds".

Sounds like a possible bug which I’d be only too happy to support you with should you open a github issue. Sorry your experience wasn’t smooth.