Hello from Hull UK

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I’ve been a musician for 40 years. Arthritis and a global pandemic retired me from gigging in 2020. Last week I reopened Sonic Pi after stupidly dismissing it as too basic ages ago. It’s actually exactly what I should have been using to control my synths. I have a solo sound art practice called Loosetriggers. It’s just generative ambient and techno, no live performance. I just up-cycling things out of discarded electronics and pair them with field recordings for backing visual art exhibitions. I’m loving the addition of live code in the process now.

I come from radio and sound engineering (BBC, 21 years), so audio I understand. Code, I’m learning. I have a pile of old gear: Korg Volcas, an Electribe, a Denon Prime Go, an Alesis Air FX, old 80s drum synths, and a breadboard on the desk because I like building things, from stuff that was going to land-fill. I’m looking forward to learning from this community. Already in debt to it just from reading the docs :folded_hands:t3:

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Hi and welcome (from Co Down) - that’s a pretty impressive CV and gear list! I have a kinda similar CV-gear list, and I love Sonic Pi - for it’s accessibility, transparency and flexibility. I’ll admit to an initial learning curve speed bump, from a non-programmer background, but that’s exactly who SPi is for. The docs, and the community here, are a great resource.

PD-Pi

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Thanks for the welcome @brendanmac :folded_hands:t3:

I was in your county a few months ago on a book tour. Fabulous place and a lot of fun.

I have a long way to go to master this live coding game, but I’m enjoying the climb :+1:t2:

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Sonic needs exponents like yourself. It’s a perfect relationship. By the way, I recall Delia Derbyshire of BBC ilk; a cornerstone in analogue synthesis. Wow, imagine what she would have achieved within the world of coded audio synthesis?? So, have fun with the coding part. there’s no realms of limitation here, just creativity.

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Thanks :folded_hands: Yes there’s a long history of crazy circuit bending noise creation in the BBC. It was a good training ground for sound :slightly_smiling_face:

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Hi @loosetriggers and welcome to the community from south Scotland. I find your cross-art mix and maker ways inspiring. As a non-coder I found a route into creative coding via Sonic Pi, and also build physical things with breadboards on occasion. Sonic Pi is incredibly nuanced for advanced coders and musicians, so people’s coding can look hair-raising at first. But the great thing is, you can play around with others’ code and learn from it, get your eye/ear in. Have fun!

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Hi, welcome! I, too, had to give up performing due to arthritis in my hands (though recently I picked the guitar up again and am working on rebuilding my calluses).

Sonic Pi is great fun.

Welcome!

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