# Psycho Killer by Talking Heads
**URL:** https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/psycho-killer-by-talking-heads/3998
**Category:** Creations & Ideas
**Created:** [June 5, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/psycho-killer-by-talking-heads/3998 "2020-06-05T01:41:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Smoreno](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/Smoreno)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/psycho-killer-by-talking-heads/3998/1 "2020-06-05T01:41:31Z")
Psycho Killer by Talking Heads (Piano Cover)
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ6m\_bKvbqI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ6m_bKvbqI)
#[https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/talking-heads-psycho-killer-drum-tab-s55473t3](https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/talking-heads-psycho-killer-drum-tab-s55473t3)
#Coded by Sergio
use\_bpm 120
in\_thread do
loop do
cue :PsK
sleep 1
end
end
##### Metronomo
m = (line 0, 114, steps: 114) # numeración del compás 4 por 4
in\_thread do
sync :PsK
114.times do
puts inc m.tick # valor incremental de la variable “m”
puts “_A_”
sleep 1
puts “_B_”
sleep 1
puts “_C_”
sleep 1
puts “_D_”
sleep 1
end
end
##### Metronomo
####### Inicio DEFINICIONES TAMBORES#######
define :compás\_5 do
sync :PsK
puts “C\_5 TMB C\_5 TMB C\_5 TMB”
at [1, 2, 3, 4],[{:amp=\>0.2, pan: -1}, {:amp=\> 0.2, pan: 0},{:amp=\>0.2, pan: 1}, {:amp=\> 0.2, pan: 0}] do |p|
sample :drum\_bass\_soft, p
end
sleep 1
end
define :compás\_12 do
sync :PsK
at [3] do
use\_sample\_defaults amp: 0.1, pan: -0.5
sample :drum\_cymbal\_hard
use\_sample\_defaults amp: 0.1, pan: 0.5
sample :drum\_snare\_hard
end
end
define :compás\_13 do
sync :PsK
puts “C\_13 TMB C\_13 TMB C\_13 TMB”
use\_sample\_defaults amp: 0.1, pan: 0.5
at [0,1,2,3] do
sample :drum\_cymbal\_closed
end
at [1,3] do
sample :drum\_snare\_hard
end
end
define :compás\_21 do
sync :PsK
puts “C\_21 TMB Psycho Killer TMB”
at [0] do
sample :drum\_cymbal\_hard
end
at [1,2,3] do
sample :drum\_snare\_hard
sample :drum\_cymbal\_closed
end
end
define :compás\_22 do
sync :PsK
puts “C\_22 TMB C\_22 TMB C\_22 TMB”
at [0,1,2,3] do
sample :drum\_snare\_hard
sample :drum\_cymbal\_closed
end
end
define :compás\_39 do
sync :PsK
puts “C\_39 TMB C\_39 TMB C\_39 TMB”
at [0] do
sample :drum\_cymbal\_hard
end
at [1, 3] do
sample :drum\_snare\_hard
end
at [1,2,3] do
sample :drum\_cymbal\_closed
end
end
define :compás\_112 do
in\_thread do
sync :PsK
puts “C\_112 TMB C\_112 TMB C\_112 TMB”
at [3] do
sample :drum\_cymbal\_hard
end
at [1,3] do
sample :drum\_snare\_hard
end
at [1,2,3] do
sample :drum\_cymbal\_closed
end
end
end
######
define :compás\_13\_20 do
8.times do
compás\_13
end
end
######
define :compás\_25\_28 do
3.times do
compás\_21
end
compás\_22
end
######
define :compás\_93 do
3.times do
compás\_21
end
compás\_22
end #96
####### FIN DEFINICIONES TAMBORES#######
####### Inicio TAMBORES#######
in\_thread do
sync :PsK
in\_thread do
wait 4_4
114.times do
compás\_5
end
end
wait (11_4)
compás\_12
compás\_13\_20
2.times do
compás\_21
compás\_22
end
2.times do #25
compás\_25\_28
end #36
2.times do #37
compás\_21
end
compás\_39
11.times do
compás\_13
end #50
2.times do #51
compás\_21
compás\_22
end#54
4.times do
compás\_25\_28 #55
end #70
6.times do #71
compás\_22
end #76
2.times do #77
compás\_21
compás\_22
end #80
compás\_39 #80
7.times do
compás\_13
end #88
2.times do
compás\_21 #89
compás\_22
end #92
3.times do
compás\_93
end #104
2.times do
compás\_21 #105
end #106
compás\_39 #107
3.times do
compás\_13
end #110
compás\_39 #111
compás\_112
3.times do #114
compás\_22
end #116
2.times do #117
compás\_13
end
end
####### Fin TAMBORES#######
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### Author:  [@ethancrawford](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/ethancrawford)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2020, 6:34am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/psycho-killer-by-talking-heads/3998/2 "2020-06-05T06:34:00Z")
Looks interesting @Smoreno!
It seems that there’s a few things that still need doing to get it working, based on just copying and pasting the above code.
Pasting the above code into Sonic Pi and running as is doesn’t work for me for a few reasons - the quotes around the `puts` strings you print out are ‘fancy quotes’, and Sonic Pi does not interpret them correctly - (if you replace those with `"` then they are).
Also, I’m _guessing_ that `Metronomo` is possibly just a comment in the code? the forum here interpreted it as a formatted heading, and when pasted into Sonic Pi it’s treated like a variable or function name - so what is needed I think is to stop the forum here from thinking `Metronomo` is a heading. The way to do this is to have an extra line above and below your code snippet, and place three back-ticks on both these lines: ```. This treats anything between those lines strictly as a code snippet, with handy syntax highlighting 🙂
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### Author:  [@nlb](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/nlb)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2020, 8:23am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/psycho-killer-by-talking-heads/3998/3 "2020-06-05T08:23:29Z")
> [@ethancrawford](#):
>
> The way to do this is to have an extra line above and below your code snippet, and place three back-ticks on both these lines: ```. This treats anything between those lines strictly as a code snippet, with handy syntax highlighting 🙂
hi @ethancrawford,
i think this should be more visible when people get member ; how many times do we write these lines ? So where is the welcome guide ?
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### Author:  [@ethancrawford](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/ethancrawford)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2020, 8:54am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/psycho-killer-by-talking-heads/3998/4 "2020-06-05T08:54:53Z")
Sounds like a good idea, I’ll create a pinned post 🙂
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### Author:  [@nlb](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/nlb)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2020, 10:16am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/psycho-killer-by-talking-heads/3998/5 "2020-06-05T10:16:12Z")
oups there is already this :
> [@Read First - Welcome To The Sonic Pi Community](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/read-first-welcome-to-the-sonic-pi-community/8):
>
> Hello there, Welcome to in\_thread, the Sonic Pi community. Here you’ll find lots of lovely folks sharing ideas, thoughts and good will. information_source In this guide: Say hello; Find help; Format text & code, and more! [P] - Patreon Supporters There are a number of categories that start with [P] in their name. This are free to read by anyone, but to create new conversations and get involved with existing ones, you need to become a Patreon supporter: [https://patreon.com/samaaron](https://patreon.com/samaaron). This sup…
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### Author:  [@ethancrawford](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/ethancrawford)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/psycho-killer-by-talking-heads/3998/6 "2020-06-05T11:56:13Z")
Yes, I saw that too! Going to edit it to hopefully make formatting a little more obvious 🙂
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### Author:  [@Martin](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/Martin)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/psycho-killer-by-talking-heads/3998/7 "2020-06-05T12:42:18Z")
Actually I think [there is already one](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/read-first-welcome-to-the-sonic-pi-community/8) (see heading “Code blocks”).
In my experience this is a question candidate for the FAQ. But I believe this won’t help because FAQ are usually not the same as FRQaA (frequently read questions and answers).
😉
I help myself and have a bookmarked link which I can post [like here](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/dynamic-methodsmade-from-a-loop/3760/4)…