Saludos! Loving sonic pi

Introductions & Stories
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Hey! Ive been messing and having fun with Sonic Pi for a week, after reading some helpful threads here and watching how nice the community looked i finally decided to register!
I work in robotics, but my main studies were digital arts, i started experimenting with electronic music with chipmusic, using LSDJ and a DMG, but i switched to FL studio and renoise after some time.
I cant word myself about how beautiful i find this software, but im hooked for the fun.
Right now im working on syncing with visuals and p5js, but also reading more and more info about the software and ruby, as i just grasped some basics.

Some little beat i did:

use_bpm 80
live_loop :metr do
  sleep 1
end

live_loop :arp, sync: :metr do
  use_synth :kalimba
  speed = 0.25
  amp = 1.4
  click = 0.8
  4.times do
    use_octave [0,-1,2,1].choose
    play (chord, :f4, :minor7).choose, release: rrand(0.4,0.8), amp: amp, clickiness: click, sustain: 0
    sleep speed
  end
  4.times do
    play (chord, :f3, :minor7).tick, release: rrand(0.4,0.8), amp: amp, clickiness: click, sustain: 0
    sleep speed
  end
  
  4.times do
    use_octave [0,-1,2,1].choose
    play (chord, :db4, :major7).choose, release: rrand(0.4,0.8), amp: amp, clickiness: click, sustain: 0
    sleep speed
  end
  4.times do
    play (chord, :db4, :maj9).tick, release: rrand(0.4,0.8), amp: amp, clickiness: click, sustain: 0
    sleep speed
  end
end

live_loop :drums, sync: :metr do
  4.times do
    sample :drum_cymbal_closed, amp: rrand(0.4,1), rate: rrand(1,4)
    sleep 0.25
    sample :drum_cymbal_closed, amp: rrand(0.2,0.4), rate: rrand(3,4)
    sleep 0.125
    sample :drum_cymbal_closed, amp: rrand(0.4,1), rate: rrand(1,4)
    sleep 0.25
  end
  sleep 2
end

live_loop :kck, sync: :metr do
  sample :bd_klub, amp: 2
  sleep [1,2].choose
  3.times do
    sample [:perc_snap2, :perc_snap, :perc_trill, :perc_impact1, :elec_wood, :elec_beep, :elec_blip].choose, amp: rrand(0.3, 0.8), rate: rrand(1,8)
    sleep 0.25
  end
  sample :bd_klub, amp: 2
  sleep 0.25
end

live_loop :snare, sync: :metr do
  sleep 1
  sample :drum_snare_soft, amp: 2
  sleep 1
end
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Nice Kalimba example. I hadn’t notices the clickiness opt before. Useful.

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I loved how the synths you get in sonic pi are varied enough so you dont need to worry about external synths for a long time, the kalimba is nice!
Im also amazed at how its easier to code a 303 bassline here than with real hardware :joy:

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