Sonic Pi in the browser

[keys]

I checked out the Supersonic demo and it looks amazing!

SuperSonic - SuperCollider's Synthesis Engine in the Browser

What I’m really looking for, though, is a place where students can compose music using commands—something like Sonic Pi. Unfortunately, we have restrictions on installing software on students’ PCs. Does anyone know of a web-based tool that could work for this?

[brendanmac]

Hi

You may find mention here of Strudel and Tidal Cycles, both web- and text-based music /sound sequencing tools. The language and syntax are a bit esoteric (but easy to learn), for me at least , so used to Sonic Pi, SC, PD etc

Strudel REPL Strudel REPL

PD-Pi

[keys]

Thank you so much for the advice. I’ve now looked at a few tutorials for Strudel and it looks super-interesting. However I hope one day there will be a web version of Sonic Pi but Strudel is absolutely something I can use. Thanks.

[brendanmac]

@keys this topic has of course come up before:

SuperSonic - SuperCollider's synth engine in the browser

Hi, thanks again for your answers and sorry for the confusion. I was just wandering how feasible it would be for me to re-implement my current sonic-pi script as a “pure supercollider” thing so it can run in the browser. I don’t know how sonic-pi and supercollider communicate (well, via the OSC api), but I thought that there might be a way to “capture” the messages that sonic-pi sends to scsynth so that I can replicate that somehow in the browser. Does this sound like something I should not even…

Can I ask what and where you are teaching sound synthesis coding?

PD-Pi

[keys]

I am personally considering using this in secondary school. In addition, I work at a university college where I teach other teachers. In many municipalities, they do not have the possibility to install software on the computers, so for that reason I need something that is web-based.

[HarryLeBlanc]

I came across this a while back, but never explored it:

Fragment Synthesizer

If you explore it, please let me know what you think!

[In_SPi_AR]

Hi Keys,

Definitely keep looking for ways to implement Sonic Pi. Try to access independent hardware i.e. Raspberry Pi’s or re-purposed laptops… some Linux distros can run Sonic with a bit of a tweak but a bit tricky due to the variations of Linux distros. I installed old laptops with Linux Ubuntu (totally free and after some web searches found a way to get Sonic Pi configured to run with Ubuntu).

With the RPis I used mini-screens, old keyboards (free), mouse and class sets of headphones. Worked really well. I also grabbed our old out of lease dated laptops and installed Ubuntu, tweaked to get Sonic to run properly. Then, purchased a nice pair of studio monitors for performances. I combined this with the usual mix of classroom instruments and learning outcomes match to the performing arts and STEM curriculum. It’s worth a note that the Raspian and Linux Os are free and overcome school based software limitations. Good luck Keys… students will love it . BTW… I ended up getting 30 desktop installs with Sonic Pi in my computer lab due to the success of Sonic on the old laptops and Raspberry Pis. The installs were all individually done running on a network and worked beautifully. I taught between 22-27 students at a time. Sonic Pi’s entry points makes so accessible in the context of student diversity and ability ranges. I found that i could reach almost every student and they really loved it. The classroom dynamic was never dull. Students love to create and share… very excited.