# The Most Amazing Thing About Sonic Pi **URL:** \ **Category:** Performances, Streams & Live Coding\ **Created:** [May 4, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/the-most-amazing-thing-about-sonic-pi/1079 "2018-05-04T13:15:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bagofdragonite](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/in-thread.sonic-pi.net/bagofdragonite/32/2049_2.png) [@bagofdragonite](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/bagofdragonite)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/the-most-amazing-thing-about-sonic-pi/1079/1 "2018-05-04T13:15:25Z")
What I think is so powerful about using Sonic Pi is the fact that I can quickly swap out the addresses of sample-chop folders to instantly have a new song. For example I can switch this: `melody_Chop = "/Users/sheamkennedy/Desktop/Sonic Pi Files/SPi - Samples/FF7 Chops/Bike"` Into this: `melody_Chop = "/Users/sheamkennedy/Desktop/Sonic Pi Files/SPi - Samples/FF7 Chops/Planet Cry"` And the result is a completely fresh sounding beat (in perfect time thanks to beat\_stretch). My mind was blown when I made this simple change to the code! The other day I posted this partial song (it took me maybe 2 hours to make): https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?visual=false&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F438706692&show_artwork=true&maxheight=166 And today I opened up that same song’s code and changed the address of the sample-chop folder (which took me about 5 seconds) and instantly had this brand new song with no other changes made to the code: https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?visual=false&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F439280466&show_artwork=true&maxheight=166 ---
**Author:** ![Eli](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/in-thread.sonic-pi.net/eli/32/116_2.png) [@Eli](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/Eli)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/the-most-amazing-thing-about-sonic-pi/1079/2 "2018-05-04T17:32:12Z")
Hi Baggie… Visiting your S.C. page is like opening a toy chest and finding all your favourite things in there. Seriously. Eli…