Wondered about writing your own synths in SuperCollider for use in Sonic Pi?

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Its here! a step-by-step manual that takes you through writing and adding SuperCollider synths to Sonic Pi.

I would love to get reviews from both developers with deep knowledge of Sonic Pi (to fix my technical errors) and people who have never written a SuperCollider synth before (to check that it works as a step-by-step manual)

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Very timely. I was just about to start the process of porting some SC synths I’ve done, so this should be a big help.

Where do you want feedback? On this forum?

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The manual is all in Git - probably better to just comment there. Pull Requests particularly welcome :wink:

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Also if you fancy you could add your synths to the manual for other people to use - as long as you write comments in them that conform to the markdown that the Literate Code Reader script compiles they can be added direct as .scd pages :wink:

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This feature is very exciting. Is there a list of available superollider synths that work with sonic pi?
Learning supercollider is a long way down the road for me, but I’d love to play with synth definitions from those smarter than me. :slight_smile:

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Hello,
Exciting news I’ve created a step-by-step manual for writing and adding SuperCollider synths to Sonic Pi. I need reviews from two groups:

  1. Experienced Sonic Pi Developers: Your expertise is crucial to identify and fix any technical errors.
  2. Beginners: If you’ve never written a SuperCollider synth before, I want to ensure the manual is clear and effective for you.
    Thnak you
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Hi @phillipsglow
I have a copy of the manual, and although I have some experience with Sonic Pi and Supercollider, I’m not a developer and have never added my own synths to Sonic Pi, so I’ll put myself in the Beginner category. Looking forward to tinkering.

PD-Pi

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So this is different to the manual that I wrote? Would it not make sense to expand/rejig that manual if you think it has problems?

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Looks like I @'d the wrong commenter, oops

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I am a Linux user. Linux Mint 22 ships with pipewire and I do not get any soudn with supercollider and sonic-pi as well.
I only get sound if I install pipewire-jack
$ sudo apt install pipewire.jack
and use it in supercollider before starting the server:
Server.program = “pw-jack scsynth”;
s.boot;
{ SinOsc.ar() }.play;
{ SinOsc.ar( mul: 1 ) }.play;
The server needs to be startet (or started again) after calling pipwire-jack!

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see this answer here