THE VIDEO SHELF · live coding music
Sam Aaron live coding a DJ set with Sonic Pi
A long live-coded DJ set in which Sam Aaron creates all the music in real time by writing code in his Sonic Pi system. It demonstrates algorithmic electronic music performance.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN people recommend it as the most impressive demonstration of live coding music, especially to those curious about programmable music.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Sam Aaron
- Topic
- live coding music
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2020
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
if you like that kind of thing (algorithmic chiptunes), you might enjoy the emerging school of live coding: [LINK] [VIDEO]
beaconstudios on Hacker News · 2017-04
In A Mind is BornIt's a species of programmable synthesiser. If it looks like a lot of work, you should see someone playing an analog modular synth. In fact, you should see someone playing classical piano; that's years of practice and a whole chunk of music theory. The most …
pjc50 on Hacker News · 2018-07
In Sonic Pi: Compose electronic music with codeSonic Pi might interest you if you don’t know it already. It’s an alternative to DAWs where you use ruby code to make music Here’s a demo [VIDEO]
throwaway9482 on Hacker News · 2020-06
In Ask HN: Those who left software development for a different technical field?
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