Sam Aaron, the creator of Sonic Pi, has written this book to complement the software’s built-in tutorial and to help you jump-start your live-coding career. The book is packed with fun, instantly rewarding examples designed to highlight many of the amazing things Sonic Pi enables you to do. By the time you’ve finished you’ll be able to code up some phat bass, sparkling synth leads and start practicing for your first live-coding gig…

Live code and craft amazing sounds across 10 chapters, including:

Master live loops

Build drum breaks

Compose your own melodies

Make random riffs and loops

Learn to shape and sculpt sounds

and much, much more…

Grab your copy from The MagPi app on your favourite Apple or Android device for just £2.99 / $3.99.

Code Music with Sonic Pi is freely licensed under Creative Commons (BY-SA-NC 3.0).

You can download this eBook free now and forever, but buying in digital supports the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s charitable mission to democratise computing.