I have visited the Sonatina Symphonic Library (SSO) several times over the last couple of years, but following recent comments on the Sonic-Pi Google Group I decided to do so again, and to make an effort to utilise the majority … Continue reading →
Last week my Wife and I had the privilege of attending the official opening ceremony of St. Cecilia’s Hall in Edinburgh. This music hall, the oldest in Scotland, was purchased by Edinburgh University on 1959, and my Father, who was … Continue reading →
Ever since the very early days of using Sonic Pi version 1, I had aspirations to see just how well the program might be used to give authentic renditions of pieces of Classical Music. Over the three and half years … Continue reading →
Recent comments on the sonic pi google group got me thinking about my own journey with this incredibly versatile program. I first came across Sonic Pi on version 1, but on my first visit to the program I think I … Continue reading →
Now that version 2.10 is released for Sonic Pi, I thought I would choose a suitable piece to exploit some of the new features within it, especially the improved methods of loading samples. In a recent post I described how … Continue reading →
Following the last post in which I detailed how to set up the Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra for use with Sonic Pi, this post contains details of a pice that I have just coded with Sonic Pi which utilises the SSO library to … Continue reading →
Following on from a post detailing how I have revised and streamlined the generation of a single sample based voice for Sonic Pi, I have taken a fresh look at the Grand Piano voice which utilises multiple samples spaced apart … Continue reading →
Over the last fortnight I have been doing further work on generating sample based voices for Sonic Pi. This arose following the recent Raspberry Pi Birthday meet in Cambridge where I ran a workshop on Sonic Pi and gave a … Continue reading →
The new release of Sonic-Pi 2.1 is welcome news to both seasoned users of the program and those who have yet to dabble with it for the first time. For the former, some dozen new functions are added with improvements to others, … Continue reading →
Following on in my series of additional sample based voices for Sonic Pi, this time it is the turn of a set of Chimes. The first part of the program, dealing with setting up the sample based voice is almost … Continue reading →