Making music with Ruby and Sonic Pi

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Live demo shows Sonic Pi + Ruby DSL driving audio with SuperCollider synths, playing an E2 minor pentatonic across three octaves using tick and sleep, then using MIDI to Ableton Live at 80 BPM to trigger multiple synths and drums. Also demos Hydra visuals and earlier hacked MIDI via drb before Erlang-based support existed. Code is toggled rather than fully live-coded; the setup mostly works but produces occasional preset resets and audio hiccups.

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1. 0:00Introduction and background
2. 1:30What is Sonic Pi
3. 3:14Live coding a simple melody
4. 4:30Live coding with Sam Aaron
5. 5:53MIDI and hardware control
6. 6:59Live coding with Ableton
7. 12:26Conclusion and thanks

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