Resources

Further learning and inspiration.

Sonic Pi

Official Resources

• Sonic Pi Website — Download and documentation
• Sonic Pi Tutorial — Built-in tutorial
• Sonic Pi Reference — Full documentation

Community

• Sonic Pi Forum — Community discussions
• Sonic Pi GitHub — Source code, issues

Music Theory

For Electronic Producers

• Learning Music (Ableton) — Interactive basics
• Music Theory for Electronic Producers — Genre-focused

Synthesis

• Syntorial — Learn synthesis by ear
• Sound on Sound Synth Secrets — Deep synthesis theory

Dark Electronic Artists

Darksynth

• Perturbator — Godfather of darksynth
• Carpenter Brut — Cinematic, aggressive
• Dan Terminus — Complex, progressive
• GosT — Extreme, metal-influenced

Dark Clubbing / Midtempo

• Gesaffelstein — Minimal, powerful
• REZZ — Hypnotic, dark bass
• 1788-L — Heavy, cyberpunk
• Blanck Mass — Experimental, intense

Industrial Electronic

• Irving Force — Cinematic, metal-influenced
• Noisecream — Game soundtrack energy
• Author & Punisher — Mechanical, brutal
• 3TEETH — Industrial rock/electronic

Recommended Albums

• Perturbator — Dangerous Days
• Carpenter Brut — Trilogy
• Irving Force — Godmode
• Gesaffelstein — Aleph
• REZZ — Mass Manipulation

Sound Design

YouTube Channels

• In The Mix — Production techniques
• Venus Theory — Experimental sound design
• Andrew Huang — Creative approaches

Books

• Dance Music Manual by Rick Snoman — Comprehensive production
• Mixing Secrets by Mike Senior — Professional mixing

Live Coding

Communities

• TOPLAP — Live coding community
• Algorave — Algorithmic dance music

Other Live Coding Environments

• TidalCycles — Haskell-based, pattern-focused
• FoxDot — Python-based
• Overtone — Clojure-based
• SuperCollider — The foundation of Sonic Pi’s audio engine

Music Tools

DAWs (for further production)

• Ableton Live — Industry standard for electronic
• FL Studio — Popular, pattern-based
• Bitwig — Modern, modular

Mastering

• LANDR — AI-assisted mastering
• iZotope Ozone — Professional mastering suite

This Album

GitHub Repository

The complete code for Sonic Byte is available at:

github.com/antonarhipov/sonic-byte

Files

• 01_system_override.rb
• 02_nerve_damage.rb
• 03_chrome_cathedral.rb
• 04_skull_fracture.rb
• 05_midnight_protocol.rb
• 06_void_walker.rb
• 07_core_meltdown.rb
• 08_terminal_velocity.rb

Continue Learning

Next Steps After This Tutorial

1. Modify the tracks — Change parameters, see what happens
2. Write your own track — Use the skeleton, create new patterns
3. Explore live coding — Try live_loop for performance
4. Add to your palette — Discover more synths and samples
5. Study more music — Analyze tracks you love
6. Share your work — Post to the Sonic Pi community

Practice Projects

1. Remix a track — Take one of the 8 tracks, make it your own
2. Write a B-side — Create Track 9 in the same style
3. Genre experiment — Apply these techniques to a different genre
4. Live set — Convert tracks to live_loops for performance
5. Collaboration — Share code, build together

Making music with code is a journey. This tutorial is just the beginning.