I recently was trying this again, also searching online for people using it, and I could only find club music made with it, which made me just give up on trying further. I wish there were some YouTube channel what made nice music with sonicpi or similar.
I think one reason why tools like this lead to creation of dance music is that the structures are readily created using them, and in addition they tend to make synth and sample sounds which are often heard in dance... It's pretty quick to code a 4 on the floor dance beat, but programming Gene Krupa will be much more challenging!
"nice music" I mean music that is not repeating with a period of less that 8 seconds. I don't care for a 3-loop made using code. I know it can be done, and I know it's easy to do compared to other ways.
I wanna see if it's possible to use code as an real instrument.
Yes, a keyboard and a looper can be used for club music. Same for sonicpi.
But a keyboard can be used to play/compose classical, or even "The Office" intro. Can sonicpi be used for that?
That's what I wanna see.
Look into Alda music programming language - it's possible to write classical music with it. It's more like MIDI or classical notation - you don't care about sound but you specify notes.
Sonic pi totally can be used for that - I've made some classical compositions with it, however not live. I've really needed pre-built abstractions to get to the point where I can improvise akin to when I play a guitar or saxaphone.
