Sam Aaron
@samaaron.bsky.social
Live Coding Artist. Creator of Sonic Pi & Tau5, programmer, educator, musician, PhD, Sam 'transcends the present' - Rolling Stone. he/him [email protected]
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2025 Financial Update | Sam Aaron
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November 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
New Patreon post: 2025 Financial Update.
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I spent over 3 months working full-time on a web port of SuperCollider’s powerful synth engine.
Just to add the best audio capability to Tau5.
If that’s not a clear sign that I’m in it for the long haul, I don’t know what is.
Follow me on Patreon for the latest updates: patreon.com/samaaron
Just to add the best audio capability to Tau5.
If that’s not a clear sign that I’m in it for the long haul, I don’t know what is.
Follow me on Patreon for the latest updates: patreon.com/samaaron
Get more from Sam Aaron on Patreon
creating Sonic Pi & Tau5 - open source tools for creative coding
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November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I spent over 3 months working full-time on a web port of SuperCollider’s powerful synth engine.
Just to add the best audio capability to Tau5.
If that’s not a clear sign that I’m in it for the long haul, I don’t know what is.
Follow me on Patreon for the latest updates: patreon.com/samaaron
Just to add the best audio capability to Tau5.
If that’s not a clear sign that I’m in it for the long haul, I don’t know what is.
Follow me on Patreon for the latest updates: patreon.com/samaaron
Circles by Adam F is still a total banger.
Check, check, check, check.....
Check, check, check, check.....
November 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Circles by Adam F is still a total banger.
Check, check, check, check.....
Check, check, check, check.....
SuperSonic - my port of SuperCollider’s powerful synthesis engine scsynth now has improved metrics - opening up a window to the internals.
Play with the demo and see for yourself!
sonic-pi.net/supersonic/d...
Play with the demo and see for yourself!
sonic-pi.net/supersonic/d...
November 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
SuperSonic - my port of SuperCollider’s powerful synthesis engine scsynth now has improved metrics - opening up a window to the internals.
Play with the demo and see for yourself!
sonic-pi.net/supersonic/d...
Play with the demo and see for yourself!
sonic-pi.net/supersonic/d...
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We're getting soooo close to #YOW25!
Join keynote speakers @kentbeck.com, Michael Feathers, @samaaron.bsky.social & Sarah Meiklejohn to explore agile, legacy code, live coding with AI, and crypto de-anonymization.
🎟 Get your ticket in MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com
Join keynote speakers @kentbeck.com, Michael Feathers, @samaaron.bsky.social & Sarah Meiklejohn to explore agile, legacy code, live coding with AI, and crypto de-anonymization.
🎟 Get your ticket in MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
We're getting soooo close to #YOW25!
Join keynote speakers @kentbeck.com, Michael Feathers, @samaaron.bsky.social & Sarah Meiklejohn to explore agile, legacy code, live coding with AI, and crypto de-anonymization.
🎟 Get your ticket in MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com
Join keynote speakers @kentbeck.com, Michael Feathers, @samaaron.bsky.social & Sarah Meiklejohn to explore agile, legacy code, live coding with AI, and crypto de-anonymization.
🎟 Get your ticket in MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com
I just pushed 0.4 of SuperSonic - my web port of SuperCollider's powerful audio synthesis engine for the web.
sonic-pi.net/supersonic/d...
Hopefully you'll have a lot of fun playing with the demo and it will leave you with a strong sense of wanting more.
That more will be Tau5...
sonic-pi.net/supersonic/d...
Hopefully you'll have a lot of fun playing with the demo and it will leave you with a strong sense of wanting more.
That more will be Tau5...
SuperSonic - SuperCollider's Synthesis Engine in the Browser
SuperCollider's powerful scsynth audio synthesis engine running in the browser as an AudioWorklet. Zero installation.
sonic-pi.net
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I just pushed 0.4 of SuperSonic - my web port of SuperCollider's powerful audio synthesis engine for the web.
sonic-pi.net/supersonic/d...
Hopefully you'll have a lot of fun playing with the demo and it will leave you with a strong sense of wanting more.
That more will be Tau5...
sonic-pi.net/supersonic/d...
Hopefully you'll have a lot of fun playing with the demo and it will leave you with a strong sense of wanting more.
That more will be Tau5...
Tau5 just made its first sound.
It was the Amen Break... followed immediately by me shouting for joy and leaping around the room.
It was the Amen Break... followed immediately by me shouting for joy and leaping around the room.
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Tau5 just made its first sound.
It was the Amen Break... followed immediately by me shouting for joy and leaping around the room.
It was the Amen Break... followed immediately by me shouting for joy and leaping around the room.
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This is the full SuperCollider synth running in a browser, high-performance and with an OSC API. Hard to overstate how powerful that is, and it's just the beginning.. Incredible work by @samaaron.bsky.social ...
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November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This is the full SuperCollider synth running in a browser, high-performance and with an OSC API. Hard to overstate how powerful that is, and it's just the beginning.. Incredible work by @samaaron.bsky.social ...
cdm.link/supersonic-s...
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SuperSonic is Ready for Tau5 | Sam Aaron
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November 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I totally get and respect that not all programmers want to use LLM agents in their work.
However, if you're against other people choosing to use them you're just a gatekeeper.
However, if you're against other people choosing to use them you're just a gatekeeper.
November 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I totally get and respect that not all programmers want to use LLM agents in their work.
However, if you're against other people choosing to use them you're just a gatekeeper.
However, if you're against other people choosing to use them you're just a gatekeeper.
I updated the SuperSonic example to include synths, samples and FX and a fun playful interface.
SuperSonic is my port of SuperCollider’s extremely powerful scsynth engine to Web AudioWorklets so it can run in the browser.
Play with it here:
sonic-pi.net/supersonic/d...
SuperSonic is my port of SuperCollider’s extremely powerful scsynth engine to Web AudioWorklets so it can run in the browser.
Play with it here:
sonic-pi.net/supersonic/d...
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I updated the SuperSonic example to include synths, samples and FX and a fun playful interface.
SuperSonic is my port of SuperCollider’s extremely powerful scsynth engine to Web AudioWorklets so it can run in the browser.
Play with it here:
sonic-pi.net/supersonic/d...
SuperSonic is my port of SuperCollider’s extremely powerful scsynth engine to Web AudioWorklets so it can run in the browser.
Play with it here:
sonic-pi.net/supersonic/d...
OMG OMG - I just managed to play a pre-recorded sound in SuperSonic, my port of SuperColliders's audio engine scsynth to the web.
Looks like there's a bug in scsynth which only revealed itself in WASM in a hideously nefarious way that wasn't obvious in the slightest and took a week to figure out...
Looks like there's a bug in scsynth which only revealed itself in WASM in a hideously nefarious way that wasn't obvious in the slightest and took a week to figure out...
November 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
OMG OMG - I just managed to play a pre-recorded sound in SuperSonic, my port of SuperColliders's audio engine scsynth to the web.
Looks like there's a bug in scsynth which only revealed itself in WASM in a hideously nefarious way that wasn't obvious in the slightest and took a week to figure out...
Looks like there's a bug in scsynth which only revealed itself in WASM in a hideously nefarious way that wasn't obvious in the slightest and took a week to figure out...
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IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Introducing SuperSonic - the full power of SuperCollider's audio engine running in a real-time high-priority AudioWorklet thread in the browser: www.patreon.com/posts/introd...
Introducing SuperSonic - SuperCollider's audio engine in a Web AudioWorklet. | Sam Aaron
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October 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Introducing SuperSonic - the full power of SuperCollider's audio engine running in a real-time high-priority AudioWorklet thread in the browser: www.patreon.com/posts/introd...
Pretty sure I’m going to release my self-nerd-snipe project tomorrow.
One of the coolest aspects of it is that it runs in RTNRT mode (really it does).
(Where R=real, T=time and N=none).
One of the coolest aspects of it is that it runs in RTNRT mode (really it does).
(Where R=real, T=time and N=none).
October 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Pretty sure I’m going to release my self-nerd-snipe project tomorrow.
One of the coolest aspects of it is that it runs in RTNRT mode (really it does).
(Where R=real, T=time and N=none).
One of the coolest aspects of it is that it runs in RTNRT mode (really it does).
(Where R=real, T=time and N=none).
I totally and utterly nerd-sniped myself for the past month working on something I wasn't sure I could do or was possible.
I think I've done it. It feels a bit surreal.
If things turn out as good as they're currently looking it's going to be a game changer for both Sonic Pi and Tau5.
I think I've done it. It feels a bit surreal.
If things turn out as good as they're currently looking it's going to be a game changer for both Sonic Pi and Tau5.
October 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I totally and utterly nerd-sniped myself for the past month working on something I wasn't sure I could do or was possible.
I think I've done it. It feels a bit surreal.
If things turn out as good as they're currently looking it's going to be a game changer for both Sonic Pi and Tau5.
I think I've done it. It feels a bit surreal.
If things turn out as good as they're currently looking it's going to be a game changer for both Sonic Pi and Tau5.
Reposted by Sam Aaron
🚀 Meet our #YOW25 Keynote Speakers!
Join @kentbeck.com, Michael Feathers, @samaaron.bsky.social & Sarah Meiklejohn to explore agile, legacy code, live coding with AI, and crypto de-anonymization.
🎟 Get your ticket in MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com
Join @kentbeck.com, Michael Feathers, @samaaron.bsky.social & Sarah Meiklejohn to explore agile, legacy code, live coding with AI, and crypto de-anonymization.
🎟 Get your ticket in MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
🚀 Meet our #YOW25 Keynote Speakers!
Join @kentbeck.com, Michael Feathers, @samaaron.bsky.social & Sarah Meiklejohn to explore agile, legacy code, live coding with AI, and crypto de-anonymization.
🎟 Get your ticket in MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com
Join @kentbeck.com, Michael Feathers, @samaaron.bsky.social & Sarah Meiklejohn to explore agile, legacy code, live coding with AI, and crypto de-anonymization.
🎟 Get your ticket in MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com
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Going for a bike ride remains one of my most powerful debugging techniques.
October 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Going for a bike ride remains one of my most powerful debugging techniques.
This afternoon/evening I’ll be speaking at the Copenhagen Clojure meetup.
If you’re around, come and say hi!
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If you’re around, come and say hi!
www.meetup.com/copenhagen-c...
From Clojure over Ruby to Elixir / Datastar in Clojure, Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 5:00 PM | Meetup
Speakers:
* **Sam Aaron** of **Sonic Pi** & **Tau5** fame on his journey from **Clojure** back to Ruby, through to Erland and now to Elixir.
* **Martin Clausen** on **Wea
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September 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This afternoon/evening I’ll be speaking at the Copenhagen Clojure meetup.
If you’re around, come and say hi!
www.meetup.com/copenhagen-c...
If you’re around, come and say hi!
www.meetup.com/copenhagen-c...
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Sonic Pi Algorithmic Music.
A Never-Ending eight-beat technopop groove - a tribute to "Telex".
#electronicmusic #Sonic Pi #generativemusic #algorithmicmusic #technopop
A Never-Ending eight-beat technopop groove - a tribute to "Telex".
#electronicmusic #Sonic Pi #generativemusic #algorithmicmusic #technopop
September 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Sonic Pi Algorithmic Music.
A Never-Ending eight-beat technopop groove - a tribute to "Telex".
#electronicmusic #Sonic Pi #generativemusic #algorithmicmusic #technopop
A Never-Ending eight-beat technopop groove - a tribute to "Telex".
#electronicmusic #Sonic Pi #generativemusic #algorithmicmusic #technopop
I've been busy hacking away on Tau5 - I'm still working hard laying the best foundations I can.
If you'd like to help me continue to work hard at full speed, please do consider supporting me on Patreon.
Every small donation helps more than you realise towards sustainability.
patreon.com/samaaron
If you'd like to help me continue to work hard at full speed, please do consider supporting me on Patreon.
Every small donation helps more than you realise towards sustainability.
patreon.com/samaaron
September 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I've been busy hacking away on Tau5 - I'm still working hard laying the best foundations I can.
If you'd like to help me continue to work hard at full speed, please do consider supporting me on Patreon.
Every small donation helps more than you realise towards sustainability.
patreon.com/samaaron
If you'd like to help me continue to work hard at full speed, please do consider supporting me on Patreon.
Every small donation helps more than you realise towards sustainability.
patreon.com/samaaron
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We’re excited to announce our next #YOW2025 keynote speaker @samaaron.bsky.social
In his keynote, he introduces #Tau5 - a new live coding system exploring collaboration, concurrency & AI as a creative partner.
Don't miss out & book your #YOW25 tickets: MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com
In his keynote, he introduces #Tau5 - a new live coding system exploring collaboration, concurrency & AI as a creative partner.
Don't miss out & book your #YOW25 tickets: MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
We’re excited to announce our next #YOW2025 keynote speaker @samaaron.bsky.social
In his keynote, he introduces #Tau5 - a new live coding system exploring collaboration, concurrency & AI as a creative partner.
Don't miss out & book your #YOW25 tickets: MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com
In his keynote, he introduces #Tau5 - a new live coding system exploring collaboration, concurrency & AI as a creative partner.
Don't miss out & book your #YOW25 tickets: MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com
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I’m still thinking about @samaaron.bsky.social’s talk at #goatmire - nothing has captured my curiosity and wonder for coding like this!
#elixirlang
#elixirlang
September 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I’m still thinking about @samaaron.bsky.social’s talk at #goatmire - nothing has captured my curiosity and wonder for coding like this!
#elixirlang
#elixirlang