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Hello there and welcome to the first edition of Sonic Pi Weekly - the newsletter to help you keep on top of the many exciting things happening in the Sonic Pi community.

Of course, the most exciting thing to have happened is the release of v2.1 which is available for Raspberry Pi, Mac and now Windows! Clearly, supporting Windows is a big and exciting deal. However, I'm personally most excited about all the Raspberry Pi specific work that has gone into this release. There are many performance optimisations included which really make the Sonic Pi on Raspberry Pi experience truly joyful. In fact it's so joyful that I've even started jamming with my Raspberry Pi in all my performance gigs!

So power up your Raspberry Pi, throw v2.1 on it and get your live_loop on...

Sam Aaron

Sonic-Pi v2.1 is released |  Robin Newman
Sonic-Pi v2.1 is released | Robin Newman

For a great summary of the new features and improvements in Sonic Pi v2.1 take a look at Robin Newman's excellent blog post.

Making music with Raspberry Pi | CBBC Newsround
Making music with Raspberry Pi | CBBC Newsround

Sonic Pi was featured on the UK national children's news programme CBBC Newsround - with presenter Jenny Lawrence discovering Live Coding for the first time.

Sonic Pi: Giving Agency to Young People | Native
Sonic Pi: Giving Agency to Young People | Native

Sonic Pi is featured in a beautifully written article in Native, a magazine from the Digital R&D Fund for the Arts.

Sonic Pi: Live & Coding Toolkit
Sonic Pi: Live & Coding Toolkit

This year I have been working very closely with the Sonic Pi: Live & Coding project. This was an arts-led partnership which explored Sonic Pi as an instrument in its own right. We tested it within music lessons in schools resulting in a 5 day summer school at the Cambridge Junction. This website summarises this work as well as providing links to all the material created. Highlights include schemes of work for music lessons, 10 "Pop Pi" music videos created with Sonic Pi and a research report.

This Week's Music

Shelly Knotts - 'Sonic Pi'
Shelly Knotts - 'Sonic Pi'

Shelly Knotts takes her Raspberry Pi on a Sonic Pi Stroll...

Swoomptheeng - 'In Thread'
Swoomptheeng - 'In Thread'

Swoomptheeng become stop-motion magicians in this wonderful Sonic Pi adventure.

Top Tweets

J.Teigland
J.Teigland

Some impressive work from @rbnman with @sonic_pi nice @HDMIPi LEGOstand 👍 #CoventGardenRJam http://t.co/MD4lBA3p58

James Robinson
James Robinson

Staff training, @SVC_ICT team setting up @Raspberry_Pi , building @pimoroni cases and hacking out some @sonic_pi 😁 http://t.co/pqKPaHbiuR

Sam Aaron
Sam Aaron

With @sonic_pi, the @raspberry_pi is an extremely powerful, portable & performance-ready synthesiser. Get algoraving! http://t.co/mZwfLojJM1

Chris Leach
Chris Leach

starting out with #sonicpi http://t.co/lWjAxfszMh

One Last Thing...

CYMATICS: Science Vs. Music - Nigel Stanford
CYMATICS: Science Vs. Music - Nigel Stanford

Each week we'll have a "One Last Thing" link that's not directly related to Sonic Pi itself but is something you might find interesting. This week Nigel Stanford's fun well-produced video does an amazing job at making the invisible intricate beauty of sound waves visible for us to enjoy.

Thanks again for subscribing. Please do send feedback to samaaron@gmail.com and let me know how I might improve this newsletter. Also, if you enjoyed it, please pass it on to your friends and loved ones.

Happy live coding!

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