We would like to express our sincerest thanks and gratitude to everyone that has helped with either the development of Sonic Pi or supported its use in any capacity. On its own Sonic Pi is just a piece of software. Only when combined with our kind and generous community does it become a powerful tool for sharing and celebrating the creativity of code. Thank-you everyone.
The start of any project is a fragile period which relies heavily on the generous support of others. We would like to offer our considered gratitude to the following people who provided support in the early days of Sonic Pi with their time, advice, and wisdom:
The following organisations have kindly contributed to Sonic Pi:
We would like to recognise the following individuals for their important contributions which have supported the Sonic Pi Community:
We would like to thank the following people for their time providing valuable advice, feedback and suggestions on a wide variety of aspects of Sonic Pi - from technical development, to artistic conceptualisations, to musical production and performance.
Much of the development, distribution and support work for Sonic Pi is carried out by the Core Team. This is a group of dedicated volunteers (with the exception of Sam Aaron who works full time on the project) who kindly donate their time to continue to improve Sonic Pi.
Current members:
Previous members:
In addition to the Sonic Pi Core Team, we would like to extend our thanks to the following developers who have donated their time and effort to help grow and improve the Sonic Pi code base:
The following volunteers have generously helped to translate Sonic Pi into additional languages:
The following is a far from complete list of some of the individuals who have provided inspiration for the creation of Sonic Pi through their own projects:
Sam Aaron would like to express his deep thanks to his family and friends who have supported him over the years and given him the strength to continue on this strange and often unforgiving path. He would particularly like to thank his friend and partner Susanna and also his fab Mum.
Luis Lloret wants to thank his wonderful family for their understanding and support while working on this. Specially Marina, you are my reason to live. Mar and Darío, keep being so special and giving us so much joy.
Xavier Riley would like to thank his wife Emily, and he’d like to reassure her that he definitely loves her more than any computer. Also big thanks to conference organizers, in particular Simon Starr for putting on the awesome Bath Ruby conferences and letting me rock out there not once, but twice. Lastly I’d like to thank Scott Wilson for teaching me some programming as part of a music degree, and my good friend David Bamber for helping me get started as a programmer.
Adrian Cheater dedicates this space in loving memory of his mother, Katherine Cheater, who shared her passion for music and performance while making available all the tools I needed to explore technology she didn’t understand. She was renowned for her patience and sincere encouragement of all her piano students, and helped me to understand that failure is common and natural, and that effort eventually overcomes all obstacles. Her influence carries me in all my live coding adventures, and I hope these words help you to persevere in yours.
Robin Newman would like to thank Sam for producing such inspirational software as Sonic Pi. Both the sounds that it can produce and the intricate programming beneath the surface are a work of art. To work with Sonic Pi gives me such a buzz as I have not experienced since working with Music on a network of BBC Micros in the 1980s. Then as now my Wife Julia describes herself as a computer widow. I thank her for putting up with my passion for musical programming over the years.