{"id":14211,"date":"2016-02-26T15:32:38","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T14:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14211"},"modified":"2016-02-26T15:32:38","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T14:32:38","slug":"new-sonic-pi-book-released-by-raspberry-pi-magazine-the-magpi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14211","title":{"rendered":"New Sonic Pi book released by Raspberry Pi magazine The MagPi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raspberrypi.org\/magpi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SonicPi-thumb-cover.png?resize=560%2C791&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"791\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sam Aaron, author\u00a0of the popular music-creation program <a href=\"http:\/\/sonic-pi.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sonic Pi<\/a>\u00a0has written a new book for The MagPi. The book has 10 chapters and topics include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mastering live loops<\/li>\n<li>Building drum breaks<\/li>\n<li>Composing your own melodies<\/li>\n<li>Making random riffs and loops<\/li>\n<li>Learning to shape and sculpt sounds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can buy the book for \u00a32.99\/$3.99 on Android or iOS or download it for free from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/magpi\/issues\/essentials-sonic-pi-v1\/\" target=\"_blank\">The MagPi website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Aaron, author\u00a0of the popular music-creation program Sonic Pi\u00a0has written a new book for The MagPi. 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