Sonic Pi is all about sharing and learning with each other.
Once you’ve learned how to code music, sharing your compositions is as simple as sending an email containing your code. Please do share your code with others so they can learn from your work and even use parts in a new mash-up.
If you’re unsure of the best way to share your work with others I recommend putting your code on GitHub and your music on SoundCloud. That way you’ll be able to easily reach a large audience.
GitHub is a site for sharing and working with code. It’s used by professional developers as well as artists for sharing and collaborating with code. The simplest way to share a new piece of code (or even an unfinished piece) is to create a Gist. A Gist is a simple way of uploading your code in a simple way that others can see, copy and share.
Another important way of sharing your work is to record the audio and upload it to SoundCloud. Once you’ve uploaded your piece, other users can comment and discuss your work. I also recommend placing a link to a Gist of your code in the track description.
To record your work, hit the Rec button in the toolbar, and recording starts immediately. Hit Run to start your code if it isn’t already in progress. When you’re done recording, press the flashing Rec button again, and you’ll be prompted to enter a filename. The recording will be saved as a WAV file, which can be edited and converted to MP3 by any number of free programs (try Audacity for instance).
I encourage you to share your work and really hope that we’ll all teach each other new tricks and moves with Sonic Pi. I’m really excited by what you’ll have to show me.