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## The Live Coding Synth for Everyone.
Sonic Pi is a *new kind of musical instrument*. Instead of strumming
strings or whacking things with sticks - you write code - **live**.
Sonic Pi has been designed with the aim to find a harmonious balance
between three core principles:
* **Simple** enough for the 10 year old within you
* **Joyful** enough for you to lose yourself through play
* **Powerful** enough for your own expressions
Sonic Pi is a complete open source programming environment originally
designed to explore and *teach programming concepts* within schools through
the process of creating *new sounds*.
In addition to being an engaging education resource it has evolved into
an *extremely powerful* and performance-ready *live coding instrument* suitable
for professional artists and DJs.
Whilst Education is a core focus it now sits at the intersection
between three core domains:
* **Art** - providing the means to express yourself and ask new questions of music and notation
* **Technology** - exploring questions related to liveness, time and concurrency in programming languages
* **Education** - demonstrating that open play rather than rigid structures increases motivation and engagement in the classroom
Again, finding a balance working to the best benefits of all these
domains is the objective.
* Info & Latest Releases: http://sonic-pi.net
* Source: https://github.com/samaaron/sonic-pi
* Computing Education Resources for Schools: http://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/sonic-pi-lessons/
* Music Education Toolkit for Schools: http://sonicpiliveandcoding.com
## Acknowledgements
Sonic Pi has been developed within the Computer Laboratory at the
University of Cambridge with kind support from the Raspberry Pi
Foundation and the Broadcom Foundation.
## Translations
Sonic Pi's built in tutorial has been translated into several languages thanks to the awesome work of the following contributors.
\- | Language | Status | Maintainer | Contributors |
------------ | ------------- | ---------- | ------------ | ------------ |
:fr: | French | merged | | @echevresm, @nicoder, @SergeStinckwich |
:de: | German | merged | | @hzulla, G. Martin Butz, @hztirf, @mbutz, @wwerner, @st01c |
:jp: | Japanese | merged | | @keikomachiya |
:pl: | Polish | merged | @hopbit | @hopbit, @nurkiewicz |
:it: | Italian | in progress | | @marco-giordano |
:ru: | Russian | in progress | | @RomanSaveljev, @dcromster |
:pt: | Portuguese | in progress | | @SiIky |
:sp: | Spanish | in progress | | @merongivian, @thraex41 |
:nl: | Dutch | in progress | @DuchessFounder | @DuchessFounder, @PrisDiest |
:gr: | Greek | in progress | @aspra | @aspra |
:nb: | Norwegian Bokmål | in progress | @petterreinholdtsen | @petterreinholdtsen |
Would you like to contribute a translation too? If so, please take a look at our [translation docs](https://github.com/samaaron/sonic-pi/blob/master/TRANSLATION.md) to get started. Additionally [here](https://github.com/samaaron/sonic-pi/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+i18n) you can find translations (i18n) related issues.
## Information for developers
Sonic Pi is under active development, and welcomes new contributors:
* [How to contribute](HOW-TO-CONTRIBUTE.md)
* [Change log](CHANGELOG.md)
* [Community](COMMUNITY.md)
* [Contributors](CONTRIBUTORS.md)
* [Installation](INSTALL.md)
* [License](LICENSE.md)
* [Testing](TESTING.md)
* [Translation](TRANSLATION.md)
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