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Before reading this guide
This guide is a not a general purpose tutorial. It will not teach you how to use SuperCollider. If you are brave enough, you can learn by doing/following the steps. However, you will sometimes feel the need to read other sources to fill the gaps. I am not a SuperCollider guru and I do just that when the need arises.
Learning resources
There are already many great resources to learn SuperCollider. I recommend the following among many other ressources:
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SuperCollider for the Creative Musician by Eli FieldSteel: the best educator I know to learn SuperCollider. The book can be expensive for some people. If you can't afford it, read the following point.
- Eli Fieldsteel YouTube Channel: Eli Fieldsteel has made a great series of video tutorials that are free to watch. This is the best way to learn SuperCollider that I am aware of.
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A gentle introduction to SuperCollider by Bruno Ruviaro: a great introduction to SuperCollider with an emphasis of making music / composing first. Especially great for patterns and sequencing.
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A practical Guide by H. James Harkins: already included in the SuperCollider help files. Easy to read, with interactive code examples.
Lurking around
It's probably a good idea to lurk around the SuperCollider community to see what people are doing with the software and how they make music with it. I really like to spend hours browsing the web. Here are some good resources:
- SCCode: some website where people post their SuperCollider code. You can find some classics there and some recent experiments too!
- SuperCollider Forum: obviously, the official forum. This is where most of the gurus are answering questions to new users and having debated about some aspects of the language or audio server.
- YouTube: just search supercollider live coding or something like that. Tons of people are posting their live coding sessions. There is Nathan Ho, Jaxa and all the live coding folks that play in the Eulerroom.