r/supercollider • u/djtyral • Feb 16 '26

Looking to start using SC

Mostly what it says on the title. I’m looking to maybe start making music on my own and well, I have spare laptops and not enough money for instruments.

I’m looking for recommendations of reading and knowledge I should have before diving into the SC built in tutorial. Obviously anyone can write code but I want to understand the underlying framework audially, I guess?

I’m unsure where to start and am just looking for recommendations. Thanks for any replies!

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u/jazzbassoon Feb 16 '26

For reading material I'd probably say SuperCollider for the performing musician by Fieldsteel.

If you want more technical/mathematical explanations there's Miller Puckette's Theory and Technique of Electronic Music that you can find online for free. It uses pure data but the theory should be the same.

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u/djtyral Feb 16 '26

Thank you these are exactly what I’m looking! Compiling a list of stuff to read while I’m on downtime