Beginner · ~3h · 8 lessons

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Beat Lab

Start with a dark blueprint of a drum machine. Every Python idea you learn wires in a new piece: the power and tempo, then kick, snare, hats and bass, a mixer, and finally an arranger class that throws fills and drops. Your code is the sheet music, and it plays out loud.

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Blueprint · Beat Lab

warming up the scene…

Pass lesson 1 to power it up

PowerTempoKick drumSnare & clapHi-hatsBass synthMixerArrangerSpace play / stop · Click a row to hear it

Roadmap

Every lesson builds a part.

Power up

Switch the machine on and set the tempo.

Power on
6 min50 XPprint() · strings · comments
🔌 Power
Set the tempo
10 min60 XPvariables · str / int / float · naming
⏱️ Tempo

Build the groove

Kick, snare and hats, written as strings, lists and loops.

Kick drum
12 min80 XPstring indexing · len() · * and + · .upper() / .count()
🥁 Kick drum
Snare & clap
15 min90 XPlists · indexing & assignment · slicing · list * and +
💥 Snare & clap
Hi-hat loop
18 min100 XPfor loops · range() · % (modulo) · if / elif / else
✨ Hi-hats

Sound design & structure

Bass maths, a mixing desk, and an arranger class.

Bass line
20 min110 XPdef & return · parameters · ** (power) · arithmetic
🎸 Bass synth
Mixing desk
20 min110 XPdictionaries · nested dicts · looping over keys
🎚️ Mixer
The arranger
25 min150 XPclasses · __init__ · self · methods · if / elif / else
🎛️ Arranger

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🥁Beat Lab

Every lesson builds a part.

Power up

Build the groove

Sound design & structure

🥁Beat Lab

Every lesson builds a part.

Power up

Build the groove

Sound design & structure

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Beat Lab

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Beat Lab