Pd-announce September 2010

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Noise of Cologne 1
by Frank Barknecht 14 Sep '10

14 Sep '10

This new CD will be available soon showcasing some electronic/noise/impro/... music from Cologne, Germany. See below for the press release. At least two tracks were made with Pure Data: 03. Frank Barknecht - Beauty 04. Siegfried Koepf - Square Maybe others tracks use Pd as well, but that I don't know Press release from http://noiseofcologne.blogspot.com/ Here you will also find the latest reviews. I posted about this CD a while ago as well on my site: http://footils.org/2010/08/24/noise-cologne/ You can listen to my track "Beauty" there. It's a track I also performed at the pd~convention in Montreal. Now the press release: Noise of Cologne 1 - Various Artists Label: Mark e.V. / Vertrieb: a-Musik Release date: 15.10.10 There is hardly another city where the local musical activities are so thoroughly documented as they are in Cologne. In the home of the Rhein and the Cathedral, they are proud of the „Sound of Cologne“, which usually refers to electronica or minimal techno. And this is exactly the kind of music that the compilation series „The Sound of Cologne“ is devoted to. This sound had its heyday in the mid-90s with record labels like Kompakt or the EMI offshoot Harvest. Now that the buzz surrounding Cologne's club music has slightly died down, the path is clear for less popular music, but music with a more far reaching tradition. Of course, the title „Noise of Cologne“ (NoC) refers to the above mentioned Cologne sampler, and so to a trademark that the city bestowed upon itself. But NoC is not proclaiming the identity of some scene; rather it is highlighting a musical creativity that has so far been drowned out by the club sound. That said we are not just referring to noise as a musical style, with its raw energy and physicality. It's not just about noise in the literal sense of the word. Frank Dommert, owner of the Cologne based label sonig, co-manager of a-Musik and curator of the NoC compilation, doesn't want to construe the term “noise” that strictly. NoC is much more designed to show the variety of experimental - often noisy, music from Cologne. It is thanks to Dommert's enormous knowledge of and sensitivity for music that this representation does not for one come across as boring. Quite the contrary, the wealth of composed and spontaneously improvised music from Cologne is so rich that it's one pleasant surprise after the other. For example, Harald Muenz's backwards version of Ravel's Boléro, which builds in tempo just like the original. Or Volker Hennes' synthesizer-sirens. Track 6 is a concept-piece; a very tangible piece of new music for piano, small ensemble and electronics - with theme and variation. Or there's curious but friendly synthesizer music. Then we have travelling music in the form of C-Schulz and F.X.Randomiz's train-composition „Das Ohr am Gleis“ (Trans. ear to the tracks). The energetic, eventful „Überschreitungen des Pragmatismus“ (Trans. Transgressions of pragmatism) by Lehn and Schmickler. Or the quite simply marvellous piece by Bernd Härpfer for six spoken voices. All this makes NoC a sensory and intellectual treat of the very finest kind. For on the one hand one can let oneself get carried away by this constantly surprising collection. On the other hand, there's a special enjoyment to be had from the eye-opening liner notes by Joachim Ody, which will allow you to discover new composers or understand composition techniques. It is a credit to the Cologne composers Herbert Eimert and Karlheinz Stockhausen that electronic music has become such a significant part of the pallet of modern composition. In this sense, NoC documents the extrapolation of a firmly rooted Cologne tradition. The number “1” at the end of this compilation title bears hope: another instalment will follow. Pressrequests: AUTOPILOT, Guido Möbius, guido (at) autopilotmusic (dot) com

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Tweak Workshops and Festival 2010
by nicholas ward 08 Sep '10

08 Sep '10

Tweak festival, taking place this September 13th to 24th all around Limerick City, Ireland. Tweak is a festival that operates under a multi-faceted, multi-dimensional design that aims to inspire, educate, inquire and celebrate contemporary art mediums such computer coding, creative recycling, rewired sound sculptures and electronic art installations. * REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: http://www.tweak.ie/workshop.html Two workshops will take place as part of Tweak on September 14th - 16th. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. E-WASTE WORKSHOP Worskhop tutors: Benjamin Gaulon and Lawrence Rozema All Out Design 5 Sarsfield Street 10 am Wednesday 15th - 5pm Thursday 16th September Fee €80 Limited to 10 participants Skill level: Beginners Using e-waste as raw material, this workshop offer participants to become familiar with basic hardware and software hacking / recycling while at the same time gaining hands-on experience making an interactive art project. This workshop is open to participants of different backgrounds and no programming or electronic skills are required. The idea is to start from scratch and create a complete project over a short time, including concept, design, electronics / interfacing, and functional programming with Arduino, Max/Msp, Pure Data or Processing. In this workshop participants will deconstruct readily-available, cheap electronic devices into interactive tools is more than a lot of fun; the process offers the same visible, hands-on learning and understanding acquired through dissection. By re-purposing second-hand hardware or cheap toys, a commercial, mass-produced product is transformed into a unique device, with potential for new and original means of expression or communication. The objects produced in this workshop will be exhibited as part of the Tweak exhibition in the Church Gallery Space in LSAD OBJECT ORIENTED FRANKENSTEIN Worskhop tutors:Antonin Fourneau and Julien Gachadoat All Out Design 5 Sarsfield Street 10 am Tuesday 14th - 5pm Thursday 16th September Fee €110 Limited to 12 participants Skill level: Intermediate to Advanced Transform a common object in something of magic. In this workshop participants will use everyday items to giving them new functions by the help of technologies like Arduino and Processing. Participants will create new kinds of readymade objects but ones that interact with human. Sort of clever, social or antisocial, critical... The participants will work on to interconnect this objects and once connected they will produce an amazing collaborative program and show. 1 sensor + 1 item produces 1 effect (sound or visual) You bring electronic equipment (ready to be sacrificed) The workshop will be conducted over three days where participants will brainstorm and develop 5 project prototypes, which together will produce a collaborative visual and sound show. Participants will work with processing, Arduino and openFrameworks to develop and make these objects. The outcomes of this workshop will be then displayed in the Tweak exhibition -- More Information: /////// ///////// / // / / // / www.tweak.ie bonjour(a)tweak.ie Nicholas Ward DMARC (Digital Media and Arts Research Centre) Department of Computer Science and Information Systems University of Limerick Limerick Ireland Rm: CS2-12 T: +353 (0)6123 4246

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GridFlow 9.11
by Mathieu Bouchard 08 Sep '10

08 Sep '10

http://gridflow.ca/ version 9.11 (2010.09.07): * now officially requires Pd 41 * [#cast] $1 defaults to int32 (i) * [#camera]: added right outlet (for attributes) * [#type]: [#type, abbr] gives single-letter type names: b s i l f d * added classes [route3] [#type-gui] [#tabread] [#tabwrite] [#from~] * added classes [gf/tk_button] [gf/sys_gui] [gf/wrap] [gf/l2s] [gf/s2l] * added classes [gf/sprintf] and [#sprintf], the best sprintf() wrappers in the pd world * added OpenGL interface class [gf/gl] (with over a hundred methods in it) * added [gf/class_info] (for introspection of GF's classes only) * added [doc_iemfont] to fix the font size problem in help files (osx/win has iemgui fonts that are too small) * fixed some rendering bugs in [display] and [#see] * [#draw_polygon]: ignore value of "omit" when "draw fill" (to avoid nonsense) * fixed detection of png support * [#io.quicktimehw]: fixed method 'get' (wrong attribute values) * [#reverse]: fixed buffer copy bug * [#]: fixed problem with 0-sized right input * [gf/error]: method 'list': also print info about the object box where it is * [gf/error]: now supports the same options that [gf/sprintf] does. * [gridflow]: added 'os' to allow patches to detect operating system * [#rotatificator]: added attr 'cast' * support default bang/float/symbol/pointer/list methods wherever applicable (just like pd does in first inlet; but GF also does it in non-first inlets) * [print]/[display]: fixed stupid bug in printing nested lists (A_LIST) * ./configure: no Pd detection anymore; now comes with m_pd.h of 0.42-extended. * 64-bit fixes in [display] and [#see] and some more * [hpgl_font_render] [for] [#slice] [#scale_to]: made args optional * [#line_to_polygon] [#fastblur]: made args optional * [#pack]: add method 'cast' and allow dimension-list like [#redim]'s * [#in grid] [#out grid]: fix problem with incorrect 'headerless' flag * [#import] without arguments now does the same as a plain grid-inlet does. * major improvements to the internal API of GridFlow (shortcuts, etc) * qbert.pd: now in 2-D, and added a title screen * [#border]: allow 2-dimensional input, and border sizes of 2 elements each. * [#text_to_image]: add 2-dimensional input on the left * [gf/object_bbox]: add method 'float' to look up by index in canvas * removed soft dependencies on zexy, ggee * rewrote [#convolve]'s help, now including a tutorial of convolution theory * split away the UTF-8 hack as "gridflow_unicorn.pd_*" _______________________________________________________________________ | Mathieu Bouchard ------------------------------ Villeray, Montréal, QC

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Live Media e FLOSS Seminary, 03-04 September, FAD Festival, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
by Marco Donnarumma 01 Sep '10

01 Sep '10

(sorry for x-posting) FAD Festival de Arte Digital presents: Live Media and FLOSS Extended Production Seminary with Marco Donnarumma - UK 03-04 September - FRIDAY AND SATURDAY @ Multiespaço - Oi Futuro, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 11h to 17h Cost: *** FREE - with prior registration Information: (31) 3229.3131 / (31) 9694.35.45 simposio [at] festivaldeartedigital.com.br http://www.festivaldeartedigital.com.br On-line program: http://marcodonnarumma.com/teaching/live-media-and-floss/ [SCROLL DOWN FOR ENGLISH VERSION] Dia 03 e 04/09 - SEXTA E SÁBADO * necessário inglês | ministrado em Língua Inglesa Live Media and FLOSS Extended Production Seminary - Marco Donnarumma - Reino Unido Descritivo do workshop: Durante a apresentação, os participantes aprendem teoria básica sobre o Live Media e são apresentados ao conceito de FLOSS (Software de natureza livre). Na segunda parte, aprendem o significado de "processamento de dados de audiovisual em tempo real”. Na terceira parte, constroem estruturas básica de processamento e ainda descobrem truques e dicas para criarem sua própria ferramenta de desempenho. Na última parte, os participantes são incentivados a construírem novas ideias com seus laptops, instrumentos musicais, câmeras, máquinas fotográficas, webcam, microfones, sensores de dispositivos MIDI. Biografia do artista: Marco Donnarumma (Itália, 1984) é um artista independente que trabalha com novas mídias. Professor, compositor, músico e baixista, mora em Edimburgo, Reino Unido. Sua pesquisa é focada em performances audiovisuais em tempo real, sistemas de computação sensível, instalações interativas e composições eletroacústicas. Suas obras, especialmente os projetos de performance ao vivo, são regularmente apresentadas internacionalmente. Donnarumma já expôs e apresentou em 19 países na América do Sul, Europa e Ásia. Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com Personal Blog: http://www.thesaddj.com [English Version] Live Media and FLOSS Extended Production Seminary - Marco Donnarumma - UK Brief description: Firstly participants acquire a basic theoretical knowledge about Live Media and are introduced to the concept of FLOSS (Free Open Source Software). During the second part, they learn the meaning of “real-time audio-video data processing” through practical excercises illustrating different level of complexity in dataflow programming. In the third part they build basic audio visual processing structures and find tricks and tips to create their own performance tool. Eventually participants are encouraged to develop new ideas making use of their own musical instruments, cameras, photo cameras, webcam, microphones and MIDI device or sensors. Bio: Marco Donnarumma (Italy, 1984) is an independent new media artist, teacher, composer, performer and bass player based in Edinburgh, UK. His research takes life in multiple forms such as audiovisual real-time performances, responsive computing systems, interactive installations and electro acoustic compositions. His works, especially the live performance projects, are regularly presented internationally. Donnarumma has exhibited and performed in 19 countries across South America, Europe and Asia. Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com Personal Blog: http://www.thesaddj.com Best wishes, -- Marco Donnarumma aka TheSAD Independent New Media Arts Professional, Performer, Teacher - Edinburgh, UK PORTFOLIO: http://marcodonnarumma.com LAB: http://www.thesaddj.com | http://cntrl.sourceforge.net | http://www.flxer.net EVENT: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net

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soundhack pd & max externals
by Tom Erbe 01 Sep '10

01 Sep '10

We have just released the first complete version of the SoundHack externals for PD & Max. These externals replicate most of the SoundHack plugins and are offered free of charge. Included in this collection are externals for amplitude shaping and distortion (+compand~, +chebyshev~ & +decimate~); single-head, multi-head, pitchshifting and granular delays (+delay~, +pitchdelay~, +bubbler~); and the spectral shapers, a set of spectral filters and dynamics processors (+binaural~, +morphfilter~, +spectralcompand~ & +spectralgate~). This package is available (free) at http://www.soundhack.com/externs.php As this is the first release, we expect bugs - don't hesitate to write us at support at soundhack.com. These externals were programmed by William Brent, Tom Erbe, Daniel Arias, Bryan Oczkowski and Trevor LeVieux. Big thanks to the UC San Diego Department of Music and the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts for their support. PS - Don't despair - Windows versions are coming... Tom /> tom erbe | soundhack | 608 carla way la jolla, ca 92037 /> tre at soundhack dot com | http://www.soundhack.com /> http://music.ucsd.edu/~tre | http://www.facebook.com/soundhack

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Pd-announce September 2010