Friday, 13.05.2011, 17:00-22:00h
Workshop: Switch from PureData! (or MAX/MSP for that matter)
Led by Fredrik Olofsson [ http://fredrikolofsson.com ]
During this one-day workshop we will focus on the free software SuperCollider and show why programming with syntax can be both easier and superior to patching in graphical environments. This session offers a great chance for beginners as well as seasoned users of other synthesis environments to get a taste of the features that make SuperCollider such a flexible and powerful tool. While not intended as a full introduction to this synthesis environment, it will function as a preparatory session for a series of SuperCollider seminars that we are preparing for after the summer.
Topics will include envelopes, patterns, granular synthesis and networked music. These are specifically chosen to show how SuperCollider is a very dynamic system where things easily are replaced on the fly or adapted to varying number of sound channels, the kind of things that are cumbersome or hard to do in PureData.
+info: [ http://lullcec.org/en/2011/tallers/workshop-switch-from-puredata/ ]
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greeting
am i the only one who thinks it's odd to promote an anti-pd workshop on a pd list? i'm not saying the idea is wrong or bad [or good], just that it strikes me as not very well thought through to promote it here. like trying to drum up attendance at a easter service by posting to pagan list ...
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 8:57 AM, l'ull cec info@lullcec.org wrote:
Workshop: Switch from PureData! (or MAX/MSP for that matter)
It's not an "anti-pd workshop" per se... It's just about SuperCollider.
The problem is with the promotion then? Consider the catching phrase just a joke to undo the opposite marketing strategy that "graphical programming is better blah blah"...
Hi John,
am i the only one who thinks it's odd to promote an anti-pd workshop on a pd list? i'm not saying the idea is wrong or bad [or good], just that it strikes me as not very well thought through to promote it here. like trying to drum up attendance at a easter service by posting to pagan list ...
Framing the workshop as an "anti-pd" activity seems a tad on the extremist side from here.
In all honesty, the workshop is aimed at current users of graphical patching environments who might be interested in exploring other alternatives. And thus it seems appropriate to promote it among current users of such applications.
No offence meant, really.
Cheers
hi
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 10:27 AM, l'ull cec info@lullcec.org wrote:
Framing the workshop as an "anti-pd" activity seems a tad on the extremist side from here.
ok, but that's how it reads: "switch from pd" [instead of "supercollider is cool"]
i certainly am not interested in making us all use one tool, nor am i interested in trying to prevent or limit attendance at your workshop. and i've always been bad at the marketing stuff, so maybe you are just way ahead of me there ...
No offence meant, really.
none taken
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