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Pure Data/ Free and Open Source Software Workshop
VJ | Video editing | Audio editing
Hosted by OpenMute, London UK - Monday 13 Dec - Tuesday 14 Dec
**PD.ZILLA --- PURE DATA STOMPS THE UK!**
Workshops and demos on Free and Open Source Software by Aymeric Mansoux and Derek Holzer.
While many tools exist for sound, multimedia and VJ purposes, few of them are designed with the kind of open architecture that allows artists to reconfigure the tools themselves. Fewer still are free to use, share and rebuild.
This workshop introduces the software combination of Pure Data, GEM and PDP/PiDiP, running on the Linux operating system, as a platform for audio, video and multimedia artists to explore.
About Pure Data http://pure-data.iem.at/
Pure Data/Free and Open Source Software Workshop
Workshop date and time: Monday 13 Dec - Tuesday 14 Dec | 10.30 (coffee) 11am start – 7pm finish. Lunch is from 1-2.
Public install, date and time: Tuesday 14 Dec | 6pm
Party: location/date and time to be announced, check our Wiki for updates
Where: Ground Floor Hall, The Whitechapel Centre, 85 Myrdle St, London E1 1HL The workshop is fully wheelchair accessible. Please let us know if you have any other access requirements. Local travel: Tube: Whitechapel/Aldgate East, DLR: Shadwell, Bus: 25, 15, 247 Street map: http://linkme2.net/b
Details forthcoming at: http://3d.openmute.org/modules/wakka/PureData Discussion forum: http://3d.openmute.org/modules/newbb/viewforum.php?forum=15
Registration/payment: +44(0)20 7377 6949 services@metamute.com Cost and payment details: 50gbp. Payment can be accepted by cheque (UK clearing bank only, please make cheques payable to: Mute), Visa, Mastercard, Solo, Switch, Maestro. (Please call to make credit card payments)
Payment must be made in full before the workshop starts. No concessions are available. No refunds available for cancellation or missed workshop. Places are limited so please book early. If there are no places available, we will be holding further PD workshops and there is a public (free) install session from 6pm on Tuesday 14th Dec.
All equipment will be provided, though if you prefer you are invited to bring your own laptop for the duration of the workshop. The workshop team can install PD and setup your machine, but please allow sufficient space [700 Mb for dyne:bolic, or 5 Gb for full Linux installation!]. This is on top of any existing operating system (OS) and will not damage your existing OS (Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD, + other Unix flavours can be accommodated).
**NB - Please let us know in advance if you want to bring your own machine and let us know its specifications**
The program
DAY ONE
INTERMEDIATE: aimed towards people with some basic familiarity with computers, and who would like to increase their knowledge of Pure Data, digital audio+video and Linux.
1 Installation Clinic(workshop participants only) [HANDS-ON][1 HOUR]
This block of time will be set aside for people to bring in their own PCs in order to install either the dyne:bolic or Fedora Linux/Planet CCRMA system of audio video applications. Please set aside a suitable amount of space on your hard drive! [700 Mb for dyne:bolic, or 5 Gb for full Linux installation!]
2 Meet Mr. Pure Data[HANDS-ON][3 HOURS]
An introduction to simple programming using the graphical environment of PD, or Pure Data. Participants will build a simple, monophonic synthesizer which can be played from the computer keyboard, while learning some of the basic "grammar" and "vocabulary" of the PD language. Several ready-made instruments from the RRADical collection of patches for PD will also be introduced.
3 Everyone Wants to be a VJ, pt. 1[HANDS-ON][3 HOURS]
An introduction to GEM, the Graphics Environment for Multimedia, which is an external library for PD which allows for the creation and manipulation of 3D objects. Participants will explore basic 3D shapes + movements, as well as mapping images and textures onto these shapes.
DAY TWO
INTERMEDIATE: aimed towards people with some basic familiarity with computers and Pure Data, and with an interest in making live sound and video.
Our Old Friend, Mr. Pure Data[HANDS-ON][3 HOURS]
A higher level workshop in PD, for those who survived the introduction and are ready for more complex exercises. Here, we will cover using tables to manipulate audio samples, filters + delays, creating reusable modules of code to save you time, and integrating PD into other Linux audio applications using the Jack Audio Connection Kit.
Everyone Wants to be a VJ pt. 2[HANDS-ON][3 HOURS]
Video mixing and processing using PDP, or Pure Data Packets, another external for PD. Aymeric will demonstrate how to create abstract video from noise, how to load Quicktime video clips from the hard drive, and how to use filters to create video effects.
Installation Clinic(open to the public 6pm) [HANDS-ON][1 HOUR]
This block of time will be set aside for people to bring in their own PCs in order to install either the dyne:bolic or Fedora Linux/Planet CCRMA system of audio video applications. Please set aside a suitable amount of space on your hard drive! [700 Mb for dyne:bolic, or 5 Gb for full Linux installation!]
Credits and thanks
Simon Yuill of http://www.yourmachines.org/ for the inspiration to put on the workshop. Raquel Perez de Eulate for help organising the event. Korona from SSBA for the venue hire. The PD.ZILLA team for being flexible in arranging the event.
The event is organised by OpenMute, provider of FLOSS web tools see: http://openmute.org OpenMute is a Mute Publishing Ltd. project http://metamute.com , and supported by the Arts Council of England.
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