http://eyebeam.org/events/rjdj-skillshare
December 5, 2009
12:00 – 1:30 PM : Introductory workshop on Pd with Hans-Christoph
Steiner
2:00 – 6:00 PM : SkillShare w/Steiner and members of RjDj programming
team
Free, capacity for up to 30 participants
RSVP HERE: http://tinyurl.com/ykaq3l3
Hans-Christoph Steiner returns to Eyebeam with members of the RjDj
programming team from Europe to help turn your iPhone or iPod-Touch
into a programmable, generative, and interactive sound-processor!
Create a variable echo, whose timing varies according to the phone's
tilt-sensor or an audio synthesizer that responds to your gestures,
accelerations and touches. Abuse the extensive sound capabilities of
the Pure Data programming language to blend generative music, audio
analysis, and synthy goodness. If you're familiar with the awesome
RjDj, then you already know the possibilities of Pure Data on the
iPhone or iPod Touch (2nd and 3rd generation Touch only).
Creating and uploading your own sound-processing and sound-generating
patches can be as easy as copying a text file to your device! In this
4-hour hands-on SkillShare, interactive sound whiz and Pure Data
developer Hans-Christoph Steiner and several of the original RjDj
programers will lead you through all the steps necessary to turn your
phone into a pocket synth.
How Eyebeam SkillShares work
Eyebeam's SkillShares are Peer-to-Peer working/learning sessions that
provide an informal context to develop new skills alongside leading
developers and artists. They are for all levels and start with an
introduction and overview of the topic, after which participants with
similar projects or skill levels break off into small groups to work
on their project while getting feedback and additional instruction and
ideas from their group. It's a great way to level-up your skills and
meet like-minded people. This SkillShare is especially well-suited for
electronic musicians and other people who have experience programming
sound. Some knowledge of sound analysis and synthesis techniques will
go a long way.
We’ll also take a lunch break in the afternoon including a special
informal meeting about how to jailbreak your iPhone!
Your Skill Level
All levels of skill are OK as long as you have done something with Pd
or Max/MSP before. If you consider yourself a beginner It would help a
lot to run through the Pd audio tutorials before attending.
NOTE: On the day of the SkillShare we will hold an introductory
workshop from 12:00 until 1:30 PM, led by Steiner, for those who want
to make sure they're up-to-speed before the actual SkillShare starts
at 2:00. The introductory workshop is for people who have some done
something in Pd or Max/MSP but are still relative beginners in the
area of electronic sound programming.
What You Should Bring
You'll need to bring your iPhone or iPod Touch (2nd or 3rd generation
Touch only), your own laptop, a headset with a built-in mic
(especially if using an iPod Touch) and the data cable you use to
connect your device to your laptop. Owing to a terrific hack, you
won't even need an Apple Developer License for your device!
More Information
RjDj is an augmented reality app that uses the power of the new
generation personal music players like iPhone and iPod Touch to create
mind blowing hearing sensations. The RjDj app makes a number of
downloadable scenes from different artists available as well as the
opportunity to make your own and share them with other users. RjDj.me
Pd (aka Pure Data) is a real-time graphical programming environment
for audio, video, and graphical processing. Pd is free software, and
works on multiple platforms, and therefore is quite portable; versions
exist for Win32, IRIX, GNU/Linux, BSD, and MacOS X running on anything
from a PocketPC to an old Mac to a brand new PC. Recent developments
include a system of abstractions for building performance
environments, and a library of objects for physical modeling for sound
synthesis.
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