[dorkbotbmore-blabber] Fwd: ChucK Workshop 4/1 + Supercollider Workshops beginning 4/4

Tue Mar 24 11:19:15 EDT 2009

Hey everyone,

Some people were talking about this last week. I thought I would share this
workshop that is happening soon in NY.

JOe

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From: Harvestworks Announcements <announcements at harvestworks.org>
Date: Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Subject: ChucK Workshop 4/1 + Supercollider Workshops beginning 4/4
To: jreinsel at jhu.edu

ChucK Workshop
*with Rebecca Fiebrink

April 1, 2009, 1 - 4pm - $75*

This 3-hour introductory workshop will present the basics of the
*ChucK*<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102518791182&e=0019t5dcjhElQRCxSGeyIhC6Gxd8J39sNnaC3keOJA61gqw1OVCNzhGArQGWObYMOWQv2cI1yf_wocy_KxXQNJpgBA8IKw2mn1YeCBZ0xCMkDVzHZ16lWbXWHZi_B767ePx>programming
language and highlight a few of the ways that ChucK can be used
in live, interactive music performance and media installations. ChucK is a
free, text-based programming language designed particularly for computer
music. Its emphasis on code readability and flexibility make it a popular
tool among programming novices and audio experts, and ChucK is used
extensively for both teaching and performing computer music at Princeton,
Stanford, and elsewhere.

*ChucK*<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102518791182&e=0019t5dcjhElQRCxSGeyIhC6Gxd8J39sNnaC3keOJA61gqw1OVCNzhGArQGWObYMOWQv2cI1yf_wocy_KxXQNJpgBA8IKw2mn1YeCBZ0xCMkDVzHZ16lWbXWHZi_B767ePx>allows
programmers to work at sample-level granularity to develop new
synthesis methods, as well as employ its built-in unit generators and
physical models for programmatically controlling higher-level musical
structures. Its "strongly timed" nature allows for deterministic,
sample-synchronous concurrency among many parallel musical processes
operating at arbitrary, dynamic control rates. Users and performers can
interact with ChucK using commodity controllers, custom sensors, native
laptop inputs (e.g., motion sensor and webcam), and performative live
coding. Our recent work has imbued ChucK real-time audio analysis and
on-the-fly machine learning capabilities, whose applications include the
development of machine listening systems and rapid creation of new musical
interfaces.

Part 1 (1.5 hour) of the workshop will cover basic syntax, the
*ChucK*<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102518791182&e=0019t5dcjhElQRCxSGeyIhC6Gxd8J39sNnaC3keOJA61gqw1OVCNzhGArQGWObYMOWQv2cI1yf_wocy_KxXQNJpgBA8IKw2mn1YeCBZ0xCMkDVzHZ16lWbXWHZi_B767ePx>timing
and concurrency model, and the use of built-in unit generators for
sound creation. Part 2 (1 hour) will introduce the ChucK event structure and
cover interaction via input controllers and OSC. Part 3 (.5 hour) will demo
current tools for audio analysis and musical interface design using
on-the-fly machine learning. Throughout, we will present extensive code
examples and demonstrations of existing ChucK compositions and software
tools. Following the workshop, participants will have working knowledge of
ChucK basics, an understanding of ChucK’s potential uses, and a familiarity
with the resources at their disposal (including a copy of all sample code
from the workshop) as they pursue their own ChucK projects.

No prior textual programming experience is necessary, though prior
experience with either programming or digital audio will be helpful.
Students are required to bring their laptops, preferably with ChucK
installed on their machines. You can download ChucK
here<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102518791182&e=0019t5dcjhElQRCxSGeyIhC6Gxd8J39sNnaC3keOJA61gqw1OVCNzhGArQGWObYMOWQv2cI1yf_wocy_KxXQNJpgBA8IKw2mn1YeCBZ0xCMkDVzHZ16lWbXWHZi_B767ePx>
.

*Rebecca Fiebrink* is a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University, where she
studies applications of computer science to music performance and analysis.
She holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering and a B.A. in Music
from Ohio State University and an M.A. in Music Technology from McGill
University. Rebecca is a flutist and an active developer of the ChucK music
programming language, and she has conducted ChucK workshops for diverse
audiences including the electro-music 2007 festival, Alberta College of Art
and Design, Hong Kong Art School, and the 2008 International Conference on
Music Information Retrieval. She is also an assistant director, performer,
and composer with the Princeton Laptop Orchestra, which performed at
Carnegie Hall in April 2008 and has recently been featured in the New York
Times, the Philadelphia Enquirer, and NPR's All Things Considered. Her
current research spans music information retrieval, computer music
performance technologies and practices, creating new hardware and software
musical interfaces, and the application of machine learning to real-time,
interactive human-machine musical performance contexts.

*Click here for more information and
enrollment*<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102518791182&e=0019t5dcjhElQQ53rXSmZXcTdgvgE0jHbDVl-7nigmX1cmI3xUsgai0PHpsBT8JxQvVAy23V-xRTl_mMXsXuieE6hsaz7OwV51otsXbjr20pvAlkvUOzcqgmaLvxEbO-t0hWguH8416Ofm73b5nLCwa3vtitEpkdo_lOGB2HQt8rP0zasF-0Brm79Lkl8JCv0OcmUJ1eQy6ZZOSTIC0--lcLAWMeCcsqo5nffIFoWEJiTc=>

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SUPERCOLLIDER WORKSHOPS APRIL 4 - 8, 2009

SuperCollider workshops will be offered at
Harvestworks<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102518791182&e=0019t5dcjhElQRD4vwhxtU32FBX692PsfSBzkgCRt-hZu2wt_SmZWkQ0_EwhwwEUBotKI7Mn33aBqJkGicsrBBXyw9K7cpRtfHlmwhPlERh11JlYbWcbMYdxQ==>in
New York in early April, in the run up to the 2009 SuperCollider
Symposium to be held at Wesleyan. This is a rare opportunity to learn from
some of the SuperCollider developers themselves. SuperCollider is an
incredible environment and programming language for music and audio. It
provides an interpreted object-oriented language which functions as a
network client to a state of the art, realtime sound synthesis server.
SuperCollider was written by James McCartney over a period of many years,
and is now an actively maintained and developed open source project. It is
used by musicians, scientists, and artists working with sound and
audiovisuals.

All workshops require attendees to bring their own laptops; tutors will
assist with installation on OS X (10.4 or later recommended) and Windows as
necessary (SC also runs on Linux but it's assumed you'd have compiled and
installed it yourself in advanced of the workshop if you're using that
platform).

Saturday 4th April: Beginners day (11am-6pm) $100
Sunday 5th April: Intermediate workshop day (11am-6pm) $100
Monday 6th April evening (7-10pm) $50
Tuesday 7th April daytime (11-6) $100
Tuesday 7th April evening (7-10pm) $50
Wednesday 8th April daytime (11-6) SuperCollider Clinic. $100

*Click here for more information and
enrollment*<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102518791182&e=0019t5dcjhElQRzGwU2caYKht2R8Z-OnC4d60BwGU4u7rBpvJJGCOfjb8q-eFzS9af0Q3Y0IHRVm50HsB9wKm5ZfxGpPOMA41kZGNaq-kiA1CTl7bF56IFcQ-WpzDHK25Trm31AzHUm8beKIRpEc9uuyLuGiMxBVoTAF5oE4PRMPv4NPBNvCk4VhnHkBny8WXqWeu6F_B3OWocIBelglIBGunKPqGog3DnIkEqpDoULx4-f6QRB_0zPMA==>

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