Hey everyone,<br><br>Some people were talking about this last week. I thought I would share this workshop that is happening soon in NY.<br><br>JOe<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Harvestworks Announcements</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:announcements@harvestworks.org">announcements@harvestworks.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:28 AM<br>
Subject: ChucK Workshop 4/1 + Supercollider Workshops beginning 4/4<br>To: <a href="mailto:jreinsel@jhu.edu">jreinsel@jhu.edu</a><br><br><br>
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<span>ChucK Workshop</span><span><br>
<b>with Rebecca Fiebrink<br>
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April 1, 2009, 1 - 4pm - $75</b><br>
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This 3-hour introductory workshop will present the basics of the <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102518791182&e=0019t5dcjhElQRCxSGeyIhC6Gxd8J39sNnaC3keOJA61gqw1OVCNzhGArQGWObYMOWQv2cI1yf_wocy_KxXQNJpgBA8IKw2mn1YeCBZ0xCMkDVzHZ16lWbXWHZi_B767ePx" shape="rect" target="_blank"><b>ChucK</b></a> 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.</span></p>
<p><a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102518791182&e=0019t5dcjhElQRCxSGeyIhC6Gxd8J39sNnaC3keOJA61gqw1OVCNzhGArQGWObYMOWQv2cI1yf_wocy_KxXQNJpgBA8IKw2mn1YeCBZ0xCMkDVzHZ16lWbXWHZi_B767ePx" shape="rect" target="_blank"><b>ChucK</b></a> 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.</p>
<p>Part 1 (1.5 hour) of the workshop will cover basic syntax, the <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102518791182&e=0019t5dcjhElQRCxSGeyIhC6Gxd8J39sNnaC3keOJA61gqw1OVCNzhGArQGWObYMOWQv2cI1yf_wocy_KxXQNJpgBA8IKw2mn1YeCBZ0xCMkDVzHZ16lWbXWHZi_B767ePx" shape="rect" target="_blank"><b>ChucK</b></a> 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.</p>
<p><span>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. <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102518791182&e=0019t5dcjhElQRCxSGeyIhC6Gxd8J39sNnaC3keOJA61gqw1OVCNzhGArQGWObYMOWQv2cI1yf_wocy_KxXQNJpgBA8IKw2mn1YeCBZ0xCMkDVzHZ16lWbXWHZi_B767ePx" shape="rect" target="_blank">You can download ChucK here</a>.<br>
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<b>Rebecca Fiebrink</b> 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.<br>
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<p>SUPERCOLLIDER WORKSHOPS APRIL 4 - 8, 2009</p>
<p>SuperCollider workshops will be offered at <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102518791182&e=0019t5dcjhElQRD4vwhxtU32FBX692PsfSBzkgCRt-hZu2wt_SmZWkQ0_EwhwwEUBotKI7Mn33aBqJkGicsrBBXyw9K7cpRtfHlmwhPlERh11JlYbWcbMYdxQ==" shape="rect" target="_blank">Harvestworks</a> 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.</p>
<p>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).<br>
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Saturday 4th April: Beginners day (11am-6pm) $100<br>
Sunday 5th April: Intermediate workshop day (11am-6pm) $100<br>
Monday 6th April evening (7-10pm) $50<br>
Tuesday 7th April daytime (11-6) $100<br>
Tuesday 7th April evening (7-10pm) $50<br>
Wednesday 8th April daytime (11-6) SuperCollider Clinic. $100</p>
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