[dorkbotnyc-blabber] Fwd: Pure Data FLOSS Manual Book Sprint 4-6 April 2009 in NYC and Berlin

Sun Mar 29 12:41:42 EDT 2009

Begin forwarded message:
>
> FLOSS Manuals is proud to announce a three day book sprint for the  
> Pure Data FLOSS Manual. This sprint will take place simultaneously  
> in New York City and Berlin from Saturday 4 April to Monday 6 April.
>
> The Pure Data FLOSS Manual:
>
> http://en.flossmanuals.net/puredata
>
> There are possibilities to participate in person by coming to one of  
> the locations below, or remotely via the IRC interface built into  
> the FLOSS Manuals editing interface. Video conferencing may take  
> place between the venues as well.
>
> To participate, create a login at the PD FLOSS Manuals page:
>
> http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/login/TWiki/WebHome?origurl=/bin/view/PureData/Introduction&skin=floss2
>
> Discussion may also take place in the Pure Data mailing list:
>
> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
>
> If you are in New York or Berlin, please join us at these locations!
>
> ---NEW YORK CITY
>
> * Contact:
>
> Hans-Christoph Steiner: hans at eds.org 718 360 4872
>
> * Location (bring ID, you'll need to sign in):
>
> ITP/NYU Conference Room
> 721 Broadway, 4th Floor
> NY, NY, USA
> email or call Hans in case you can get past security: 718 360 4872
>
> * Schedule:
> Saturday: noon-midnight
> Sunday: 10am-midnight
> Monday: 9am-5:30pm  (if we go later, we'll be in a different room)
>
> ---BERLIN
>
> * Contacts
>
> Derek Holzer: derek at umatic.nl +49 176 2812 5845
> Adam Hyde: adam at flossmanuals.net +49 15 2230 54563
>
> NK
> ElsenStr. 52 (2.Hof)
> Berlin, Germany
> +49 176 20626386
> http://www.myspace.com/enka52
>
> * Schedule:
> Saturday: noon-late
> Sunday: noon-late
> Monday: noon-late
>
>
> SOME BASIC GUIDELINES:
>
> * This manual should address the widest possible user-base.  
> Therefore, objects which are cross-platform and in Pd Extended  
> should have priority over other solutions.
> * Tone should be neutral and informative. Remember that humor  
> doesn't always translate well! ;-)
> * Our readers are assumed to have little to no background in either  
> computer programming or digital signal processing, which much of the  
> existing documentation takes for granted. That's why this manual is  
> necessary! Please keep this in mind when explaining things.
> * Please use existing the Audio Tutorials, Installing and Getting  
> Started chapters as a style guide.
> * Keep the chapters small and self-contained. Ideally, chapters from  
> this manual could even be "remixed" into other FLOSS Manuals.
> * Explain any jargon or technical terminology in-line the first time  
> you use it, and direct the reader to appropriate other chapters/ 
> manuals when necessary.
> * Please enter any new technical terms in the Glossary (we need to  
> agree on global format for glossary terms!).
> * Screenshots:
> ---Resolution? (Adam and I will work on this on Monday)
> ---Please upload any complex patches, and make sure to label  
> screenshot with appropriate filename (see Audio Tutorials for  
> examples)
> ---Please keep explanatory text in the manual rather than only in  
> the screenshot, so that it can be text-searched by readers.
> ---Please use anti-aliased fonts!
> * All the chapters are moderated by Derek Holzer & Adam Hyde. Your  
> contributions will only be visible in the editing section until they  
> meet these guidelines, and after that they can be published to the  
> main page. Please let us know when your chapter(s) are ready for  
> publishing and we'll look them over.
>
>
> EXISTING CHAPTERS WHICH NEED HELP:
>
> # DataflowTutorials
>
> ---this section needs a lot of help in terms of style and  
> content!!!!! Tone is very informal, which doesn't help convey the  
> information.
> ---give titles to screenshots so that readers can tell which patches  
> match which images (some do this, some don't...)
> ---"Math": examples/discussion of [expr]???
> ---"Order of connecting and [trigger]": explain the patches in-line,  
> rather than only in comments in screenshots (so that text is  
> searchable, copy/pasteable..)
> ---Luka's screencaps are very aliased, to the point where you can't  
> read the ~ in the object names. Should they be redone at new  
> resolution or with antialiasing?
> ---Possible janitors: Derek Holzer, Adam Hyde
>
> # PureGlossary
>
> ---format of object names = [italics in square brackets], must be  
> formatted correctly
> ---format of glossary words in general text: we don't have one yet.  
> Bold on first use in chapter maybe? Needs formatting all through text.
>
> # ListofObjects
>
> ---incomplete, please add more libs
> ---maybe more discussion of externals needed as well
> ---formatting of object names?
>
> # PureLinks
>
> ---always welcome
>
> MORE CHAPTERS/SECTIONS TO DO (+ suggestions?):
>
> * GEM (in order of importance)(Derek can provide example patches for  
> much of this)
> ---Basic VJ mixer (2 x [gemhead]-[pix_film]-[alpha]-[colorRGB]- 
> [pix_texture]-[rectangle] with an alpha-crossfader)(+ platform  
> specific codec info)
> ---Live camera input (same as VJ mixer but with [pix_video], with  
> platform specific info on USB/firewire inputs--what works & what  
> doesn't)
> ---VJ effects (using the various pix objects)
> ---Basic 3D (that actually does something interesting, rather than  
> just show a sphere or a cube)
> ---Basic movement tracking w/ [pix_blob]
> ---GEM/video optimization/troubleshooting tips (see Troubleshooting  
> section of existing Pd FLOSS Manual)
>
> * MIDI tutorial
> ---hardware:keyboards, sliders, etc,
> ---objects: all MIDI objects
> ---routing: input + output to/from devices or other programs
>
> * Patching strategies
> ---Reusable abstractions ($0 etc)
> ---GoP + other GUI creation strategies
> ---Preset saving systems (Frank?)
>
> * Audiofile manipulation (Derek can provide examples, possibly also  
> work with www.pd-tutorial.com with permission?)
> ---sfread, readsf, sfplay, etc
> ---tables + tabplay, tabread, etc
> ---oneshot playback without/with pitch shifting
> ---looping without/with pitchshifting
> ---granulation without/with pitchshifting
> ---Extended objects ([xplay~], [xgroove~]...are these stable? In my  
> experience, no...)
>
> * Realtime audio effects tutorial
> ---delays: single tap, multitap, pitch-shifting, tuned comb filter,  
> etc
> ---filters: [hip~], [lop~], [bp~], [moog~], IEM lib filters [vcf~]/ 
> [bp],[hp],[lp], difference between audio signal and message  
> controlled, building with ggee objects [bandpass],[llowpass], 
> [highpass] or [biquad~] (resources for coefficients?)
>
> * Sensor tutorial (HC?)
> ---[hid]/[hidin]/[pduino]
> ---simple circuit diagrams + photos (voltage divider examples:  
> potentiometer, photoresistor, etc)(hacked gamepads)
>
> * Networked data
> ---netsend/netreceive
> ---OSC
> ---flash server
> ---shell
> ---python externals
> ---others?
>
> * PDP/PiDiP
> ---configuration info for OSX (+ poor performance disclaimer!)
> ---basic VJ
> ---networked streaming etc
>
> * Procedural Audio tutorial? (Andy?)
>
> * RJDJ tutorial? (Frank and the gang?)
>
>
> -- 
> ::: derek holzer ::: http://blog.myspace.com/macumbista ::: http://www.vimeo.com/macumbista 
>  :::
> ---Oblique Strategy # 142:
> "Shut the door and listen from outside"

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