[microsound-announce] Pure Data Basics: a Project-Oriented Workshop with DerekHolzer

[Farah Hatam]

Pure Data Basics: a Project-Oriented Workshop with Derek Holzer

 

Wednesday 11 March - Sunday 15 March 2009 11.00-19.00 daily with one
hour lunch break Final presentation Sunday 15 March, 19.00

 

Location: eNKa /  ElsenStr. 52 (2.Hof) Berlin, Germany

Telephone: +49 (0)176 20626386

 

Course Participation fee: 100 euros

Registration is required for this workshop and can only be done via
email to: eNKa_NK at gmx.de Please register early to ensure a place. Places
are limited to 12.

Participants should indicate ahead of time what their background and
areas of interest are (sound, video, sensors, etc) as well as give a
short description of any project they might want to develop during the
workshop.

 

 

Pure Data is a powerful, free and open-source software environment for
producing and manipulating sound, image, data and connections to
sensors, motors and other "physical computing" functions, all in real
time. Because the programming is done visually, many artists find it a
more intuitive tool than traditional text-oriented programming
languages. This 5 day workshop will cover the basic "grammar" and
"vocabulary" of the Pure Data language through a mix of lecture and
demonstration in the mornings and project-based mentoring in the
afternoons. This workshop is open to those with no previous computer
programming experience, however basic computer literacy is assumed as
well as a working familiarity with either digital audio or video. A
manual-in-progress for Pure Data by Derek Holzer can be found here:

 

http://flossmanuals.net/puredata

 

5 DAY CURRICULUM

 

DAY ONE:

1) Meeting PD: the interface and how to play with it

2) Basic PD: participants learn to make a simple synthesizer, and learn
basic PD grammar in the process

3) Workshop: discussions of examples and work on student projects

 

DAY TWO:

1) PD audio: more on oscillators, noise, delays, feedback, filters and
signal analysis for all your sonic needs

2) Events in PD: participants explore the timing of events with
sequencers, delays, messages

3) Workshop: discussions of examples and work on student projects

 

DAY THREE:

1) Working with soundfiles: loading audio for use in samplers,
granulators and other file-based sound manipulation systems

2) Basic GEM: how to create simple 3D objects, play videos and get
camera input

3) Workshop: discussions of examples and work on student projects

 

DAY FOUR:

1) Physical PD: an introduction to physical computing using Pure Data
alongside a microcontroller-based board such as the Arduino or
xxxxxAVR/HID--or even a hacked USB gamepad--to work with sensors,
motors, lights, etc.

2) Workshop: discussions of examples and work on student projects

 

DAY FIVE:

1) Workshop: discussions of examples and work on student projects

2) The Wrap Up: public presentation of student works + closing party.

 

WHAT PARTICIPANTS SHOULD BRING

 

Essential:

 

1) Laptop running Linux, OS X or Windows

2) Pure Data Extended installed from: http://puredata.info/downloads
<http://puredata.info/downloads>  (please make sure it is Extended
package!)

3) Soundcard

4) Headphones

 

Recommended/Suggested:

 

1) MIDI controller/keyboard

2) Microphone/piezoelectric contact microphone

3) USB Joystick/Gamepad

4) Sensors or other input devices (please bring your own sensors if you
are interested in working with them, as only a few light sensors will be
provided at the workshop)

5) Small motors or motor-driven objects

6) USB webcam/Firewire camera

7) Arduino boards (Available from Segor in Berlin: www.segor.de
<http://www.segor.de> ) and/or the xxxxxAVR/HID board
(http://www.1010.co.uk/avrhid.html <http://www.1010.co.uk/avrhid.html> ,

please inquire via the xxxxx webpage about preordering!)

8) Your own projects and ideas to realize!

 

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

 

BIOGRAPHY

Derek Holzer [USA 1972] is a sound artist with a background in radio,
webstreaming and environmental recording. His work focuses on capturing
and transforming small, unnoticed sounds from various natural and urban
locations, networked collaboration strategies, experiments in
improvisational sound and the use of free software such as Pure-Data. He
has released tracks under the Nexsound, Sirr, and/OAR, Frozen Elephants
Music, Mandorla and Gruenrekorder labels, and has co-initiated several
internet projects for field recording and collaborative soundscapes
including Soundtransit.nl. His recent projects include the
opto-electronic audiovisual performance TONEWHEELS, solo performances
for analog synthesizer and a manual for Pure Data. He was also
co-curator of the Tuned City event for sound and architecture, which
took place in Berlin during July 2008.

 

http://umatic.nl/info_derek.html <http://umatic.nl/info_derek.html> 

http://www.myspace.com/macumbista

 

 

 

 

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