[microsound-announce] Ardour Workshop + FLOSS Manuals Book Sprint, 23-27.11.09 Rotterdam NL

[Derek Holzer]

Ardour Workshop + FLOSS Manuals Book Sprint

Hosted by: moddr_lab/WORM, FLOSS Manuals and Derek Holzer

Monday 23 November to Friday 27 November, 2009
Day session: 13:00-17:00 (GMT +1)
Evening session: 18:00-22:00 (GMT +1)
Location (physical): moddr_lab, Willem Buytewechstraat 188, Rotterdam,
the Netherlands
Location (online): http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Ardour/

Introduction to FLOSS Manuals by Adam Hyde
21.00, Friday 20 Nov at WORM, Achterhaven 148, Rotterdam
http://agenda.wormweb.nl/agenda.php?id=2888

Ardour is a full-featured, free and open-source hard disk recorder and
digital audio workstation software suitable for professional use. New
and experienced users of Ardour are invited to "learn by documenting"
during this combination workshop and book sprint.

A book sprint brings together a group of writers, editors and artists to
go from an outline to a published book in just five days. We will use
this format to give workshop participants tasks which they will learn to
complete in Ardour, and which they will then document for the Ardour
FLOSS Manual. This is an exciting opportunity both to acquire new skills
as well as share them with others in the form of a book!

The workshop will be split into two sessions: an evening session
focusing on learning the software and creating chapters for the FLOSS
Manual, and an afternoon session focusing on editing, proofreading and
correcting the workshop texts. At the end of the week, we hope to have a
beginner's manual covering these and other topics:

Introduction: What is Ardour?

Installing Jack & Qjackctl: Linux
Installing JackOSX: OSX
Installing Ardour: Linux
Installing Ardour: OSX
Installing Jamin: Linux
Installing Jamin: OSX

Getting Started: the user interface
Getting Started: using JACK to interface with the soundcard and other
applications

Audio Tutorial: editing and arranging existing audio
Audio Tutorial: multitrack recording with the soundcard
Audio Tutorial: multitrack recording with other applications
Audio Tutorial: using automation
Audio Tutorial: using LADSPA and VST plugins
Audio Tutorial: mixing down tracks
Audio Tutorial: mastering with Jamin
Audio Tutorial: exporting to file and CD

etc etc

Participants who would like to join us in Rotterdam should sign up via:
workshop at moddr.net

Interested remote participants should create a login on the Ardour FLOSS
Manual page: http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Ardour/
and communicate with us via the FLOSS Manuals chat interface on the
website or at: irc.freenode.net #flossmanuals
during the working times listed.

Further info/references:

Ardour: http://ardour.org/
Ardour reference manual (in progress):
http://vm-nice.stackingdwarves.net:8888/ardour-en/1-ARDOUR.html
Ardour reviewed by Kim Cascone:
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/08/04/linux-music-workflow-switching-from-mac-os-x-to-ubuntu-with-kim-cascone/
Old Ardour tutorial (cached): http://tinyurl.com/ardour-tutorial
FLOSS Manuals: http://en.flossmanuals.net/
moddr_lab: http://moddr.net/
WORM: http://wormweb.nl/
Derek Holzer: http://umatic.nl/info_derek.html

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