_____-micro_research workshops:27: October 16/17th: /mode +v noise with GOTO10 and performance October 16, 2009

** October 16/17th 2PM/12PM: /mode +v noise with GOTO10

“/mode +v noise” is a project of GOTO10, a collective of international
artists and computer programmers. It is based on IRC, the oldest
text-based Internet chat environment. This intervention will transform
an IRC chat room/channel into a simple, collaborative, text-based online
system for making music. Since IRC allows ‘chat bots’- computer programs
that pretend to be human conversation partners -, we will program such a
bot to create a collective musical composition environment based on
Internet chats. In this workshop, participants will explore two parts of
the project: designing sound generators in Supercollider that they can
control via a simple IRC bot written in Python. Workshop is taught by
Aymeric Mansoux and Jan-Kees van Kampen from GOTO10.

PREREQUISITES: This workshop is aimed to beginners, no previous
knowledge is required but a basic understanding of computers and an
unconditional love for command line and text based interfaces is
mandatory!

To bring:
* bring your own Laptop (PC based, macbook/mactel, recent imac, etc. We
can't provide support for PPC based Mac such as the old G3-4-5-...)
* bring your own headphones

Cost: €20 per participant for both days (this includes food)

Please email m@1010.co.uk to reserve a place (strictly limited to 8)

==== Day 1 ====

* 14:00 - 15:00: hands on demo of the "/mode +v noise" platform and
experiment, using the Puredyne GNU/Linux live distro.
* 15:00 - 17:00: Intro to Supercollider's project botsynth, how to
change patterns and synths, explanation of different hardcoded
synthdef (from super simple, to more complicated examples).
* 17:00 - 17:30: break
* 17:30 - 19:50: make your own synth + play it through chat using local
default bot
* 19:50 - 20:00: vote for the best synthdef and win a pack of
stropwaffel

==== Day 2 ====

* 12:00 - 13:00: python crash course
* 13:00 - 15:00: reviewing the IRC bot features including OSC, IRC and
mode+v classes
* 15:00 - 15:30: break
* 15:30 - 17:50: pimp your bot by combining existing code or writting
your own
* 17:50 - 18:00: vote for the best bot and win a pack of stropwaffel

The workshop will be followed by performances at General Public,
Schönhauser Allee 167c:

http://www.generalpublic.de/current/events/article/19/mode-v-noise-by-goto10.html

Details to follow!

=== About Supercollider ===

SuperCollider is an environment and programming language originally
released in 1996 by James McCartney for real time audio synthesis and
algorithmic composition. Since then it has been evolving into a system
used and further developed by both scientists and artists working with
sound. It is an efficient and expressive dynamic programming language
which makes it an interesting framework for acoustic research,
algorithmic music and interactive programming. We will deal with
practical sound-synthesis, jitlib (rapid prototyping), and get ourselves
sounding ready for the irc-jam on the second day.

=== About Python ===

Python is a general-purpose high-level programming language. Its design
philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine]

remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is
large and comprehensive.

=== About Puredyne ===

Puredyne is an operating system developed to provide media artists with
a complete set of tools for realtime audio and video processing.
Puredyne is a live distribution, you don't need to install anything.
Simply boot your computer using the live CD or USB and you're ready to
start using software such as Pure Data, Supercollider, Icecast, Csound,
Fluxus, Processing, Arduino and much much more.

=== About GOTO10 ===

GOTO10 aims to support and grow digital art projects and tools for
artistic creation, located on the blurry line between software
programming and art. GOTO10's members have backgrounds in visual arts,
sound art, music technology, physical computing and programming. They
have worked around the theme of FLOSS+Art since 2003, using
performances, workshops, installations, print, and code repositories as
their medium.

* http://goto10.org
* http://identi.ca/goto10
* irc://irc.goto10.org channel: #goto10

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Telephone: 3050187482.

m@1010.co.uk

Official Website: http://1010.co.uk/org/workshop.html