Hello all,
AMD has offered significant sponsorship which will allow
linuxaudio.org to have a stand at the Sounds Expo music technology
trade show in London, 14-16 April 2005. This will be our second
exhibit at Sounds Expo, following generous sponsorship from the
AGNULA project last year.
As you may know, AMD has worked closely with the Linux development
community to ensure that Linux can run natively on its 64-bit x86
processors. There is also at least one shipping Linux-based pro audio
product on the market with an AMD processor inside.
I will be at Sounds Expo in person, but other people who can help on
the stand are also needed, mostly to answer questions about Linux and
libre software from musicians, sound engineers and hardware
manufacturers. It need not be for all three days - if you can help
out on just one day, that would be great.
This is a great opportunity to once again put libre audio software
directly in front of the target users, so please help if you can.
Cheers!
Daniel James
Director
http://linuxaudio.org
Hello all,
LinuxUser & Developer magazine is running a series called Audio Libre.
A new PDF article on the Audacity project is now available. There is
also an article in issue 46 on free software for streaming media,
written by Martin Howse. Both articles can be downloaded from:
http://linuxaudio.org/en/press/
Cheers!
Daniel James
Director
http://linuxaudio.org
sorry for X and Y
_pd.workshop 4+1 days
23-3-2005 until 27-3-2005
Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam
in collaboration with goto10.org
Guests Tom Schouten (Author of PDP, video processing within PD, Belgium) and Aymeric Mansoux (Artist, France)
Fee 150,- Euros
Admission
Due to the limited capacity, applicants will be selected according to relevant experience and motivation. Please note all materials should be written in English.
Applicants can send a mail stating name, adress, telephonenumber, and a short overview of your skills and motivation to :
carlijn at montevideo.nl
BEFORE MARCH 11th
_Pure Data
Pure-Data is a "real-time" graphical programming environment for audio and graphical processing. It was planned as a free, better and more stable Max/fts, which has also been developed by Miller Smith Puckette at IRCAM. It is used as a rapid prototype-software for DSP-algorithms, and also as a music instrument and universal multimedia-software. Being a mature project now, Pure-Data is getting more and more popular in the academic field for teaching and exploring computer music and new media art.
It's hard to describe the possibilities of such an environment as its field of creation is almost infinite. From audio processing, to video, 2D/3D, interactivity, on-line experimentation, streaming and sensors, Pure-Data can handle all of these and provide a rock stable system which is perfect for performances and installations of any kind.
_PDP
PDP is a set of external objects to PD developed by Tom Schouten. They are based on the idea of processing data in packets. While it is primarily used for video, the basic structure of PDP allows any kind of data to be processed into any other kind of data. Images can be converted to textures, that can be changed into sound, re-rendered again as image, and so on. The possibilities are endless.
_Presentation
Sunday March 27th (from 15:00 until 17:00) a presentation of the workshop will take place. This presentation will be open to an audience invited by the participants. A short overview of the workshop will be given and the participants can share the creations they have made with each other and with the audience.
Tom Schouten (BE)
Artist and author of PDP. PDP is a set of external objects to PD developed by Tom Schouten, and are based on the idea of processing data in packets. While it is primarily used for video, the basic structure of PDP allows any kind of data to be processed into any other kind of data.
http://zwizwa.goto10.org
Aymeric Mansoux (FR)
Artist and co-founder of Goto10, an organization dedicated to set up, produce, and support electronic arts. Since the mid-nineties Aymeric Mansoux has taken part in many experiments based on the internet and the emergence of networks as a cultural fact.
http://320x200.goto10.org
_Schedule
_Day 1
10.30 ? 13.00 coffee, tea, introductions and a general presentation of pd
13.45 ? 15.45 demonstration of a few patches as an apéritif
16.00 ? 18.00 introduction to pd: subpatches and basic audio synthesis
_Day 2
10.30 ? 13.00 intermediate pd I: abstractions and simple audio sampling
13.45 ? 15.45 introduction to pdp
16.00 ? 18.00 intermediate pd II: graph on parent
_Day 3
10.30 ? 13.00 advanced pdp I
13.45 ? 15.45 advanced pdp II
16.00 ? 18.00 pd networking: netsend, netreceive, pdp packets send, open sound controll
_Day 4
10.30 ? 13.00 Groups of 2 or 3 will build their own application
13.45 ? 15.45 Groups of 2 or 3 will build their own application
16.00 ? 18.00 Groups of 2 or 3 will build their own application
_Day 5
15.00 ? 17.00 Presentation of the workshop and the mini-projects for an
invited audience, with drinks and donuts
_A message from the trenches:
PDP has been working on linux for quite a while. For OSX there is
minimal support. The last year PDP has undergone a major restructuring which
mainly aims at a wider platform support and 2D/3D drawing primitives (aka 3DP).
For the OSX users out there: keep an eye on it! We plan to add Altivec,
Quicktime and OpenGL support to use them macs for what they're worth.
goto10.
Hi,
I'm pleased to announce KMidiTracker 0.5.10, the new revision of my KDE
Midi Tracker, or Step Sequencer, as you wish to call it.
New features include SysEx capture of messages, columns are muteable,
and finally MIDI clock messages are undestood (as master and slave), so
it can finally interact with other sequencers as Rosegarden4.
You can get it from
http://www.monasteriomono.org/programs/kmiditracker/
Small introducion to KMidiTracker (from the website).
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Introduction
KMidiTracker is a MIDI Step Sequencer.
A Step Sequencer is a sequencer in witch the MIDI notes are delivered
at regular time intervals, usually a 1/4th of a quarter note. As such it
is not as versatile as a regular sequencer as [Rosegarden], but allows
very easy creation of loops and sequences. The use of the [MIDI Clock]
allows several sequencers communicate clock events, so it is possible to
join several sequencers, with diverse focus, to make one single
synchronized composition.
KMidiTracker is similar to trackers like [FastTracker],
[ScreamTracker] or [Buzz], but only the Tracker; no actual sound is
emmited. Only MIDI signals.
The Tracker divides songs in tracks, each one have several patterns
that are arranged as sequences. Time advance in steps that depend on
tempo, and in each time step a new MIDI note may sound, or a controller
event may be sent. You can have several columns of notes and/or
controllers for each pattern, and pattern length is configurable.
KMidiTracker Features
* MIDI oriented Step Sequencer
* ALSA MIDI input/output
* Keyboard input
* Graphical Controller edition
* Controllers include MIDI Controllers, SysEx Controllers and PitchBend
* MIDI Master Clock (master and slave)
* Linux RTC timer or MMC if avaliable for perfect timing
* Tracks and columns in patterns muteable
* SysEx parameters. Can be loaded from binary file, manually inserted in
hex, or captured from midi input.
* Variable Time Signature
* Load/Save
* KDE application: easy menu, toolbar and shortcuts changes
* Everything can be changed in realtime: notes, arrangement, loops,
controllers, load/save, new tracks or patterns, delete tracks or
patterns...
* GPL license
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Thank you!
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http://www.monasteriomono.org
david(a)monasteriomono.org
Please note that the ICMC 2005 ( September / Barcelona ) paper
submission is less than 10 days away! We urge everyone to post their
papers to the suvisoft system as soon as possible to prevent any last
minute problems.
For details on submissions see http://www.icmc2005.org/
You can also contact Bram de Jong <bdejong(a)iua.upf.es> if you need more
details or extra information.
kindest regards,
The ICMC 2005 team