[PD] [PD-announce] pd/rjdj skillshare @ Eyebeam, NYC, Dec 5th

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

http://eyebeam.org/events/rjdj-skillshare

December 5, 2009

12:00 – 1:30 PM : Introductory workshop on Pd with Hans-Christoph  
Steiner
2:00 – 6:00 PM : SkillShare w/Steiner and members of RjDj programming  
team

Free, capacity for up to 30 participants

RSVP HERE: http://tinyurl.com/ykaq3l3

Hans-Christoph Steiner returns to Eyebeam with members of the RjDj  
programming team from Europe to help turn your iPhone or iPod-Touch  
into a programmable, generative, and interactive sound-processor!  
Create a variable echo, whose timing varies according to the phone's  
tilt-sensor or an audio synthesizer that responds to your gestures,  
accelerations and touches. Abuse the extensive sound capabilities of  
the Pure Data programming language to blend generative music, audio  
analysis, and synthy goodness. If you're familiar with the awesome  
RjDj, then you already know the possibilities of Pure Data on the  
iPhone or iPod Touch (2nd and 3rd generation Touch only).

Creating and uploading your own sound-processing and sound-generating  
patches can be as easy as copying a text file to your device! In this  
4-hour hands-on SkillShare, interactive sound whiz and Pure Data  
developer Hans-Christoph Steiner and several of the original RjDj  
programers will lead you through all the steps necessary to turn your  
phone into a pocket synth.


How Eyebeam SkillShares work

Eyebeam's SkillShares are Peer-to-Peer working/learning sessions that  
provide an informal context to develop new skills alongside leading  
developers and artists. They are for all levels and start with an  
introduction and overview of the topic, after which participants with  
similar projects or skill levels break off into small groups to work  
on their project while getting feedback and additional instruction and  
ideas from their group. It's a great way to level-up your skills and  
meet like-minded people. This SkillShare is especially well-suited for  
electronic musicians and other people who have experience programming  
sound. Some knowledge of sound analysis and synthesis techniques will  
go a long way.

We’ll also take a lunch break in the afternoon including a special  
informal meeting about how to jailbreak your iPhone!


Your Skill Level

All levels of skill are OK as long as you have done something with Pd  
or Max/MSP before. If you consider yourself a beginner It would help a  
lot to run through the Pd audio tutorials before attending.

NOTE: On the day of the SkillShare we will hold an introductory  
workshop from 12:00 until 1:30 PM, led by Steiner, for those who want  
to make sure they're up-to-speed before the actual SkillShare starts  
at 2:00. The introductory workshop is for people who have some done  
something in Pd or Max/MSP but are still relative beginners in the  
area of electronic sound programming.


What You Should Bring

You'll need to bring your iPhone or iPod Touch (2nd or 3rd generation  
Touch only), your own laptop, a headset with a built-in mic  
(especially if using an iPod Touch) and the data cable you use to  
connect your device to your laptop. Owing to a terrific hack, you  
won't even need an Apple Developer License for your device!


More Information

RjDj is an augmented reality app that uses the power of the new  
generation personal music players like iPhone and iPod Touch to create  
mind blowing hearing sensations. The RjDj app makes a number of  
downloadable scenes from different artists available as well as the  
opportunity to make your own and share them with other users. RjDj.me

Pd (aka Pure Data) is a real-time graphical programming environment  
for audio, video, and graphical processing. Pd is free software, and  
works on multiple platforms, and therefore is quite portable; versions  
exist for Win32, IRIX, GNU/Linux, BSD, and MacOS X running on anything  
from a PocketPC to an old Mac to a brand new PC. Recent developments  
include a system of abstractions for building performance  
environments, and a library of objects for physical modeling for sound  
synthesis.


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