[linux-audio-announce] Pure Data/ Free and Open Source Software Workshop : London

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Subject: [linux-audio-announce] Pure Data/ Free and Open Source Software Workshop : London
From: derek holzer (derek_AT_x-i.net)
Date: Mon Dec 06 2004 - 19:55:37 EET


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Pure Data/ Free and Open Source Software Workshop
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VJ | Video editing | Audio editing
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Hosted by OpenMute, London UK - Monday 13 Dec - Tuesday 14 Dec

**PD.ZILLA --- PURE DATA STOMPS THE UK!**

Workshops and demos on Free and Open Source Software by Aymeric Mansoux
and Derek Holzer.

While many tools exist for sound, multimedia and VJ purposes, few of
them are designed with the kind of open architecture that allows artists
to reconfigure the tools themselves. Fewer still are free to use, share
and rebuild.

This workshop introduces the software combination of Pure Data, GEM and
PDP/PiDiP, running on the Linux operating system, as a platform for
audio, video and multimedia artists to explore.

About Pure Data http://pure-data.iem.at/

Pure Data/Free and Open Source Software Workshop
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Workshop date and time: Monday 13 Dec - Tuesday 14 Dec | 10.30 (coffee)
11am start – 7pm finish. Lunch is from 1-2.

Public install, date and time: Tuesday 14 Dec | 6pm

Party: location/date and time to be announced, check our Wiki for updates

Where: Ground Floor Hall, The Whitechapel Centre, 85 Myrdle St, London
E1 1HL
The workshop is fully wheelchair accessible. Please let us know if you
have any other access requirements.
Local travel: Tube: Whitechapel/Aldgate East, DLR: Shadwell, Bus: 25,
15, 247
Street map: http://linkme2.net/b

Details forthcoming at: http://3d.openmute.org/modules/wakka/PureData
Discussion forum:
http://3d.openmute.org/modules/newbb/viewforum.php?forum=15

Registration/payment: +44(0)20 7377 6949 services_AT_metamute.com
Cost and payment details: 50gbp. Payment can be accepted by cheque (UK
clearing bank only, please make cheques payable to: Mute), Visa,
Mastercard, Solo, Switch, Maestro. (Please call to make credit card
payments)

Payment must be made in full before the workshop starts. No concessions
are available. No refunds available for cancellation or missed workshop.
Places are limited so please book early. If there are no places
available, we will be holding further PD workshops and there is a public
(free) install session from 6pm on Tuesday 14th Dec.

All equipment will be provided, though if you prefer you are invited to
bring your own laptop for the duration of the workshop. The workshop
team can install PD and setup your machine, but please allow sufficient
space [700 Mb for dyne:bolic, or 5 Gb for full Linux installation!].
This is on top of any existing operating system (OS) and will not damage
your existing OS (Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD, + other Unix flavours
can be accommodated).

**NB - Please let us know in advance if you want to bring your own
machine and let us know its specifications**

The program
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DAY ONE

INTERMEDIATE: aimed towards people with some basic familiarity with
computers, and who would like to increase their knowledge of Pure Data,
digital audio+video and Linux.

1
Installation Clinic(workshop participants only) [HANDS-ON][1 HOUR]

This block of time will be set aside for people to bring in their own
PCs in order to install either the dyne:bolic or Fedora Linux/Planet
CCRMA system of audio video applications. Please set aside a suitable
amount of space on your hard drive! [700 Mb for dyne:bolic, or 5 Gb for
full Linux installation!]

2
Meet Mr. Pure Data[HANDS-ON][3 HOURS]

An introduction to simple programming using the graphical environment of
PD, or Pure Data. Participants will build a simple, monophonic
synthesizer which can be played from the computer keyboard, while
learning some of the basic "grammar" and "vocabulary" of the PD
language. Several ready-made instruments from the RRADical collection of
patches for PD will also be introduced.

3
Everyone Wants to be a VJ, pt. 1[HANDS-ON][3 HOURS]

An introduction to GEM, the Graphics Environment for Multimedia, which
is an external library for PD which allows for the creation and
manipulation of 3D objects. Participants will explore basic 3D shapes +
movements, as well as mapping images and textures onto these shapes.

DAY TWO

INTERMEDIATE: aimed towards people with some basic familiarity with
computers and Pure Data, and with an interest in making live sound and
video.

1.
Our Old Friend, Mr. Pure Data[HANDS-ON][3 HOURS]

A higher level workshop in PD, for those who survived the introduction
and are ready for more complex exercises. Here, we will cover using
tables to manipulate audio samples, filters + delays, creating reusable
modules of code to save you time, and integrating PD into other Linux
audio applications using the Jack Audio Connection Kit.

2.
Everyone Wants to be a VJ pt. 2[HANDS-ON][3 HOURS]

Video mixing and processing using PDP, or Pure Data Packets, another
external for PD. Aymeric will demonstrate how to create abstract video
from noise, how to load Quicktime video clips from the hard drive, and
how to use filters to create video effects.

3.
Installation Clinic(open to the public 6pm) [HANDS-ON][1 HOUR]

This block of time will be set aside for people to bring in their own
PCs in order to install either the dyne:bolic or Fedora Linux/Planet
CCRMA system of audio video applications. Please set aside a suitable
amount of space on your hard drive! [700 Mb for dyne:bolic, or 5 Gb for
full Linux installation!]

Credits and thanks
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Simon Yuill of http://www.yourmachines.org/ for the inspiration to put
on the workshop. Raquel Perez de Eulate for help organising the event.
Korona from SSBA for the venue hire. The PD.ZILLA team for being
flexible in arranging the event.

The event is organised by OpenMute, provider of FLOSS web tools see:
http://openmute.org
OpenMute is a Mute Publishing Ltd. project http://metamute.com , and
supported by the Arts Council of England.

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