Hello Csounders,

As some of you know, for the past 4 years, I have been working with my students at Berklee, making music with Rory Walsh’s amazing CsoundUnity API and inspired by the great work of Giovanni Beditti in CsoundUnity.

At the 2024 ICSC in Vienna, we performed and workshopped our latest version, developed by the brilliant Hung Vo (Strong Bear), called “CsoundMeta,” and premiered my latest composition - “Csound Dreams in the MetaVerse”.

We are planning to feature a new performance of the piece, workshopping the system, and then ClubJamming with the software at the 50th anniversary of the International Computer Music Conference in Boston this June 11,12.

I am honored to be one of the three Keynote Speakers for ICMC 2025, and here are a few links about the event and my plans for CsoundMeta there:

The event: https://icmc2025.sites.northeastern.edu/

My keynote (on June 11): https://icmc2025.sites.northeastern.edu/keynote-speakers/

And, in addition to what is stated in the links above, I am doing a workshop on Csound in the METAverse on the morning of June 12 (in the Loft @ Berklee), and, we will be getting together in a local bar/nightclub that evening with the workshop participants (and my 21 year old students to have a Csound in the METAverse Jam at “Kings” on the evening of the 12th.

Would you like to try CsoundMeta?

Would you like to join the workshop from your studio, classroom, or home?

Would you, your students, your friends, or your children like to install CsoundMeta on your Quest2, 3, 3s, or Pro? 

Strong Bear and I have been live-streaming this past week and helping students and colleagues get started with the system so that they could participate in the FlashMob at the end of my Keynote and Jam in the workshop and nightclub on June 12

I would love you to join in the fun.

Join our Discord channel to find the links to previous live streams and the link on how to get, install, and run CsoundMeta. (You can get up and running today!): https://discord.gg/PaWJXZMt

Also, you might want to join us on the LiveSteams we are running this coming week - Monday and Thursday from 1 pm - 3 pm EDT.

Here are the details.

April 14 & 17 Topics:

• Introducing CsoundMeta
• Dr. B & Strong Bear play a live Duet
• Berklee students co-locate in and join the Duet
• Overview of the system features
• Demonstration on how to play the soundOrbs and how to assign immersive worlds in which to play, 
• Demonstration on how to design-customize csoundORBS, map controllers, create presets, and make preset palettes
• Demonstration of how to save movements and structure compositions on the timeline.
• We will be introducing our latest feature: live sound capture and processing
• We will be helping more of you with your setups and answering your questions

If you can’t make the live stream, you will be able to watch the recordings of the sessions

Hoping that some of you might get things going on your Quests and that we might be jamming, composing, and performing together soon with Csound in the MetaVerse.

-dB

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Monday, APRIL 14 @ 1 pm EDT

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CsoundMeta Demo, Jam & Tutorial w/ Dr.B & Strong Bear - 1 pm (EDT), Apr 14, 2025 (Desktop)

https://youtube.com/live/h5idI9GqAeU?feature=share

CsoundMeta Demo, Jam & Tutorial w/ Dr.B & Strong Bear - 1 pm (EDT), Apr 14, 2025 (Mobile)

https://www.youtube.com/live/6xPqMqmHSUU

Join Dr. Richard Boulanger (Dr.B) and Strong Bear to get early access to CsoundMeta and jam with us. You'll learn how to play and edit sounds, map controllers, save presets, and start your composition using CsoundMeta. We'll take some time to help you set up CsoundMeta on your Quest devices, i.e., Quest 2, Quest 3, Quest 3s, and Quest Pro. 

Questions, suggestions? Join our CsoundMeta Discord Channel:  https://discord.gg/PaWJXZMt

Zoom to LiveStream: https://berklee.zoom.us/j/97713050563?pwd=BHhksg4N9DR1IgmsFcXI4qIcbK9UNA.1

#csound #unityvr #unity #metaquest #virtualreality #metaverse #csoundmeta #strongbear #designveloper #music #electronicmusic

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Thursday, APRIL 17, @ 1 pm EDT

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CsoundMeta Demo, Jam & Tutorial w/ Dr.B & Strong Bear - 1 pm (EDT), Apr 17, 2025 (Desktop)

https://www.youtube.com/live/hyP21lTSMtQ

CsoundMeta Demo, Jam & Tutorial w/ Dr.B & Strong Bear - 1 pm (EDT), Apr 17, 2025 (Mobile)

https://www.youtube.com/live/yDcG_tMlrMQ

Join Dr. Richard Boulanger (Dr.B) and Strong Bear to get early access to CsoundMeta and jam with us. You'll learn how to play and edit sounds, map controllers, save presets, and start your composition using CsoundMeta. We'll take some time to help you set up CsoundMeta on your Quest devices, i.e., Quest 2, Quest 3, Quest 3s, and Quest Pro. 

Questions, suggestions? Join our CsoundMeta Discord Channel:  https://discord.gg/PaWJXZMt

Zoom to LiveStream: https://berklee.zoom.us/j/97713050563?pwd=BHhksg4N9DR1IgmsFcXI4qIcbK9UNA.1

#csound #unityvr #unity #metaquest #virtualreality #metaverse #csoundmeta #strongbear #designveloper #music #electronicmusic

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