Hi All,

I had a couple of ideas I thought of proposing for the Csound
conference, but I wanted to see if there is interest first before
proposing them.

The first idea is a walkthrough through Csound code. The idea is that
you could come and learn about the internals of Csound, how it works.
The targeted audience would be those interested in the code base,
whether that's to learn how an audio engine like Csound runs, or
whether you'd like to get involved with working on Csound.  I imagined
this as a guided walkthrough. Like a walking tour, you'd be free to
ask questions anytime.

The second idea is a session on building applications with the API.
The idea I had for this was a to take a tour of the API methods.  This
would be an interactive workshop with planned exercises for all of us
to go through. I had the thought that using Python would be the ideal
candidate to do these exercises.  The same API calls would be used if
using other languages, so you could take the knowledge over to
Java/Android, iOS, C/C++, Lua, etc.

A few thoughts:

* I don't know if anyone has proposed something similar
* The first session idea would be very code heavy and require
knowledge in C.  The discussion coming from this session could be
captured so that we could create technical documentation for Csound's
internals, which is something I think would be a very good thing for
the software and community.
* The second session could be captured to create another document for
building applications with Csound.  There's some good information out
already by various members of the community, but I think we need to
get updated for CS6 as well as have a central document that lives with
Csound itself.
* I don't know if the organizers are interested in these talks either. :)

If you're interested in either of these, please do chime in.

Thanks!
steven

As would I. A chance to learn from expert Csound programmers is a rare 
opportunity.

On 8/25/13 12:50 PM, andy fillebrown wrote:
> I would be interested in both of these.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Steven Yi  > wrote:
>
>     Hi All,
>
>     I had a couple of ideas I thought of proposing for the Csound
>     conference, but I wanted to see if there is interest first before
>     proposing them.
>
>     The first idea is a walkthrough through Csound code. The idea is that
>     you could come and learn about the internals of Csound, how it works.
>     The targeted audience would be those interested in the code base,
>     whether that's to learn how an audio engine like Csound runs, or
>     whether you'd like to get involved with working on Csound.  I imagined
>     this as a guided walkthrough. Like a walking tour, you'd be free to
>     ask questions anytime.
>
>     The second idea is a session on building applications with the API.
>     The idea I had for this was a to take a tour of the API methods.  This
>     would be an interactive workshop with planned exercises for all of us
>     to go through. I had the thought that using Python would be the ideal
>     candidate to do these exercises.  The same API calls would be used if
>     using other languages, so you could take the knowledge over to
>     Java/Android, iOS, C/C++, Lua, etc.
>
>     A few thoughts:
>
>     * I don't know if anyone has proposed something similar
>     * The first session idea would be very code heavy and require
>     knowledge in C.  The discussion coming from this session could be
>     captured so that we could create technical documentation for Csound's
>     internals, which is something I think would be a very good thing for
>     the software and community.
>     * The second session could be captured to create another document for
>     building applications with Csound.  There's some good information out
>     already by various members of the community, but I think we need to
>     get updated for CS6 as well as have a central document that lives with
>     Csound itself.
>     * I don't know if the organizers are interested in these talks
>     either. :)
>
>     If you're interested in either of these, please do chime in.
>
>     Thanks!
>     steven
>
>
>     Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug trackers
>     csound6:
>     https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/tickets/
>     csound5:
>     https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/bugs/
>     Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
>     To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk
>      with body "unsubscribe csound"
>
>
>

these are super interesting subjects, steven. please do.
best -
	j


Am 25.08.2013 17:14, schrieb Steven Yi:
> Hi All,
>
> I had a couple of ideas I thought of proposing for the Csound
> conference, but I wanted to see if there is interest first before
> proposing them.
>
> The first idea is a walkthrough through Csound code. The idea is that
> you could come and learn about the internals of Csound, how it works.
> The targeted audience would be those interested in the code base,
> whether that's to learn how an audio engine like Csound runs, or
> whether you'd like to get involved with working on Csound.  I imagined
> this as a guided walkthrough. Like a walking tour, you'd be free to
> ask questions anytime.
>
> The second idea is a session on building applications with the API.
> The idea I had for this was a to take a tour of the API methods.  This
> would be an interactive workshop with planned exercises for all of us
> to go through. I had the thought that using Python would be the ideal
> candidate to do these exercises.  The same API calls would be used if
> using other languages, so you could take the knowledge over to
> Java/Android, iOS, C/C++, Lua, etc.
>
> A few thoughts:
>
> * I don't know if anyone has proposed something similar
> * The first session idea would be very code heavy and require
> knowledge in C.  The discussion coming from this session could be
> captured so that we could create technical documentation for Csound's
> internals, which is something I think would be a very good thing for
> the software and community.
> * The second session could be captured to create another document for
> building applications with Csound.  There's some good information out
> already by various members of the community, but I think we need to
> get updated for CS6 as well as have a central document that lives with
> Csound itself.
> * I don't know if the organizers are interested in these talks either. :)
>
> If you're interested in either of these, please do chime in.
>
> Thanks!
> steven
>
>
> Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug trackers
> csound6:
>              https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/tickets/
> csound5:
>              https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/bugs/
> Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
> To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe csound"
>
>
>

> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 12:50:35PM -0400, andy fillebrown wrote:
>>   I would be interested in both of these.
>> 
> Hello, 
> 
> These are both most excellent ideas that should help complement existing
> documentation.
> If you do organise such workshops, could they be recorded on video so that those
> who live in Europe or elsewhere and can't attend might learn, if not participate?
> 
> 
I second that, the topics are excellent. A video, or transcript would be great.

All the best,

Jacques

Hi All,

Thanks for the replies!  Sounds like there's enough interest to make
proposals for each.  I'll submit something soon to the website.

Thanks!
steven

On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Dr. Richard Boulanger
 wrote:
> Steven,
>
> These would be absolutely FASNTASTIC workshops for the conference.
> I would love to schedule BOTH of them.
>
>
> - Dr.B.
>
> Dr. Richard Boulanger
> Professor of Electronic Production and Design
> Professional Writing and Music Technology Division
> Office @ 161 Mass Ave - 4th Floor
> 617-747-2485 (office)  774-488-9166 (cell)
> http://csounds.com/boulanger  http://boulangerlabs.com
> http://csoundforlive.com
>
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Steven Yi  wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I had a couple of ideas I thought of proposing for the Csound
>> conference, but I wanted to see if there is interest first before
>> proposing them.
>>
>> The first idea is a walkthrough through Csound code. The idea is that
>> you could come and learn about the internals of Csound, how it works.
>> The targeted audience would be those interested in the code base,
>> whether that's to learn how an audio engine like Csound runs, or
>> whether you'd like to get involved with working on Csound.  I imagined
>> this as a guided walkthrough. Like a walking tour, you'd be free to
>> ask questions anytime.
>>
>> The second idea is a session on building applications with the API.
>> The idea I had for this was a to take a tour of the API methods.  This
>> would be an interactive workshop with planned exercises for all of us
>> to go through. I had the thought that using Python would be the ideal
>> candidate to do these exercises.  The same API calls would be used if
>> using other languages, so you could take the knowledge over to
>> Java/Android, iOS, C/C++, Lua, etc.
>>
>> A few thoughts:
>>
>> * I don't know if anyone has proposed something similar
>> * The first session idea would be very code heavy and require
>> knowledge in C.  The discussion coming from this session could be
>> captured so that we could create technical documentation for Csound's
>> internals, which is something I think would be a very good thing for
>> the software and community.
>> * The second session could be captured to create another document for
>> building applications with Csound.  There's some good information out
>> already by various members of the community, but I think we need to
>> get updated for CS6 as well as have a central document that lives with
>> Csound itself.
>> * I don't know if the organizers are interested in these talks either. :)
>>
>> If you're interested in either of these, please do chime in.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> steven
>>
>>
>> Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug trackers
>> csound6:
>>             https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/tickets/
>> csound5:
>>             https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/bugs/
>> Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
>> To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe
>> csound"
>>
>>
>