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Announcing the first meetup for the Bay Area Computer Music Group: ChucK, Python VST, and More. Hope to see you some of you there, and let me know if you would like to present at future events.
All the best,
Noah
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BAY AREA COMPUTER MUSIC TECHNOLOGY MEETUP: CHUCK, PYTHON VST, AND MORE
Thursday, October 4, 2007, 6:00 PM
Space Gallery, 1141 Polk St , San Francisco, CA
Click here to RSVP: http://electronicmusic.meetup.com/152/
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Come
meet each other and participate in planned and impromptu presentations
("lightning talks"). Presentations will be Ge Wang and Spencer Salazar
on ChucK, and Tim Thompson on his Python VST library. Bring your laptop
if you would like to make a short impromptu presentation (projection
screen and sound system available) or tell the group about new projects
and opportunities.
PLANNED PRESENTATIONS:
* Ge Wang and Spencer Salazar presenting on the ChucK audio programming language: http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/
. Ge and Spencer are both Alumni of the Princeton Sound Lab and Ge is
joining the faculty at Stanford in the Center for Computer Research in
Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). There is a lot of interest forming in the
Computer Music community around ChucK and they have been at it's
originating point. Ge is the chief architect and co-creator of the
language and Spencer is the author of several key components, as well
as the miniAudicle, an IDE for enjoyable ChucKing. Ge is also
enthusiastic about starting a "West Coast Laptop orchestra".
*
Tim Thompson will be presenting on a library he has written that allows
Python programmers to access the vast variety of VST plugins and synth
instruments. He is a former longtime Bell Labs / AT&T / Network
Appliance developer who has written a number of computer music
frameworks (notably KeyKit). He has more recently been inspired by
events such as Burning Man and Woodstockhausen, where his interactive
creations include a 12-foot high lyre and an antique radio. Tim's home
describes his projects and hosts his web-based algorithmic music toys: http://nosuch.com/tjt/index.html
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Short "lightning talk" style presentations from users who have attended
with their laptops. Contacting me in advance for this is not necessary
unless you have specific concerns.
The event will be held at Space Gallery, 1141 Polk St in San Francisco - http://www.spacegallerysf.com/
. There will be a projection screen and stereo sound system. It is an
enjoyable space and will be open for people to socialize after the
presentations. There will be light food to enjoy while you are talking.
Many thanks to Ray at Space Gallery for hosting this meetup!
At
9pm the venue will switch gears from Computer Music Technology Group
tech talk. Further eclectic inspiration begins at 9pm as professional
skateboarders do a short exhibition on a small portable half-pipe skate
ramp inside the gallery while CB Records Mophone and friends perform
mashup sets of live rock and funk re-mixes. Should be amazing!
Polk street also offers a variety of restaurants for after meetup dining and conversing.
Looking
forward to meeting all of you, and please feel free to contact me about
presenting for future events, hosting or sponsoring an event, etc. -
noah [at] listenlabs.com.
ABOUT THE BAY AREA COMPUTER MUSIC TECHNOLOGY GROUP
Meet other computer music technology enthusiasts
for presentations
of computer music techniques and technologies (all music genre outputs
are welcome). If you are a user of max/msp, Csound, ChucK,
CLM, Live, Reaktor, Kyma, JMSL, SuperCollider, or other computer music
synthesis, composition, and live performance software this group is for
you. Come to learn new techniques, better the code base, find
collaborators, and find out what what's happening in studios, labs, and
live work spaces around the Bay Area.
You can join the Bay Area Computer Music Group and RSVP for the first event at http://electronicmusic.meetup.com/152/
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