hi i just read the mail about the workshop next saturday i feel sorry for you because i think i will come rrr
--- Derek Holzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > xxxxx_workshop_39_40 Berlin: Using Cheap Game > Controllers and DIY > Interface for Sensor Input into Pure Data with Derek > Holzer & Martin > Howse > > A (more-or-less) weekly series of constructivist > workshops emphasising > making and connection within the field of the > existent. > > Calendar: > > March 15th 2PM: Using Cheap Game Controllers and DIY > Interface for > Sensor Input into Pure Data with Derek Holzer & > Martin Howse > > March 29th 2PM: Hands on Theremin Workshop with > Ralph Schreiber > > Forthcoming matter: > > Pinhole and Kirlian photography, radio telescopy, > data forensics, > scientific visualisation toolkits, hardware RNG, > EVP, scrying boards > and KiCad design > > ... contact if you're interested in leading a > related workshop. > > //<------------------------------------------------- > > March 15th 2PM: Using Cheap Game Controllers and DIY > Interface for > Sensor Input into Pure Data with Derek Holzer & > Martin Howse > > The workshop will focus on the quickest, cheapest > way possible to get > sensor input into the Pure Data programming > environment - hacking USB > game controllers and the HID (Human Interface > Device) protocol. For > often less than EUR 5 and a few minutes with the > soldering iron, a > clever artist can start plugging sensors which > measure light, > temperature, pressure, movement and many other > things right into their > laptop. We will also examine building our own USB > input device using > the ATmega8 microcontroller. > > Parts and tools for these projects as well as some > sample sensors will > be provided. Participants are encouraged to bring > their own sensors > and USB game controllers (joysticks, steering > wheels, dancemats, toy > guitars, fishing rods, etc etc) for experimentation. > The Pure Data > programming environment will be used to get the > sensor information > into the computer and map it to different > parameters, ranging from > MIDI to direct control of audio or video. > > Windows users should be aware that the possibilities > for input on > their systems may be more restricted. GNU/Linux and > Mac OS X users > should not expect any problems. > > Some links for those interested: > > http://puredata.info/ (Pure Data) > http://puredata.info/downloads (install PD-Extended > 0.39 from here!) > http://at.or.at/hans/research/nime/ (HC Steiner's > page on sensor interfaces) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sensors (every > imaginable kind of > sensor listed) > > ---What to bring: > > Essential: > > 1) Laptop running Linux, OS X or Windows (be advised > that Windows > users may have fewer possibilities) > 2) Pure Data Extended 0.39 installed from: > http://puredata.info/downloads (please mind that it > is Extended and > 0.39!!!!) > 3) Soundcard (internal or external, quality a > non-issue) > 4) Headphones > 5) EUR 15 participation fee > > Recommended/Suggested: > > 1) Sensors of any kind > 2) USB game controller of any kind > 3) Microphones or other sound inputs > 4) Your own project ideas for discussion > > ---About the Teachers > > Derek Holzer [USA 1972] began working with Pure Data > in 2001. Since > then, he has taught and performed with the program > across Europe, > North America, Brazil and New Zealand. His work > focuses on field > recording, networked collaboration strategies, > experiments in > improvisational sound and the use of free software > such as > Pure-Data. He is currently writing a beginner's > manual for Pure Data. > http://www.umatic.nl/info_derek.html > http://www.umatic.nl/workshops.html > http://flossmanuals.net/puredata > > Martin Howse operates within the fields of > discourse, speculative > hardware (environmental data in open physical > systems), code (an > examination of layers of abstraction), free software > and the > situational (performances and interventions). > http://1010.co.uk > > ---_______ > > Background: > > Workshops led by field-expert practitioners extend > over realms of code > and embedded code, environmental code, noise, > transmission and > reception, and electromysticism. Workshops solely > utilise free > software and GNU toolbase. > > Practitioners have included Martin Kuentz > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Julian Oliver > (http://selectparks.net/), Derek Holzer > (http://soundtransit.nl), Jeff > Mann (http://jeffmann.com), Martin Howse > (http://1010.co.uk), Fredrik > Olofsson (http://www.fredrikolofsson.com/), Florian > Cramer > (http://cramer.plaintext.cc:70/), Brendan Howell, , > jo FRGMNT > grys(http://tob.de.vu/) > > xxxxx, pickledfeet, Linienstrasse 54, Berlin 10119 > > U2, Rosa-Luxemburg-Pl. > U8, Rosenthaler Pl. > > Telephone: 3050187482. > > http://1010.co.uk/workshop.html > > http://1010.co.uk/xxxxx_research_institute.html > > http://pickledfeet.com > > > -- > derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl ::: > http://blog.myspace.com/macumbista > ---Oblique Strategy # 116: > "Make an exhaustive list of everything you might do > and do the last > thing on the list" > > _______________________________________________ > PD-announce mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-announce > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > ______________________________________________ Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! 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