MakeAXE 2015 - WSU Summer Camp

http://tinyurl.com/WsuMusicTech

Day 1

Morning (8:30 - 12:00)

8:30 - 9:00: Introductions

Introductions: me, counselors

What is this camp?

• Making instruments
• DJ, VJ
• Realtime audio/video synthesis Pure Data
• Examples: Maize video
• Live demo with bananas and stuff

How the camp is structured

• An open-source structure: follow along at http://tinyurl.com/WsuMusicTech
• Wichita Patcher's Circle: Google Group and Resources

9:00 - 9:30: The Name Game

• Groups of 4 and 5, then 9:
• Name
• Music thing or Geek thing or anything!
• Contest between the 9

9:30 - 10: Pure Data intro

lecture schmecture 1

Pd: The Philosophy

• Pd is a dataflow language and uses the metaphor of connecting objects to each other.
  • modular synthesizer
  • another modular synthesizer
• Pd also uses the metaphor of an instrument
  • Combining the instrument maker and instrument player
    • Edit and performance mode

Pd: The Language

• Pd vs. Pd-extended
• Runs on anything, even Android and iOS
• Free as in speech

Down and Dirty with Pd

• objects, messages, comments
• inlets and outlets, connecting objects and messages to each other
• [pix_video], [pix_texture], [rectangle]
• Show quickly [rotateXYZ], [sphere]
• Interactive help with objects

10:00 - 10:30 Workshop 1: Baby's First Pd Video Patch

• Work in pairs. Review what we did with this video
• Add one cool thing: rotation, sphere...something else?
• Can you add a filter? Project onto a teapot?

10:30 - 11:00 Lecture Schmecture 2

• Combining messages
• Adding filter
• Slider, number box, dragging and shift-dragging
• [cube], [rotateXYZ]
• [line]
• [bang(

11:00 - 11:30 Workshop 2: Learning to crawl

• Work in pairs. Review what we did with this video
• Then review how [bang( works with this video

11:30 - 12:00 Final Project

• Criteria: Do *something*, anything which
  • Incorporates live elements
  • Incorporates live or recorded video, audio
  • Uses Pure Data, Makey Makey, webcam
  • 3ish to 5ish minutesish longish
• Ideas to consider
  • Performance?
  • What form does it have?
  • Are you demoing an idea or technique?
  • Is it an environmental sort of thing
  • Does it have a unique element?

We are going to show off some (all?) of final projects at the Wichita Mini Maker Faire

Afternoon (1:00 - 4:30)

Learn more Pd

• Pd Video Tutorial II with fun opportunity

Example1: audio

• Build 'A' with [osc~] and [dac~]
  • Show canvas help, then interactive object help
  • talk about tilde
  • keyboard shortcuts
  • inlets, outlets, creation arguments
• Add volume control *~, number box
• line~, snapshot~
  • audio streams (sig~) vs. control
• bang~
• add freq slider with line~
• make a note
• Surf the 'net for cool Pd stuff
  • Groups of 2 (semi finals)
  • Then groups of 4 (finals)

End-of-Day

• Windows? Mac? Install Pd at home

Day 2

Morning

• service learning class

8:30: Review of Audio

• [osc~], arrays, [dac~][adc~][tabwrite~],[line~]
• help, Gem help
• [snapshot~]
• [*~] [+] [%]

9:30 Example2: audio

• audio scratcher
  • arrays
    • use [tabread] and [tabwrite] to show that it really is an array
    • substitute [table]
    • play only parts of the array

10:00 Work session: audio scratcher

• combine with sequencer?

10:30 Pd roulette

• 5 computers in a circle
• 5 minutes each
• 2 teams of 9
• what sounds the coolest?

11:00 hack up a cool Gem project

• Demo the idea
• Student work:
  • First individually
  • Then Groups of 2 (semi finals)
  • Then groups of 4 (finals)

11:30 Mini Maker Faire and final project

• Final Project presentations: Thursday afternoon 3:30

Optional Activities

• write poetry or haiku with Pd
• write mad libs with Pd
• Zoom, Shwartz...

Afternoon

1:30 Work session: player and scratcher

• Contest: groups of 4 make up a plot and use the scratcher to tell the story

3:30 Color Tracker

• Play video from Wichita Patcher's Circle

4:00 Work session

• discuss what to do next

Day 3

Morning

8:30: Final project idea brainstorm

• Think at least 1-2 minutes
• Could be a game
  • Brainstorm games
• Could be a cool unique audio effect
  • Pitch shifting
  • detect pitch
  • use an instrument?
• Video?
• Review projects done in Pd/Arduino Engineering class

8:45: Color tracking. pitch shifter

• Show both pitch shifter, downloaded from Wichita Patcher's Circle
• Play video of color tracker from Wichita Patcher's Circle
• Review available tools

9:00: Work session

• Explore pitch shifters and color tracker, or work on whatever you want

10:00: Tell a story

• Work in groups of 4
• Decide on a story: 1 to 2 minutes
• What is the mood
• Give people roles: write music, create video
• What are the Background sounds and music
• Use the scratcher: what will repeat and how?

Afternoon

1:00 Submit final project idea

• Form

1:30 Free work session

• Review project ideas with John

Day 4

Morning

Hack up a Gem help patch

• Look at a minimum of 5 Gem help patches
• Choose one to hack up
• Do something cool
• Example: [1]

Afternoon

3:30 Final Presentations

• Mini Maker Faire