2012 Pure Data mini-Con at TCD Dublin

The 2nd Pd mini-Con has been given the green light: it will take place in the Dept. of Music, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland on the 11th and 12th of May, 2012. There is wriggle room to spill over to the 10th and/or 13th if needs be. 

This years 'Con promises to be bigger and better since we have forged mutual alliances with other Irish-based Pd-er camps & circuit-bender groups. There will be a performance night as well in the Music Dept. recital room and break-out room(s) as necessary for workshops etc.    

There is a call is for papers, demonstrations, performances, workshops, and /or any Pd-related endeavour. Simply make contact with submissions (include your tech spec), or if you have any questions. 

Pd Convention - Weimar: "So Pure - so Data"

Well, finally made it! It's been totally worth the wait. Quote of the day (and perhaps of the week) has to be: "So Pure - so Data" (Kyriakos Tsoukalas).

 

No Sleep 'til Weimar

Thanks to all the presenters and people who helped make the Pd mini-conference a success. Hopefully get to see you all at the Pd convention in Weimar in August.....

.....and here's Marco Donnarumma's blog:
http://www.thesaddj.com/presenting-xth-sense-at-pure-data-mini-con-2011-dublin/

Pure Data mini-con

Pure Data mini-con
Friday 4th Day

11:00
David Collier      presentation
composition in pd

11:30
Ricky Graham      presentation
live performance system in pd

12:00
Marco Donnarummo             paper
XTH SENSE: RESEARCHING BIOLOGICAL SOUNDS OF HUMAN BODY FOR AN
EXPERIMENTAL PARADIGM OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

13:00 break

14:30 - 18:30  Sound checks - no access to Boydell except performers & crue

Friday 4th Evening

7 PM Evening Concert Boydell Recital Room

Roger Gregg with Rich Duckworth       timbre - trash
João Pais  Soundscape improvisation (TBC)
Sean Taylor and Mikael Fernstrom   Remediation #3 of Marbh Crhios
Marco Donnarummo  ‘MUSIC FOR FLESH I’

Saturday 5th Day

Morning Session

10:30 - 12:30
xTreme newbies workshop            Emer Landers, Niamh Mahoney, Nicola O’Donoghue
  
 a whirlwind tour of pd for beginners by three of our senior undergraduate students. No
experience necessary, if possible bring a laptop with pd installed. There will be a couple of
laptops available for use on the day. Moderated by RD  

12:30 - 13:00
Mikael Fernstrom      paper
"Modelling roars and whispers of nature in pd for the Marbh Crhios performance"

13:00 - 14:00 break

Afternoon Session

14:00 - 16: 00
João Pais ‘Understanding and being creative with Pure Data’s data structures’
This workshop is dedicated to showing the possibilities of Pd’s data structures as a fruitful
companion to any Pd user interested in a in a closer and more flexible interaction with the
graphical representation of data.

Pure Data mini-conference

Well People, it's done! 

The ball has been set rolling for a two-day pure data mini-conference. It takes place March 4th and 5th in the Department of Music in Trinity College Dublin and there will be an evening concert March 4th at 7PM. There's still space for your papers, compositions, performance proposals, and/or presentations.  

My contribution will be a piece of specially composed microtonal music involving Pure Data and scrap percussion - a collaboration with Roger Gregg. 

The evening performance is free to members of the TCD community thanks to kind support from the Provost's Visual and Performing Arts fund. 

Acoustic Music Company - Brighton

By far the best guitar store I have ever been in. No big names, no gung-ho sales chicanery, no Stairway to Heaven or Master of Puppets, no disappointments..... just outstanding luthier steel string guitars at realistic prices. When you're ready to abandon the commercials and find your own voice - get a car, boat, train, plane to the Acoustic Music Company in Brighton. You can take as long as you want (I was there for four hours and tried 25 guitars), and, unlike Mr. Hewson,  you will find what you are looking for. Don't waste your time and money on those sucker MC guitar emporia - go to the source: AMC, and bring money! 

http://www.theacousticmusicco.co.uk/