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LoveTech Presents LearnTech
6/19/09 23:43 - permalink - email - category: MaxMSPJitter

LoveTech Presents LearnTech - 020090623

Who: Electronic Musicians, Noisicians, Controllerists, Visualists, Hardware Hackers, Circuit Makers, Breakers and all those dealing lightning from their fingertips

What: LoveTech Presents LearnTech, a discussion oriented music technology salon

Why: To demonstrate our flow of sound wave magic and discuss incantational methodologies with others of the wizarding kind.

Where & When: 020090623, Tuesday, 19:00 to 23:00 at Space Gallery in downtown - 1141 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA 94109

How: A great line-up of musical performances with associated presentations, demonstrations and discussions.

Moldover - guitarist versus controllerist, traditional instrument techniques on Instruments from the future

Nonagon - on performing live with MIDI controllers

Preshish Moments - building custom MIDI controllers out of wood, nails and Max patches

Timeline85 Productions - presenting ColorSynth Hallucination Technology - MIDI driven LED Lighting effects

Vlad Spears - I'll be expanding on my presentation at the last Overlap.org event: speaking about controllers in general, the need for and superiority of modern controllers for making modern music and playing an in-progress Wolf Interval track or two with Live, the Snyderphonics Manta and my Max/MSP/Jitter tonal mapping app, Honeycomb.

If you're interested in creating live electronic music with technology, this promises to be both an entertaining and informative event.

Music + technology + freaks = fantastic.

Update: LearnTech was a blast. Large, enthusiastic crowds of everyone across the spectrum, from lovers of electronic music as an experience to those with deep experience in its creation.

Wolf Interval @ LearnTech San Francisco - 020090623

Above I'm playing a new Wolf Interval track, Tir Na Nog, using the Manta. Honeycomb is in action on the projection.


Overlap Salon 06 - Max/MSP/Jitter/Live
6/3/09 00:00 - permalink - email - category: MaxMSPJitter

Overlap Max/MSP/Jitter/Live Salon 06 - 020090603

Who: New media mavens, Electroacoustic elves, Audio activists, Visual vixens of all skill levels

What: Overlap.org's sixth Max/MSP/Jitter/Live Salon

Why: To cast technological spells of shifting light and sonic magic in a shared conceptual space for sharing and learning. The focus is on Cycling '74's Max/MSP/Jitter and Ableton Live, but general friendliness is to be had toward other patching environments like Pd and Plogue Bidule.

Where & When: 020090603, Wednesday (today!), 19:00 at SoundArts in the Mission - 520 Hampshire Street, Suite 206, San Francisco, CA 94110

How: We start off with a round of introductions, followed by a short Max/MSP/Jitter/Live related presentation. After this, we generally tackle the Project Of The Day collectively. This can be anything: working on a new or existing Max patch together, a musical session or discussing concepts and methods for future works. Other talks and impromptu performances can also break out at any time.

I'll be holding down the presentation slot this month, showing off the Manta and my new tonal mapping app for it, Honeycomb. Barry Threw continues his role as Overlap MC Extraordinaire. Other attendees bring all the soul power and, if we're both hungry and lucky, there's an excellent food stop somewhere after the Salon filled with even more conversation and idea swapping.

Update: Overlap Max/MSP/Jitter/Live Salon 06 was a roaring success. People loved the Manta and had many questions about both it and Honeycomb. Barry rocked out a noise performance while demoing the K-Bow and its software.

Barry Threw. K=Bow and sweet noise.

Note Barry is sporting both the archaic and new school versions of the Cycling '74 logo. Max/MSP gangsta for life.


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