Pure Date Handmade Music Workshop Series

We have a whole weekend of Pure Data / Raspberry Pi events coming up! Check out our list below and sign up for the event(s) of your choice.

What is Pure Data? Pure Data (Pd) is an open source, visual programming language geared towards musicians and artists, but it can be used for most anything. It is the free version of Cycling 74′s Max/MSP, but it runs on just about any computer, even the Raspberry Pi.

The Raspberry Pi is a $35 computer that runs Linux and connects to your television. Combined with Pd, it can be used as an embedded noise toy, a guitar effects pedal, or just as a cheap portable way to play with Pure Data.

Before the Events: Thursday 11/14, we will be having a “Get Started With Pure Data And Raspberry Pi” night where we can help people install and test Pd on their laptop and/or Raspberry Pi – to get ready for the weekend’s workshops, or just because.

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Saturday 11/16, we have FOUR workshops with special guest instructors:

10am - 1pm: Pure Data + Raspberry Pi: The Adventure Continues (Miller Puckette)
Miller Puckette, creator of Pure Data (Pd) will be showing the latest tips and tricks for using Pure Data on the Raspberry Pi.

Buy Tickets Here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/8812276757/eorg

10am - 1pm: DIY Live Sampling Microphone Build & Slice//Jockey (Katja Vetter)
Katja Vetter will show how to build a quality unidirectional DIY microphone suitable for live recording, and how to use it with Slice//Jockey, a live sampling Pure Data patch.

Buy Tickets Here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/8812423195/eorg

2pm - 5pm: Laptop Orchestrating with your Friends (Ico Bukvic)
Ico Bukvic will teach a workshop appropriate for ages 10 and up covering an introduction to Pd-L2ork interactive visual programming environment and its K12 eduction module.

Buy Tickets Here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/8812515471/eorg

2pm - 5pm: Your Computer, Your Creativity (Jonathan Wilkes)
Unlocking Computer Creativity for musicians and creative types using the Pure Data programming language for a minimum of cryptic code and other off-putting digital peculiarities.

Buy Tickets Here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/8812597717/eorg

Afterwards, from 5:30pm – 9:30pm, we will be having Handmade Music 4.0, with performances by our guest instructors and local musicians... FREE!