IFD:Music Interaction Programming

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Lecturer(s): Rodrigo Diaz
Credits: 6 ECTS, 4 SWS
Date: Wednesday 17:00 (Schedule TBD)
Venue: Marienstraße 7b, Room 105

Description

This course is designed to enable students to produce and program musical interaction.
Through creative tasks, readings and hands-on exercises the course will explore the different approaches for music interaction using Pure Data.

The main objectives of the course are:

• To understand the basic principles of PureData audio/video programming.
• To understand the different approaches to produce interactive musical environments.
• To be able to deconstruct and reconstruct pieces of media art and interactive installations.

Topics

All the topics will by presented using Pure Data and in an introductory manner.

• Digital Signal Processing
• GEM and ComputerVision
• Communication Protocols (OSC, Serial, TCP/IP...)
• Scoring for Live Electronic and Computer Music Theory

Required Materials

• Computer (laptop with integrated web cam).
• A game controller (ps3 controller, wii mote, etc) or a smartphone.†
• Arduino.†

(†) Optional but strongly suggested

Registration

Send your name and short description (study program, matriculation number, and interests) to rodrigo.diaz@uni-weimar.de

Schedule and Assignments

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