The most important update in 3.3.1 is compatibility with Safari 4, so Mac users can now happily update. There are also some GUI improvements, plus other helpful tweaks (full changelog).

Download from https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=54622

< http://www.steim.org/steim/workshops.php?id=140&b=1&r=1 >

 http://tinyurl.com/olevents

The SuperCollider session will be led by Dan Stowell, and will be aimed at people who haven’t used SuperCollider before.

Which category? We suggest “Most likely to change the way you do everything”.

Visit the SuperCollider downloads page to get binary or source-code downloads for your platform.

There are many changes since 3.2 (see the changelog for full detail) but here are some headlines:

• GUI system updates: easier syntax, plus a major update of GUI documentation, as well as extra features such as modal sheets, SCLevelIndicator, and menu item manipulation
• New UGens added:
  • BEQSuite filter UGens (popular set of nice-sounding filters)
  • PartConv (efficient frequency-domain convolution)
  • SendReply (sends arrays from server to the language client)
  • VDiskIn (like DiskIn but with variable rate)
  • LFGauss
• Buffer recording/playback UGens used to be limited to 16-channel; now they can handle massively multi-channel audio
• SCImage for manipulating bitmap image objects (mac only)
• LocalBuf framework allows synths to create/free their own “private” buffers, simplifying buffer management in many situations
• Various behind-the-scenes efficiency improvements, for a sleeker audio server that can do more on a given machine

(Note: the Windows build of 3.3 is still in alpha stages and so is not yet a “stable” release… watch this space)

Mac UB and source-code bundles are uploaded here:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=54622

• Photos by danstowell, by hecanjog, by djensenius
• Videos by erik schoster
• Blog by James Harkins, by Dan Stowell

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 If you register before April 8, the registration fee will be discounted to $35.00.

 Details concerning presentations that will be part of the symposium can be found at
               
               http://supercollider.wesleyan.edu/conf/index.php/sc3conf/SC09/schedConf/presentations

Full details in English: http://www.studioxx.org/en/node/2202

Full details in French: http://www.studioxx.org/fr/node/2201

• A Practical Guide to Patterns - read online (you will also get it in future downloads of SC, in the help docs)

Renate Wieser, Till Bovermann und Julian Rohrhuber geben einen Überblick über verschiedene Aspekte der Klangsynthese und -programmierung.

Donnerstag, 12. Februar 2008, 16.00 Uhr
Seminarraum Disco 2.0, 1. Etage, Universität Paderborn
Fürstenallee 11, 33102 Paderborn.

All details and sign-up at:
http://tinyurl.com/harvestcollider

SuperCollider workshops will be offered at Harvestworks in New York in early April, in the run up to the 2009 SuperCollider Symposium to be held at Wesleyan. This is a rare opportunity to learn from some of the SuperCollider developers themselves. SuperCollider is an incredible environment and programming language for music and audio. It provides an interpreted object-oriented language which functions as a network client to a state of the art, realtime sound synthesis server. SuperCollider was written by James McCartney over a period of many years, and is now an actively maintained and developed open source project. It is used by musicians, scientists, and artists working with sound and audiovisuals.

All workshops require attendees to bring their own laptops; tutors will assist with installation on OS X (10.4 or later recommended), Linux, and Windows as necessary.

The workshops being offered are:

1) Saturday 4th April: Beginners day (11am-6pm). A friendly introduction to SuperCollider for absolute beginners, aimed at artists and musicians. Aside from a little familiarity with the digital arts, no prerequisites, though some prior exposure to computer music (perhaps through Max/MSP or Csound) may be helpful. (led by Nick Collins, Dan Stowell, Jan Trützschler) $100

2) Sunday 5th April: Intermediate workshop day (11am-6pm). For those with some experience, but wanting to refresh and broaden their SC skills. Topics will include sound synthesis and analysis, interaction via GUI and controllers, generative and network music, SC programming tips and tricks and SC architecture. We will also be adaptable to participants needs, can take requests for topics, and have some general question and answer sessions. (led by Nick Collins, Dan Stowell, Jan Trützschler) $100

3) Monday 6th April evening (7-10pm). Beginner’s evening session. A friendly introduction to SuperCollider for absolute beginners, aimed at artists and musicians. Aside from a little familiarity with the digital arts, no prerequisites, though some prior exposure to computer music (perhaps through Max/MSP or Csound) may be helpful. (led by Nick Collins, Dan Stowell, Jan Trützschler)

4) Tuesday 7th April daytime (11-6). Abstract pressure cookers and virtual steam machines: Just in time programming in networks.
Not tweaking machines, but writing letters: Programs that program programs, machines that recombine structures. Replacing their parts, in effect writing their user manual at runtime. Instead of giving in to pressure to become virtuosos, we listen how the machines take the pressure - from spooky action at a distance to new exploring logics of distributed noise music. A collective workshop for live coding, sound synthesis, randomness in order. (led by Powerbooks Unplugged) $100

5) Tuesday 7th April evening (7-10pm). Compact version of Tuesday daytime session (led by Powerbooks Unplugged) $50

6) Wednesday 8th April daytime (11-6) SuperCollider Clinic. Flexible topic sessions, following participant needs, adaptable to all intermediate levels (beginners would find Saturday or Mon night helpful before this workshop). Developers will be on hand to answer questions, to present on special topics, and to demonstrate projects and works built with SC. (led by an all star cast of developers) $100

Takeko Akamatsu / Craftwife
http://www.tn8.jp/craftwife
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_umbdSImo 

Location: Elsenstr. 52, 2HH, Berlin - first building on left once you enter past the iron gates.

Don’t forget to bring my phone nrs. 03030133320, 017620626386.

[original announcement]

No specific agenda as yet, but we’ll probably look at some of the new features in 3.3, and hear about some people’s projects.

I’m co-ordinating the event using Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=55003010852
(Sorry to those who don’t use Facebook - please get in touch via the email address below)

Those attending from outside the college will need to be let into the building, so please make yourself known via the Facebook page or to dan.stowell at@at@at elec.qmul.ac.uk and we’ll make sure we let you in!

Thanks to all contributors! Many things have been improved (see ChangeLog), and the GUI documentation reworked. Please let us know if anything does not work as it should.

Grupe, Gerd (ed.): Virtual Gamelan Graz Rules – Grammars – Modeling (note the code on the cover..)

This book is about the SuperCollider based Virtual Gamelan Graz and its musicological context. It is mainly intended for gamelan specialists interested in computational methods and music theory of Java. An article by Rainer Schütz and Julian Rohrhuber discusses the details of the realtime synthesis implementation in SuperCollider, which is a bit of a blend of javanese and sclang (Schütz/Rohrhuber/de Campo).

publisher info

Dove e quando:

Here is a quick overview:

1. The symposium will begin with a keynote address by James McCartney and a presentation on the forthcoming SuperCollider Book by a panel drawn from the collective of editors and authors of the book.
2. Proposals for conference talks, workshops performances, and installations have a deadline of January 30 and will be accepted on-line via link on the supercollider.wesleyan.edu page.
3. Preconference workshops will be hosted by Harvestworks in NYC. Proposals for pre-conference workshops should be sent as soon as possible to Harvestworks. Put “Supercollider Workshop” in the subject heading and email to hanst@harvestworks.org
4. Discounted hotel rooms ($110 a night) will be available from The Inn at Middletown. (The hotel is a short walk from campus and close to a variety of restaurants and bars. Rooms have two queen-size beds and can be shared.)

Ron Kuivila