BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//icalevents.anmari.com//amr-events 3.0.9//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:STEIM X-WR-CALDESC:Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120220T113635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120405T175841Z UID:553@http://steim.org URL:http://steim.org/event/essentials-of-supercollider-workshop-3/ SUMMARY:Essentials of SuperCollider #3 DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://steim.org/event/essentials-of-supercollider-work shop-3/":Advance registration is required for this event and can only be do ne through this form.\nSuperCollider for absolute beginners. Learn the esse ntials of making synths\, composing\, and playing with SuperCollider\nThis is the third workshop of a beginner's course in SuperCollider. SuperCollide r is a free and open source sound and music language designed used by artis ts worldwide to realize sonic ideas. SuperCollider is supported by a large and helpful community\, but despite this many beginners still find it hard knowing how to get started. The focus of this workshop series is to get you over that initial learning hump and into a place where you feel comfortabl e enough with SC to dive deeper on your own.\nThe workshop will take place in three evening sessions of four hours each\, progressively covering topic s such as building synths\, composing and sequencing sound\, and live perfo rmance using midi controllers and other electronic interfaces.\nYou must re gister to attend these workshops. Each session costs €25\, which is payable on arrival. It is also possible to pay by credit card or paypal for all th ree workshops.\nThe course will be taught jointly by Marije Baalman and Tij s Ham.\nWorkshop Dates:\nThursday 26 April\, 2012 - Session 1: Getting star ted with building synths\nThursday 10 May\, 2012 - Session 2: Composing and sequencing\nThursday 31 May\, 2012 - Session 3: Control\, performance\, an d interaction\nTime: 18:30 - 22:30\n Cost: €25 per workshop\n Location: STE IM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam\n Maximum number of participants: 1 5\n\nWHAT TO BRING / PREPARE\nAll participants are expected to bring their own computer* and to install the SuperCollider software before the workshop . The software can be downloaded here: http://supercollider.sourceforge.net /downloads/\n*STEIM has a limited number of computers available for those w ho do not have their own. If you would like to use one of these machines pl ease let us know well in advance so that we can arrange one for you.\n  \;\nWORKSHOP LEADERS\nMarije Baalman is a multidisciplinary artist\, resear cher\, and engineer whose primary interest lies in the use of wireless netw orks for live performance (such as dance and music)\, and installations. Sh e has studied Perceptual Acoustics at the Technical University in Delft\, S onology at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague\, and completed her Ph.D. on Wave Field Synthesis and electro-acoustic music at the Electronic Studio o f the Technical University of Berlin. Between 2007 and 2010 she was a post- doctoral researcher in Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montreal . Marije is a well-respected expert in SuperCollider. She has given SuperCo llider workshops worldwide and has contributed chapters to "The SuperCollid er Book" (MIT Press\, 2011). http://www.nescivi.nl/\nTijs Ham composes and performs electronic music under the name Tapage. Besides his work as a musi cian\, Tijs teaches basic SuperCollider courses at the Music Technology pro gram at the HKU in Hilversum\, and is currently working at STEIM investigat ing the way sonic material can be categorized for playback using self organ izing maps and neural networks. http://tympanikaudio.com/artists/tapage/\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Advance registration is required for th is event and can only be done through this form.

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Su perCollider for absolute beginners. Learn the essentials of making synths\, composing\, and playing with SuperCollider

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This is t he third workshop of a beginner's course in SuperCollider. SuperCollider is a free and open source sound and music language designed used by artists w orldwide to realize sonic ideas. SuperCollider is supported by a large and helpful community\, but despite this many beginners still find it hard know ing how to get started. The focus of this workshop series is to get you ove r that initial learning hump and into a place where you feel comfortable en ough with SC to dive deeper on your own.

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The workshop will take pla ce in three evening sessions of four hours each\, progressively covering to pics such as building synths\, composing and sequencing sound\, and live pe rformance using midi controllers and other electronic interfaces.

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Y ou must register to attend these workshops. Each session costs €25\, which is payable on arrival. It is also possible to pay by credit card or paypal for all three workshops.

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The course will be taught jointly by Marij e Baalman and Tijs Ham.

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Workshop Dates:
\nThursday 26 Apri l\, 2012 - Session 1: Getting started with building synths
\nThursday 10 May\, 2012 - Session 2: Composing and sequencing
\n Thursday 31 May\, 2012 - Sess ion 3: Control\, performance\, and interaction

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Time: 1 8:30 - 22:30
\n Cost: €25 per workshop
\n Locat ion: STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam
\n Maximum nu mber of participants: 15

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WHAT TO BRING / PREPARE

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All participants are expected t o bring their own computer* and to install the SuperCollider software befor e the workshop. The software can be downloaded here: http://supercollider.sourceforge.net/do wnloads/

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*STEIM has a limited number of computers available for those who do not have their own. If you would like to use one of these mac hines please let us know well in advance so that we can arrange one for you .

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WORKSHOP LEADERS

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Marije Baalman is a multidisciplinary artist\, researcher\, and engineer whose p rimary interest lies in the use of wireless networks for live performance ( such as dance and music)\, and installations. She has studied Perceptual Ac oustics at the Technical University in Delft\, Sonology at the Royal Conser vatory in the Hague\, and completed her Ph.D. on Wave Field Synthesis and e lectro-acoustic music at the Electronic Studio of the Technical University of Berlin. Between 2007 and 2010 she was a post-doctoral researcher in Comp utation Arts at Concordia University in Montreal. Marije is a well-respecte d expert in SuperCollider. She has given SuperCollider workshops worldwide and has contributed chapters to "The SuperCollider Book" (MIT Press\, 2011) . http://www.nescivi.nl/

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Tijs Ham composes and performs electronic music under the name Tapage. Besides his work as a musician\, Tijs teaches basic SuperCollider c ourses at the Music Technology program at the HKU in Hilversum\, and is cur rently working at STEIM investigating the way sonic material can be categor ized for playback using self organizing maps and neural networks. http://tympanikaudio.com/artists/ tapage/

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