hi
i just read the mail about the workshop next saturday
i feel sorry for you because i think i will come
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--- Derek Holzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
> x_workshop_39_40 Berlin: Using Cheap Game
> Controllers and DIY
> Interface for Sensor Input into Pure Data with Derek
> Holzer & Martin
> Howse
>
> A (more-or-less) weekly series of constructivist
> workshops emphasising
> making and connection within the field of the
> existent.
>
> Calendar:
>
> March 15th 2PM: Using Cheap Game Controllers and DIY
> Interface for
> Sensor Input into Pure Data with Derek Holzer &
> Martin Howse
>
> March 29th 2PM: Hands on Theremin Workshop with
> Ralph Schreiber
>
> Forthcoming matter:
>
> Pinhole and Kirlian photography, radio telescopy,
> data forensics,
> scientific visualisation toolkits, hardware RNG,
> EVP, scrying boards
> and KiCad design
>
> ... contact if you're interested in leading a
> related workshop.
>
> //<-
>
> March 15th 2PM: Using Cheap Game Controllers and DIY
> Interface for
> Sensor Input into Pure Data with Derek Holzer &
> Martin Howse
>
> The workshop will focus on the quickest, cheapest
> way possible to get
> sensor input into the Pure Data programming
> environment - hacking USB
> game controllers and the HID (Human Interface
> Device) protocol. For
> often less than EUR 5 and a few minutes with the
> soldering iron, a
> clever artist can start plugging sensors which
> measure light,
> temperature, pressure, movement and many other
> things right into their
> laptop. We will also examine building our own USB
> input device using
> the ATmega8 microcontroller.
>
> Parts and tools for these projects as well as some
> sample sensors will
> be provided. Participants are encouraged to bring
> their own sensors
> and USB game controllers (joysticks, steering
> wheels, dancemats, toy
> guitars, fishing rods, etc etc) for experimentation.
> The Pure Data
> programming environment will be used to get the
> sensor information
> into the computer and map it to different
> parameters, ranging from
> MIDI to direct control of audio or video.
>
> Windows users should be aware that the possibilities
> for input on
> their systems may be more restricted. GNU/Linux and
> Mac OS X users
> should not expect any problems.
>
> Some links for those interested:
>
> http://puredata.info/ (Pure Data)
> http://puredata.info/downloads (install PD-Extended
> 0.39 from here!)
> http://at.or.at/hans/research/nime/ (HC Steiner's
> page on sensor interfaces)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sensors (every
> imaginable kind of
> sensor listed)
>
> ---What to bring:
>
> Essential:
>
> 1) Laptop running Linux, OS X or Windows (be advised
> that Windows
> users may have fewer possibilities)
> 2) Pure Data Extended 0.39 installed from:
> http://puredata.info/downloads (please mind that it
> is Extended and
> 0.39)
> 3) Soundcard (internal or external, quality a
> non-issue)
> 4) Headphones
> 5) EUR 15 participation fee
>
> Recommended/Suggested:
>
> 1) Sensors of any kind
> 2) USB game controller of any kind
> 3) Microphones or other sound inputs
> 4) Your own project ideas for discussion
>
> ---About the Teachers
>
> Derek Holzer [USA 1972] began working with Pure Data
> in 2001. Since
> then, he has taught and performed with the program
> across Europe,
> North America, Brazil and New Zealand. His work
> focuses on field
> recording, networked collaboration strategies,
> experiments in
> improvisational sound and the use of free software
> such as
> Pure-Data. He is currently writing a beginner's
> manual for Pure Data.
> http://www.umatic.nl/info_derek.html
> http://www.umatic.nl/workshops.html
> http://flossmanuals.net/puredata
>
> Martin Howse operates within the fields of
> discourse, speculative
> hardware (environmental data in open physical
> systems), code (an
> examination of layers of abstraction), free software
> and the
> situational (performances and interventions).
> http://1010.co.uk
>
> ---___
>
> Background:
>
> Workshops led by field-expert practitioners extend
> over realms of code
> and embedded code, environmental code, noise,
> transmission and
> reception, and electromysticism. Workshops solely
> utilise free
> software and GNU toolbase.
>
> Practitioners have included Martin Kuentz
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Julian Oliver
> (http://selectparks.net/), Derek Holzer
> (http://soundtransit.nl), Jeff
> Mann (http://jeffmann.com), Martin Howse
> (http://1010.co.uk), Fredrik
> Olofsson (http://www.fredrikolofsson.com/), Florian
> Cramer
> (http://cramer.plaintext.cc:70/), Brendan Howell, ,
> jo FRGMNT
> grys(http://tob.de.vu/)
>
> x, pickledfeet, Linienstrasse 54, Berlin 10119
>
> U2, Rosa-Luxemburg-Pl.
> U8, Rosenthaler Pl.
>
> Telephone: 3050187482.
>
> http://1010.co.uk/workshop.html
>
> http://1010.co.uk/x_research_institute.html
>
> http://pickledfeet.com
>
>
> --
> derek holzer ::: http://
