Noah_Thorp

The Bay Area Computer Music Technology Group 

http://electronicmusic.meetup.com/152/calendar/6921804/

Thanks to Songbird for hosting our event this month and for providing refreshments! Please RSVP here so we know you are coming: 

- Andy Schmeder (UC Berkeley CNMAT) on the Open Sound Control (OSC) protocol. Other CNMAT OSC contributors will be in attendance to contribute to the talk and field various questions. 

- Jonas Norberg will present on his Open Source analogue synth VST plugin - Helix. Learn more and hear some great samples at: 

- Peter Nyober on the Livid instruments OHM controller: 

http://www.lividinstruments.com/hardware_ohm.php

- Presentation by The Pioneer's of the Inevitable on extending their Mozilla based Songbird music media platform: 

- A lightning talk by you? (5 minute presentation - come with your laptop)

Since it's introduction in 1997 by CNMAT researchers Matt Wright and Adrian Freed, the Open Sound Control (OSC) protocol has been successfully integrated into dozens of hardware and software products, and used in thousands of performances and installations. OSC goes beyond MIDI by addressing needs specific to musical performance with new electronic instruments such as high-bandwidth connectivity, precise temporal semantics and temporal regularization, extensibility and rich type support, human readability and state-free operation. The OSC protocol itself has a simple structure making it easy to integrate into new applications, but an appreciation for the underlying design principles is necessary to leverage its full capabilities.

This talk will cover the basics of using and programming OSC with demonstrations of hardware and software implementations. We will then dive into the details and discuss best-practices for creating OSC implementations that relate to issues in musical control, with an emphasis on temporal semantics and related algorithms. The conclusion will include an overview of recent research and anticipated future developments.

Additional talks by Jonas, Peter, and Songbird should be quite interesting as well although there is less verbiage for them at this time.

Bay Area Computer Music Technology Group Organizer

Andrew (Andy) Water Schmeder was born on November 26 1978 at home in Point Richmond, California. He received a BA in Mathematics from UC Berkeley (2002) and now works as a research programmer at the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies, UC Berkeley. His favorite programming language is Mathematica, and his favorite fruit is the avocado. His heros are Spiderman and Marvin the Depressed Android.

Songbird is developed by a band of experienced, dedicated software developers and designers called the Pioneers of the Inevitable. Their previous hatchlings include Winamp and the Yahoo! Music Engine. They support the Mozilla Foundation's mission to preserve innovation and choice on the Internet. Their mission is to incubate Songbird, the first Web player, to catalyze and champion a diverse, open Media Web.

Peter Nyober is Director of Software at Livid and manages all software programming, design, and production. After years of audio manipulation, Peter started to dive into the world of real-time video manipulation in 1999 when he designed a four screen video sampler for San Francisco's Recombinant Media Labs to be used in that year's Ars Electronica performance showcase. He has continued to create real-time interactive software for audio and video manipulation, and has independently produced a number of programs prior to working with Livid, including of the first hybrid DJ/VJ software called Yowstar. He has also assisted in a number of custom softwares, installations, and performances for a number of artists, including Mix Master Mike, Ikue Mori, Thomas Dolby, DJ Sasha, and Bob Ostertag. He graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in Applied Mathematics and has continued to apply them in code, performance, and daily life.

Jonas Norberg was born in Hudiksvall, Sweden in 1977. After studying music in Highschool he switched to Computing Science for University. In the days (and some nights) he works as a software engineer at Lucasarts. In his free time he develops a free software synthesizer and takes weekly voice lessons.

The Bay Area Computer Music Technology Group 
Thursday, March 6th, 7:30 - 9:30pm
@ Songbird (http://www.songbirdnest.com/)
585 Howard Street, Second Floor, SF
RSVP Here: http://electronicmusic.meetup.com/152/calendar/6921804/

Thanks to Songbird for hosting our event this month and for providing refreshments! Please RSVP here so we know you are coming: http://electronicmusic.meetup.com/152/calendar/6921804/

Our presentations this month will be:
- Andy Schmeder (UC Berkeley CNMAT) on the Open Sound Control (OSC) protocol. Other CNMAT OSC contributors will be in attendance to contribute to the talk and field various questions. http://opensoundcontrol.org/
- Jonas Norberg will present on his Open Source analogue synth VST plugin - Helix. Learn more and hear some great samples at: http://www.audjoo.com/Helix.html
- Peter Nyober on the Livid instruments OHM controller: http://www.lividinstruments.com/hardware_ohm.php
- Presentation by The Pioneer's of the Inevitable on extending their Mozilla based Songbird music media platform: http://www.songbirdnest.com/
- A lightning talk by you? (5 minute presentation - come with your laptop)

OSC Presentation
Since it's introduction in 1997 by CNMAT researchers Matt Wright and Adrian Freed, the Open Sound Control (OSC) protocol has been successfully integrated into dozens of hardware and software products, and used in thousands of performances and installations.  OSC goes beyond MIDI by addressing needs specific to musical performance with new electronic instruments such as high-bandwidth connectivity, precise temporal semantics and temporal regularization, extensibility and rich type support, human readability and state-free operation.  The OSC protocol itself has a simple structure making it easy to integrate into new applications, but an appreciation for the underlying design principles is necessary to leverage its full capabilities.  

This talk will cover the basics of using and programming OSC with demonstrations of hardware and software implementations.  We will then dive into the details and discuss best-practices for creating OSC implementations that relate to issues in musical control, with an emphasis on temporal semantics and related algorithms. The conclusion will include an overview of recent research and anticipated future developments.

All the best,
Noah Thorp
Bay Area Computer Music Technology Group Organizer

Jonas Norberg was born in Hudiksvall, Sweden in 1977. After studying music in Highschool he switched to Computing Science for University. In the days (and some nights) he works as a software engineer at Lucasarts. In his free time he develops a free software synthesizer and takes weekly voice lessons.


The Bay Area Computer Music Technology Group - Thursday, March 6th @ Songbird, SF