Difference between revisions of "PLOrk fall2007"

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this is not *just* a "PLOrk seminar"; we're calling it "Tech Band" and addressing more general issues facing composers and performers integrating technology into performance, and also how technology can create new performance paradigms. PLOrk will, however, remain a resource and constant point of reference. Hands-on with both:
- hardware (basic electronics, speakers, sensor and microcontroller stuff, etc...) and
- coding (ChucK and Max/MSP).
PLOrk homepage
PLOrk Reader
primary meeting time: Th 1:30-4:20, McAlpin and/or Studio B
- assistance setting up may be requested on many of these meetings

November 7 (tentative) and 8 (definite); performances in DC area.
- Not everyone will be involved, and this is a PLOrk-specific performance.

get Nic Collins' book on hardware hacking
Reed Ghazala's book on circuit-bending is also a blast
Bart Hopkins' book on instrument building has lots of great info about building musical things out of metal, wood, glass, and so on...
check out the proceedings from past NIME conferences (New Interfaces for Musical Expression) for ideas and general wackiness
check out this for gutting an inexpensive Sonic Impact T-amp.
PLOrk Reader again

if you haven't visited Perry's soundlab do so!
there is a machine shop class offered in the Engineering Quad; useful primarily for metal-working, though wood and plastic is also possible. contact Larry McIntyre about taking this 5-week course to get access to the shop and learn your way around.

Arduino microncontroller resources
- tutorials
- useful introductory notes from a different course (check out the "class notes" pdfs)
- assembly tutorial for the ProtoShield; a useful way to get comfortable with some basic electronics assembly and end up with something useful (we have the parts for a few of these on hand if you'd like to build one).
- another super easy protoshield; $10 at Radio Shack

don't forget Radio Shack
All Electronics is great!
DigiKey
Jameco
great resource for speaker components (thanks seth!)
amazing miniature amplifier boards. these are all T-amp boards, like the $30 Sonic Impact amps. more on the T-amp here.

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 == General Information ==
-* this is not *just* a "PLOrk seminar"; we're calling it "Tech Band" and addressing more general issues facing composers and performers integrating technology into performance, and also how technology can create new performance paradigms. PLOrk will, however, remain a resource and constant point of reference. Hands-on with both hardware (basic electronics, speakers, sensor and microcontroller stuff, etc...) and coding (ChucK and Max/MSP).
+* this is not *just* a "PLOrk seminar"; we're calling it "Tech Band" and addressing more general issues facing composers and performers integrating technology into performance, and also how technology can create new performance paradigms. PLOrk will, however, remain a resource and constant point of reference. Hands-on with both:
+** hardware (basic electronics, speakers, sensor and microcontroller stuff, etc...) and
+** coding (ChucK and Max/MSP).
 * [http://plork.cs.princeton.edu/ PLOrk homepage]
 * [[PLOrk Reader]]