Algorithmic.net

Algorithmic.net by Christopher Ariza is a "comprehensive research resource for computer aided algorithmic music composition, including over one-thousand research listings, over one hundred system listings, cross referenced links to research, links to software downloads and documentation, and web-based tools for searching and filtering the complete lexicon."

R.I.P. Max Mathews

Synthopia reports that computer music resarcher Max Mathews (1926-2011) died yesterday, April 21. Mathews was the originator of MUSIC I-V, the predecessors of the Csound/Cmix/Cmusic family. The first computer synthesised music was generated by Mathews in 1957, using MUSIC I on an IBM 704 mainframe.

SuperCollider workshop in Bergen

Tuesday 28. September – Friday 1. October, Bergen, Norway

BEK, the Bergen center for electronic arts, invites musicians, programmers and composers to a four-days workshop focusing on the software MODALITY. It’s free to attend, but you have to cover your own travel and stay.

Modality is a tool for building electro-instruments in SuperCollider under construction by Jeff Carey og Bjørnar Habbestad. The workshop will elucidate this development through presentations, discussions and open code-sessions.

Invited participants are Jeff Carey, Alberto di Campo, Wouter Snoei and Marije Baalman, Trond Lossius and Bjørnar Habbestad. themes to be covered are: Modal Control strategies, sensor input, DBAP spatialisation, Proxy Space, Quark, Mapping strategies etc.

The workshop is open for participants skilled in working with SuperCollider.

Contact BEK v/ Lars Ove Toft for registration. lars.ove.toftATbek.no

SuperCollider Symposium 2010 call for Submissions

SuperCollider Symposium 2010 Berlin
http://supercollider2010.de
http://supercollider.sourceforge.net

We would like to announce that we are hosting the next SuperCollider Symposium in Berlin, September 23-26, 2010. Berlin is a very attractive city for artists and has great diverse and lively music scenes. We have found some great locations for concerts, workshops and conference talks, and we are currently finalizing the rest of the locations and will provide more detailed information on our website shortly.

The symposium will introduce SuperCollider (SC) to new users, show the current state of development, and host talks and presentations of a variety of artistic and/or scientific projects realised with SC. The 4-day conference will be preceeded by 5 days of workshops intended as community service to help beginning programmers, composers and artists with specific SuperCollider techniques. All Concerts, performances and exhibitions will be open to the public.

Call for Works, Installations, Papers, Workshops
We are now inviting proposals for participation in the fourth SuperCollider Symposium in Berlin, Germany, September 23-26, 2010.

You can propose works or installations to be performed or shown in different venues:
http://supercollider2010.de/calls/14-call-for-works
http://supercollider2010.de/venues

You can propose papers and presentations to be read at the conference:
http://supercollider2010.de/calls/15-call-for-papers-presentations-demos

You can propose workshops to be held in September 18-22, 2010
http://supercollider2010.de/calls/16-call-for-workshops

Please read the general info for calls:
http://supercollider2010.de/calls/13-calls-general

All entries will be evaluated by appropriate juries (for details see individual calls).

For more information and contacts go to http://supercollider2010.de