oscilloscope music and games with pure data

This is a workshop I gave at Maker Faire Rome 2019. For more information on my work on this topic, also see my Oscilloscope Game Plonat Atek .

description

In this workshop we will learn how to view and listen to Oscilloscope Music, how it works, and how to create your own Oscilloscope Music using PureData. Please bring a laptop and headphones to participate.

Oscilloscope Music is music produced in such a way, that when the stereo signal is applied to an Oscilloscope screen, the same signals that are heard create a visual animation.

You can see some examples of Oscilloscope Music created by Jerobeam Fenderson here:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtR63-ecUNo
• https://oscilloscopemusic.com/

In this workshop, we will cover the following:

• What is Oscilloscope Music?
• How do Oscilloscopes work?
• How do Speakers and Audio Waves work?
• Simulating an Oscilloscope on your laptop
• Creating Oscilloscope Sounds using the PureData visual programming language

No special experience is required for this workshop. Please bring a laptop and headphones! If you are using an Operating System other than Windows and Mac OS X, please install “purr-data” before the workshop.

slides

focus the slide area with the mouse and hit ‘r’ to adjust the content scaling. optimized for 1080p projectors.