Friday, April 30th, 2004
LAC 2004 @ ZKM Lecture Room



:::::: Orm Finnendahl ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:::::: 01 - PD Demo with musicians :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

PD has built in graphic capabilities not well known to most users and not existing in plain 
max/ msp. These graphic capabilities have a big potential for user interface design. 
In the workshop some examples are given including a performance demonstration with musicians 
of the opening concert, Sascha Armbruster and Burkhard Beins.
 
 

:::::: Frank Barknecht :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:::::: 02 - Rapid and Reusable Audio Development with PD :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

The talk will present several examples of such RRAD-tools and how they can be used to build for
example trendy techno toys remotely similar to commercial software like Propellerhead's Reason. 
The talk will include a basic beginner's introduction to Pd and explore if RRAD-patches could 
accelerate the otherwise steep learning curve of Pd.
 
 

:::::: Ivica Ico Bukvic ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:::::: 03 - Unlocking the Full Potential of RTMix, the real-time Interactive Multimedia Art ::::::
::::::::::: Performance, Composition, and Coaching Interface :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

The proposed demo session will be presented in a form of a workshop that would address a number
of advanced features through series of brief tutorials, as well as emphasize advantages of its 
utilization over other available interfaces that may furnish a similar functionality. 
In addition, it is my intention to focus specifically on addressing the interconnectivity of 
RTMix with other popular software packages geared towards live and interactive performance, 
such as pure-data, RTcmix, and Supercollider. Finally, I intend to elicit a response from the 
audience in a form of comments and feature requests. Such data will be then utilized to generate 
a roadmap of RTMix's further development, giving priority to the most sought functionalities. 
Through interaction with the audience members I will also look into locating potential 
co-developers that will help me expand the RTMix as well as quicken the pace of its development. 



:::::: Matthias Nagorni ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:::::: 04 - Alsa Modular Synth - An Instrument for the Electrified Virtuoso ::::::::::::::::::::::

The talk focuses  on the possibilities of getting a large variety of sounds by using the MIDI 
velocity parameter to control sound variations within a patch. After explaining basic patches, 
it will be shown how they can be extended to obtain an expressive synthesizer, 
 
 

:::::: Fons Adriaensen :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:::::: 05 -  AEOLUS - a church organ in your PC ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

This talk will introduce the first release of AEOLUS, a GPL-ed pipe organ program
for Linux that should be able to provide a passable imitation of a small to medium sized 
instrument that a musician would actually enjoy playing.
 
AEOLUS provides the end user with the necessary controls and parameters to do a proper 
voicing of his instrument and will also include a high quality 3-D reverb and Ambisonics 
B-format outputs. If the technical provisions at ZKM allow, the program will be demonstrated 
in full surround-sound mode.



:::::: Benno Senoner  ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:::::: 06 - LinuxSampler :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

The talk will describe the aspects of the project: 
 
 - brief history 
 - goals, long/short term 
 - current status 
 - interoperability with other OSes (VST, native Mac version) 
 - sample formats (libgig, akai etc) 
 - collaboration with companies (like sample library developers, hardware manufacturers like 
   Lionstracs and others). 
 - pratical demonstration on a Laptop 


:::::: Stephan Bernsee :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:::::: 07 - Presentation of the Hartmann Neuron Synthesizer ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

A demonstration by Stephan Bernsee, aka Stephan M. Sprenger, presenting sound-examples and 
features of the  Hartmann Neuron Synthesizer.