Bach in Max/MSP
Workshop Date:
Mon, 08/30/2021 - Fri, 09/03/2021
Time: 9am - 1pm PST (California)
SUMMER 2021: All workshops offered will be done remotely, due to attempts to limit transmission of SARS-CoV-2. This workshop will be offered online.
INSTRUCTORS
Andrea Agostini, Daniele Ghisi, Julien Vincenot & Davor Branimir Vincze
In this workshop, we shall introduce the bach package, a free and open source library providing Max with advanced musical representation and algorithmic composition features, and one of the most powerful and widely used software tools for computer-aided composition available.
We shall discuss the main features of the system and enable attendees to build their own compositional processes, oriented to both symbolic / score-based and electronic / sound based musical practices. The workshop will be split between more theoretical sessions, in which specific aspects of the bach ecosystem will be discussed (such as its model of musical representation, the features of its main components, or specific programming techniques such as constraint programming), and more practical ones, in which concrete musical problems will be tackled with the aid of bach.
Each day, one instructur will present topic in two blocks of two hours. Following the 4-day workshop, the participants have an option of completing and sumbitting a final assignment within a week, upon which they will get individual written feedback.
Basic familiarity with the Max software and traditional musical notation is necessary.
