Summer Workshops 2001:

Linux Sound: Open Source Music Synthesis, Composition, and Audio Programming

• Instructors:
  • Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
  • Miller Puckette
• TA's:
  • Christopher Burns
• Web resources: "http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/workshops/linux2001/"

Course Description

The Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) has been using the Linux operating system for music composition, synthesis, and audio DSP research since 1996. This workshop will focus on currently available open source tools and environments for computer music research and composition using Linux. The workshop will include an overview of some of the most popular linux distributions and a brief installation clinic with specific focus on audio, midi and real-time performance (dealing with both hardware and software). Low level sound and midi drivers reviewed will include oss, oss-free, alsa and others. Environments for sound synthesis and composition will include the common lisp based clm system, STK (c++), pd (c) and jmax (java/c). Many other interesting tools like the snd sound editor (and its close ties to clm) will also be covered. Due to the very dynamic nature of the open source community and software base more programs will probably be included by the time the workshop starts. The workshop will also include a brief tour of sound processing and synthesis techniques. Familiarity with computers and programming languages is helpful.

Schedule

Date	Time	Contents
Jul 30	9:30-10:30	Intro, CCRMA's User's Guide, Linux overview (FLL)
	10:45-12:45	Running Pd; audio and midi i/o; GEM; performace tuning (MP)
	1:30-5pm	Lab session
Jul 31	9:30-10:30	Introduction to CLM, a simple instrument (FLL)
	10:45-12:45	Pd: wavetable synthesis
	1:30-5pm	Lab session
Aug 01	9:30-10:30	Granular Synthesis in CLM (FLL)
	10:45-12:45	Pd
	1:30-5pm	Lab session
Aug 02	9:30-11:30am	Introduction to digital sound, additive and modulation synthesis (FLL)
	11:45-12:45	Pd (MP)
	1:30-5pm	Lab session
Aug 03	9:30-11:30am	Spatialization (FLL)
	11:45-12:45	Pd (MP)
	1:30-5pm	Lab session
Aug 06	9:30-10:30am	Pd: filters, ADSR envelopes, MIDI control (MP)
	11:45-12:45	Spatialization continued (FLL) Filters in CLM
	1:30-5pm	Lab session
Aug 08	9:00-10:45am	The Synthesis ToolKit (STK) in C++ (GS)
	1:30-5pm	Lab session
Aug 09	9:30-10:30am	Random Processes and State Machines, Cellular Automata and Chaos and Fractals (FLL)
	1:30-5pm	Lab session

The Resources CDROM

The command to burn the resources cdrom is:

if you are in cmn30:
cdrecord -speed=8 -dev=0,6,0 /usr/ccrma/web/html/workshops/linux2001/cdrom.iso

if you are in cmn1, cmn17 or cmn18:
cdrecord -speed=8 -dev=0,0,0 /usr/ccrma/web/html/workshops/linux2001/cdrom.iso

The redhat iso images for RedHat 7.1 live in:

/usr/ccrma/cdroms/RedHat-7.1/iso/
you will need at least seawolf-i386-disc1.iso and seawolf-i386-disc2.iso

if you are in cmn30:
cdrecord -speed=8 -dev=0,6,0 /usr/ccrma/cdroms/RedHat-7.1/iso/seawolf-i386-disc1.iso
cdrecord -speed=8 -dev=0,6,0 /usr/ccrma/cdroms/RedHat-7.1/iso/seawolf-i386-disc2.iso

if you are in cmn1, cmn17 or cmn18:
cdrecord -speed=8 -dev=0,0,0 /usr/ccrma/cdroms/RedHat-7.1/iso/seawolf-i386-disc1.iso
cdrecord -speed=8 -dev=0,0,0 /usr/ccrma/cdroms/RedHat-7.1/iso/seawolf-i386-disc2.iso

Pd references

User Guide

the pd online documentation

Emacs and XEmacs editor references

Emacs cheat sheet

the most commonly used commands

References materials

getting started, reference card, the complete manual in html and more...

XEmacs Home Page

the official home of the xemacs editor...