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Introduction to synthesis and SuperCollider course, taught at the Roundhouse, London in January/February 2014
Synth Design Course - Roundhouse 2014
A synth design course taught in SuperCollider.
Taught to 16-25 year olds at the Roundhouse, Camden, London as part of their Take Part projects in the lead up to the Roundhouse Rising festival.
http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/take-part/creative-projects
Workshop format
- 1:30 - 2:00 setup/catchup
- 2:00 - 3:00 session 1
- 3:00 - 3:20 break
- 3:20 - 4:40 session 2
- 4:40 - 4:50 discussion
- 4:50 - 5:00 packup
Workshop Topics
1 - 11/01
- Intro to SuperCollider
- Coding Basics
- Making a sound
- Input: MouseX/Y, MIDIdef
2 - 18/01
- Catchup: synths, variables, .set
- SynthDef/Synth
- Envelopes
- Polyphony
- Into to filters
3 - 25/01
- Catchup: SynthDefs, Envelopes, Polyphony
- Filters
- Subtractive Synthesis
- retriggering envelopes
- Demo: recreating Logic's ES P
4 - 01/02
- Learning by example
- Mul, add and modulation
- Sound files
- Phase Vocoder
5 - 08/02 Cover Tutor - Dr. Matthew Yee-King
- Sequencing with code
- FX / Routing
- FM synthesis
- Drum Synthesis
6-7 - 15/02 - 16/02
- Live Input
- Machine Listening:
- Onsets
- Pitch/Tartini
- Amplitude
- Integrating with DAW
Acknowledgements / Misc
Teaching style and material influenced by Nick Collins' SuperCollider Tutorial
http://www.dur.ac.uk/nick.collins/teaching/supercollider/sctutorial/tutorial.html#chapter1
Examples folder includes material from SuperCollider examples, sc-users mailing list, sccode.org. Credit in files
Video of students jamming with the synths they coded:
http://vimeo.com/arthurc/synthdesign2014