Curious minds @ NYC Resistor experiment with audio synthesis from a simple bike wheel alternator

Via Make.

Two saturdays ago, NYC Resistor presented Art of the Game, an art show / party showcasing over a dozen works of game-inspired art. Though I’m a bit biased, being one of the featured artists, I have to say the event was a huge success. Every piece on display was personally very inspiring. Here are two flickr photo sets from the event:

Art of the Game Party at NYCResistor by bre pettis
Art of the Game @ NYCR by thumbuki

Here is a list of all the artists and pieces shown at Art of the Game:

Mortal Kombat Dizzy Dance Party
Aaron Meyers

SL:PONG
William Ward and Andy Fundinger
Second Life and Arduino

>frotzophone
Adam Parrish
Processing and hacked Frotz

Cobosoda Arcade
Justin Day and Jacob Joaquin
Java, Processing, Slipmat, and Csound

Game, Game, Game and Again Game
Jason Nelson
Online Game

Alarmingly These are Not Lovesick Zombies
Jason Nelson
Online Game

Game Over
Zach Vitale
C-print

Yolks on You
Zach Vitale
C-print

Mano a Mano
Andrew Y. Ames
Speaker boxes, walnut, steel, leather and custom electronics

MarioMarioMarioMarioMarioMario
Justin Day
C and hacked Gameboy

8-bit Music
Eric Skiff
Nanoloop and vintage Gameboy

This Game is Too Complicated for You to Play
Dave Clausen
RGB LEDs, Atmega 168 and Toner Transfer DIY circuit board

Nihilist Foosball
Adam Mayer

Conway’s Game of Life
Jared Klett
Java

Attention Hog
Chris Basmajian
Flash Action Script

If you were an artist at this show and noticed that I missed something import, email me at jacobjoaquin [AT] gmail.com and I’ll make the change.

Gian Pablo, maker of this sweet algorithmic synth forces Wall-E to rock out.

Via NYCR.

Beginning Csound
July 28, 2008 @ NYC Resistor
1 Session, 3 hours, with personalized post-session project with instructor via email.
Cost $75

Csound is the most powerful computer music language in the world, with a direct lineage to Max Mathews’ original Music-N languages. The focus of this class will be a synthesis of three topics: The Csound language, synthesizer theory, and composing weird alien music.

Together, we will demystify the assembly-like syntax of the Csound language. We will cover the fundamentals of synthesizer theory, including: oscillators, filters, envelopes, amplifiers and modulation. Finally, we’ll tie it all together by composing sounds in the vein of classic Sci-Fi movies.

Taught by Jacob Joaquin (that’s me.) Click here to enroll.