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New (sort of) PureData book, free download!!

A new book on PD, ideas and descriptions of pieces from the 1st International Pd~Convention in Graz in fall 2004:

bang | book

Grab it, it's free.  There is also a DVD which goes with the book.  It's available in the music library or for download as well.

There are also lots of lecture materials, tutorials, patches, etc, from the event found here:

http://puredata.info/community/projects/convention04/lectures

...lots of interesting stuff, including a fellow running a small radio station with PD!!  One in particular worth reading, which is at a beginning level in its intention is this one by Hans-Christoph Steiner, called "Building Your Own Instrument using PD".  He is the same guy who maintains the PD-extended builds I have been recommending for download.

Building your own instrument using Pd

New study on file-sharing in the Journal of Political Economy, UChicago

ABSTRACT:

"For industries ranging from software to pharmaceuticals and entertainment, there is an intense debate about the appropriate level of protection for intellectual property. The Internet provides a natural crucible to assess the implications of reduced protection because it drastically lowers the cost of copying information. In this paper, we analyze whether file sharing has reduced the legal sales of music. While this question is receiving considerable attention in academia, industry, and Congress, we are the first to study the phenomenon employing data on actual downloads of music files.We match an extensive sample of downloads to U.S. sales data for a large number of albums. To establish causality, we instrument for downloads using data on international school holidays. Downloads have an effect on sales that is statistically indistinguishable from zero. Our estimates are inconsistent with claims that file sharing is the primary reason for the decline in music sales during our study period."

 

 Full text available here., as well as the attached PDF document.

If you're too lazy to read the whole thing, here's an article about the study.

 

Office Hours

It seems there was an error in the printed syllabus regarding my office hours.  As stated online and on my door (B27 and 108), my office hours are:

Thursday 10 – 12
Fri. 11 – 1

Others are always available by appointment.  And of course, Eric is also available should you prefer or should you want additional help.

Naming conventions for files

And a quick note on naming files for projects and assignments (or anything else handed in formally to me):

     ###_assignment_netID_title-text.ext

So for example, handing in assignment 1 with the title "foo bar" as a .wav audio file:

    220_assign1_kme32_foo-bar.wav

Following up from class

Following up from class, here are the download links for PureData (the "extended" version including community additions):

     Mac PPC PD-extended (G5, G4, etc)
     Mac Intel PD-extended (Core duo, COre 2 Duo, Xeon, etc)

     Windows PD-extended

Linux users can usually get PD via standard respositories.

For Ubuntu/Debian:
    apt-get install puredata

Or Ubuntu users can see here for a complete audio bundle install.

For Fedora/Redhat:
    yum install pd

Or, Fedora users can see here for a complete audio bundle install.

Or packages can be downloaded directly:

Courtney Love on copyright

Please read the following article online.  We will discuss some of the issues presented as well as a more contemporary discussion of the impact of technology on the artist.

CL on copyright

And for further reading a more generalized information on the issue, see here:

http://www.negativland.com/intprop.html

Amen drum break

Here is the link I mentioned in lecture, the (hi)story of the "Amen" drum break, and its role and influence in the development of contemporary musical styles.

YouTube 'video infomentary' on the Amen drum break

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