Hugo Solis | Sound Art, Electroacoustic Performance, Piano Performance, Improvisation, Music Technology, Musical Interfaces, Media Art

Digital Sound Processing

Fall 2008, Winter 2009, Spring 2009
Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS)
University of Washington.
dxarts sound series

Teacher assistant

Computers, Audio & Music Seminar

This is a paper reading & discussion group, with the attendees taking turns presenting papers or giving demos, and hopefully everyone joining in with discussion and brainstorming. The goal is to explore the current research in computer music and audio, understanding the nature of unsolved problems and open issues, and hopefully finding possible solutions. We don't expect anyone to have deep knowledge of music or computing, and we encourage anyone who is interested in music or audio to join in.

Coordinator

Digital Improvisation

Summer 2008
Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS)
University of Washington.
dxarts 198a
This Discovery Seminar will introduce students to state-of-the-art digital techniques and tools for computerized improvisation. The objective of the seminar is to provide an opportunity to explore, study, and analyze the experience of improvising time-based digital art production using a practical and experimental approach, and supported within a theoretical background. This seminar is focused on, but not limited to, audio and audiovisual digital improvisation. Class sessions will involve lectures, demonstrations, practical assignments, and constant hands-on experimentation. The practical section is divided into a set of exercises. Each exercise explores different areas of the improvisatory paradigm such as extemporization, intuition, spontaneity, flow, free association, deautomatization, and unpredictability. Some of the exercises will be developed in the DXARTS Lab where students will use advanced digital technologies for the realization of the monitored lab exercises. Other activities involve the acoustical or visual intervention of particular locations around the Òuniversity villageÓ such as the campus's green areas, the Quad, and Red Square, and also around Seattle. In the theoretical section, key historical examples, current production, concepts, and suitable technologies are examined, studied, and discussed. This section contains in a nutshell an introduction to computer programming, digital sound, audio recording end editing, and digital imaging.

Video:

Digital_Improvisation_2008_video_download.mp4

Instructor

Introduction to Digital Sound

Summer 2008
Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media
University of Washington.
http://www.dxarts.washington.edu/dxarts/461-3/460/

Instructor

Digital Sound Processing

Fall 2007, Winter 2008, Spring 2008
Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS)
University of Washington.
dxarts sound series

Teacher assistant

Digital Improvisation

Summer 2007
Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS)
University of Washington.
dxarts 198a
This Discovery Seminar will introduce students to state-of-the-art digital techniques and tools for computerized improvisation. The objective of the seminar is to provide an opportunity to explore, study, and analyze the experience of improvising time-based digital art production using a practical and experimental approach, and supported within a theoretical background. This seminar is focused on, but not limited to, audio and audiovisual digital improvisation. Class sessions will involve lectures, demonstrations, practical assignments, and constant hands-on experimentation. The practical section is divided into a set of exercises. Each exercise explores different areas of the improvisatory paradigm such as extemporization, intuition, spontaneity, flow, free association, deautomatization, and unpredictability. Some of the exercises will be developed in the DXARTS Lab where students will use advanced digital technologies for the realization of the monitored lab exercises. Other activities involve the acoustical or visual intervention of particular locations around the university village such as the campus's green areas, the Quad, and Red Square, and also around Seattle. In the theoretical section, key historical examples, current production, concepts, and suitable technologies are examined, studied, and discussed. This section contains in a nutshell an introduction to computer programming, digital sound, audio recording end editing, and digital imaging.