A PureData Convention07 celébrase estes dias en Montreal, Canadá. Do 21 ao 26 de Agosto.

A PureData Convention07 consiste nunha serie de conferencias, demostracións, mesas redondas, performances e exposicións. A convención refrexará ás estéticas e políticas do Free Open Source Software Culture, centrándose no desenvolvemento, aplicacións artísticas e publicacións críticas arredor do software PureData.

Podedes consultar o seu programa na seguinte ligazón.

Tamén podedes consultar as ponencias das conferencias na seguinte ligazón non visible dende a páxina web. Moi interesante si queredes saber por donde van os tiros en canto a investigación arredor do mundo PureData.

Ahí foi donde descubrimos o proxecto Audiopint.

Audiopint está sendo desenvolto por David Merrill, Ben Vigoda e David Bouchard. Ligados ao MIT Media Lab, e integrantes da comunidade afincada en Boston InventMusic.

Audiopint defínese como "A robust Open-source Hardware Platfrom for Musical Invention", o que vén a ser unha especie de todo en un, que aglutina sistema operativo, hardware e software para a creación sonora en directo:

Imagine the complete reinvention of the musician’s audio toolbox. Today’s performers still have to bring crates of rack-mounted audio processors, unwieldy strings of heavy effects pedals, and large instruments with them to shows. The continued widespread proliferation of this specialized electronic equipment has begun to seem unnecessary in light of today’s cheap, audio-capable, reconfigurable personal computers. But laptop computers are fragile, expensive, and not well-suited to stage-quality audio. There has never been a viable alternative to expensive bulky single-purpose music gear, until the Audiopint. Consider a system that is small, lightweight, tough, able to be powered up, plugged in, and used immediately - but with flexible sounds that can be controlled by any computer-compatible input device, opening wide the space of expressive possibilities. An Audiopint can use midi controllers, joysticks, mice, touchpads, Arduinos, or any other custom controller - the possibilities are limitless.
Audiopint webpage info