My vision for this group is for it to remain open to anyone who is interested and dedicated to contributing under the general mission statement of creating and presenting high-quality computer music (broadly defined). Members with all levels of expertise are welcome, and may contribute in whatever fashion suits their skillset. For instance someone who studies theory and composition may develop scores and strategies for performance, even without any experience with software. Likewise members with no experience in music may offer programming, sound support, or video and multimedia ideas. If anyone is interested in participating, please send me a message or email and I will add you to the list of administrators on the blog as well as an email group. This ensemble is intended for WSU students and faculty, but others may participate if appropriate. I also only chose Blogger because it easily allows for multiple administrators. We can move the group to a different type of webspace once we get off the ground.
The first project that I have started for WSUSE is a bank of custom waveforms that can be implemented in digital compositions. Everything is built in Pd and is intended to be an open-ended collaborative project.
The first issue I ran into concerns how best to share Pd patches with the group. I uploaded
a folder to archive.org that contains the waveforms and readme file, but archive.org isn't the most convenient platform for sharing odd collection of files. We could still set up a WSUSE account with archive.org for sharing audio recordings, which they do well and there aren't many limitation on what kind and how much audio you can upload.
If anyone has suggestions please share your ideas. We could create a Dropbox or use Google Drive, or potentially Github if that proves useful.
I'd like to meet periodically in person to discuss the direction of the group and share patches with each other. On campus seems like a good place to start, but we can discuss meeting anywhere that works for everyone--we could even meet at Kirby's if everyone who wants to come is over 21 and is ok with going to bars.
Thanks to everyone who has already expressed interest. Until soon,
~A
apvague@gmail.com
