SoundThread and The Composers Desktop Project

This workshop will provide an introduction to working with SoundThread, a new node-based front end for the Composers Desktop Project (CDP). It will walk through the basics of getting started before exploring a number of examples of how SoundThread and CDP can be used to transform and generate sound.

CDP is a suite of offline audio processing tools for sound-transformation that offers completely unique ways of processing and generating sound. It has been in development by Trevor Wishart, Richard Dobson, Archer Endrich and Robert Fraser for almost forty years and in this time, it has shaped the progression of experimental electronic music worldwide. SoundThread provides a contemporary method of engaging with this software suite using a node-based approach to transform CDP into a user friendly, modular playground for offline audio processing.

No prior knowledge of SoundThread or CDP is required for this workshop.

Jonathan Higgins is a composer and performer based in London. His music focuses on exploring how noise can be utilised as a creative and generative tool. He works across a variety of different media, including fixed electroacoustic music, instrumental music, live electronics and sound installations. He performs regularly as an improvisor using a custom setup of hand modified CD players. His music has been performed, prized and published both nationally and internationally.

jphiggins.co.uk

Enrollment fee per participant 320€

Limited to Max. 12 participants

Online participation is possible