2015 Schedule
Interactive: March 13–17  •  Film: March 13–21  •  Music: March 17–22

The Art, Joy and Power of Creating Musical Programs

Tuesday, March 17
12:30PM - 1:30PM

Four Seasons
Ballroom AB
98 San Jacinto Blvd

Iap41470

What would you create if you could easily write programs that make music? In this session, we will explore innovative programs that use music to create new sensory experiences and change the way we interact with the world: musical scores based on classic novels, soundtracks built from moves in chess tournaments, soundscapes created as software logs provide status updates, and more. These programs are being written by people around the world who have discovered the joy of musical programs. Next, we will learn how to create musical programs using JFugue, an open-source API for Java and other Java Virtual Machine (JVM) languages. Just as tools like Processing have made graphic programming available to the masses, JFugue makes it easy for anyone with programming experience to create musical programs. Finally, we will take some DNA sequences, dip into music theory, and create the beginning of a DNA-based music generator that serves as a guide and inspiration for your own project work.

Hashtags

#sxsw #JFugue

Presenters

David Koelle

Principal Software Engineer

Charles River Analytics

Details

Access
Music Badge, Film Badge, Interactive Badge, Gold Badge, Platinum Badge, Artist Wristband
Type
Solo / Dual / Panel
Theme
Entertainment and Immersion
Level
Intermediate

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Music sponsor

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