Workshops and talks
April 30th to May 2nd - Mobile connections workshops
Create your own animations and ringtones for mobile phones with the-phone-book Limited. Collaborate in close-proximity network communication through Oscillating Windows. Build your own wireless network with Consume. Explore the interactive creative possibilities of the Soundbeam sensing technology. Road test cutting edge location aware technologies with Locative Media Lab.
April 27th to May 1st - Free Audio/DJ workshops and talks
Presented by Technics DJ Academy and School of Sound Recording.
ProTools. Computer Music Production. Greg Wilson artist talk. DJ technique workshop. Final Scratch DJ workshop.
Mobile connections workshops
the-phone-book Limited
April 30th to May 2nd, 10am-8pm
Urbis, M4. Level One Gallery. Tel +44 (0)161 907 9099.
Create your own animations and ringtones for mobile phones (UK). the-phone-book Limited
£3/£2 concs. Or free with Futuresonic04 festival pass or day pass.
No registration required.
Multi-hop Dynamic Routing Ad-hoc Network Workshop
Friday April 30th, 10am-2pm
Urbis, M4. Education Suite. Tel +44 (0)161 907 9099.
Katherine Moriwaki on physical co-location, proximity, and group interaction in ad hoc networking (US). Oscillating Windows
Free with Futuresonic04 festival pass or day pass.
Registration required. To register call +44 (0)161 605 8200.
Trip the loop, make your switch, Consume the net
Friday April 30th, 2.30pm-6.30pm
Urbis, M4. Education Suite. Tel +44 (0)161 907 9099.
Build your own wireless network with Consume (UK). Introduction to the consume web, wiki and node database. The Free networking toolbox, antenna building, node configuration, routing, leaching and meshing. Build and install a Consume-Futuresonic WLAN node, and use it to present the video of the workshop. www.consume.net
Free with Futuresonic04 festival pass or day pass.
No registration required.
Soundbeam
Saturday May 1st, 10.30am-11.30am
Urbis, M4. Education Suite. Tel +44 (0)161 907 9099
The interactive creative possibilities of the Soundbeam sensing technology. Soundbeam® is a device which uses ultrasonic sensors to detect at a distance of up to six meters without physical contact - the direction, speed, and distance of physical movements, translating this into MIDI for the real time manipulation of both audio and visual material (UK). www.soundbeam.co.uk
Free with Futuresonic04 festival pass or day pass.
No registration required.
Locative Media Tactical Tool Fair
Saturday May 1st, 12.00pm-5.00pm
Urbis, M4. Education Suite. Tel +44 (0)161 907 9099.
The Locative Media Lab and friends present demos, tests and short talks on tools for collaborative cartography, hot on the heels of a ground breaking session at ETCON and part of a series of events and workshops during 2004. With Jo Walsh, Gabe Sawhney (murmurtoronto), Jen Southern (areacode), Earle Martin (openguides), Chris Heathcote (antimega), Karlis Kalnins (locative.org), Jeremy Wood (GPS drawing), Mikel Marron (worldkit), Nicolas Nova (blog), Christian Nold (biomap), and others (UK/CA/US)
Presented in association with Locative Media Lab www.locative.org
Free with Futuresonic04 festival pass or day pass
Free Audio/DJ workshops and talks presented by
Technics DJ Academy and School of Sound Recording
ProTools
Tuesday April 27th. 6pm-9pm
School of Sound Recording, 10 Tariff Street, M1. Tel. +44 (0)161 228 1830. www.s-s-r.com
An overview of Digidesign’s ProTools system with authorised ProTools instructors
Free. Click here to register
Computer Music Production
Wednesday April 28th. 6pm-9pm
School of Sound Recording, 10 Tariff Street, M1. Tel. +44 (0)161 228 1830. www.s-s-r.com
Interactive workshop hosted by Elliot Eastwick and Steinberg’s Neil Cooper. Based around Cubase SX2 and Reason. Advanced level.
Free. Click here to register
Electro-Funk: The missing link in the evolution of UK Dance Culture
Thursday April 29th. 4pm-6pm
School of Sound Recording, 10 Tariff Street, M1. Tel. +44 (0)161 228 1830. www.s-s-r.com
Artist talk by Greg Wilson, DJ at Wigan Pier and Legends, promoter of the first dance event at Hacienda, and pioneer of UK electro - also performing in the futureDJ Turntable re:mix event on Saturday May 1st
Free. No registration required
DJ technique workshop
Thursday April 29th. 6pm-9pm
School of Sound Recording, 10 Tariff Street, M1. Tel. +44 (0)161 228 1830. www.s-s-r.com
Basic level mixing through to the most advanced scratch and beat-juggling techniques. Hosted by DJs Masta Wong & G-Kut.
Free. Click here to register
DJ workshop: Final Scratch
Sat May 1st. 2pm-5pm
School of Sound Recording, 10 Tariff Street, M1. Tel. +44 (0)161 228 1830. www.s-s-r.com
Real-time manipulation and scratching of digital music files using time-coded vinyl and a hardware interface.
Free. Click here to register