Al Nik's Hackpact

_about

 it's just a toy! - bruno

here are several research & experiments hackpacts to start with ⟿

_[audiozines]

[format] playing with audiozines as focus on format rather than on a topic.

[wip pad] is here

[process log]

research - i became quite interested in zines as a format and since we're experimenting with audio a lot, the combo looks like a good starting point for me. Started with a small research. (more details in the pad)

timeline

_1970-1980s - audio cassettes

_1997+ - compact discs (becoming more hybrid, + image and video)

_2000s - web based; podzines (ipods; downloadable)

_2010s - becoming podcasts

main characteristics

_small scale content

_analog turned digital through tech development

_notion of limitation - in length, in size, in accessibility

_often come in series

_radical, anarchistic content (now)

_independent publishers (now)

_spoken words

_non-fiction content, but often connected to science fiction pieces (at least for a few decades)

_curated, conceptual content

_DIY culture

why interesting?

_DYI and independent publishing notion

_limitations - in terms of length, accessibility, distribution - small scale contents

_conceptual (curated, but raw)

_connection to analog - audio cassette origins

_connection with print zines - can have it's own printed zine edition as well

_[pure data]

[format] experiment with focus on format (instead of topic). First baby steps in getting to know Pd.

[work] with Mitsa

[wip pad] is here

[process log]

research - for the experiment, i have researched a bit what pure data is and what tutorials we can use to start. As Mitsa and i are interested in creating sounds, music, edit audio with it, i proposed us to try the tutorials created by Australian artist and educator Andrew R. Brown.

He has published a series of 53 video tutorials for getting to use Pure Data for Real-time music and sound.

creating a simple oscillator with pure data - process log

 1_ download pure data vanilla - here
 2_ create a new patch
 3_ create the following boxes: object box with osc~; object box with audio output (digital to analog converter); object for defining the volume - object box with multiplying function and number box to define the volume number; finally, a number box to adjust the osc frequency.
 4_ connect them with sound on to hear the osc sound.