Online Workshop

3 days online Workshop oriented to Musicians who want to extend their experience and creative possibilities to produce well synchronized Audio-Visual Performances as well as for the Visual Artists who want to add the sound part to their work.

60% Visuals Topics + 40% Music Topics based on experience of producing AV performances with Ableton and Modular Synthesizers as well as producing UI Environment for synchronizing visuals with incoming audio signal

We have 3 Online Sessions and Chat room. After the session videorecordings and Project files will be uploaded for the students.

Approaches for creating Live AV Performance:

• Using TD for Visuals for you own AV Live with Ableton / Synths
• Using TD with Ableton for AV Installations
• Animation vs Generative

Hardware/Software Setup:

• MIDI vs OSC
• TDAbleton, LiveGrabber
• Virtual Sound Cards, ASIO4ALL
• DC and AC Coupled Sound Cards

• Setup windows and OSX computer to send midi data over ethernet and localhost
• Basic of Modulars - Sound and CV - CHOP
• Output CHOP to CV

Intro to Modular Synths

• Oscillators, Filters, VCA
• Synchronisation
• LFO, Envelope Generators, Sequencers, Clock Dividers
• Arturia BeatStep Pro
• Oscilloscope in TD
• Complex Oscillators
• Effect Modules
• How to collect your Modular
• How to Play Live with Modular

TouchDesigner as Visual Tool

• AV LIVE: USING TD with ABLETON
• TD Ableton for control Touch From Ableton
• MIDI for Control Touch From Ableton
• Max4Live Devices to Send Data between Ableton and TouchDesigner

TouchDesigner Setup for Live Performance

• Structure of AV project for your own AV performance
• Structure of UI for AV performance with another Musician
• Easy Control your videos using EDL
• Modular Setup Principle: Sound Analysis and Routing
• Optimisation

SCENARIO: TD as Generative Tool for ABLETON

• Map Clip play from TD
• Map Ableton parameters from TD
• Ableton as Timeline Tool for TD

TouchDesigner as a Tool for Music

• TD as a Sound Generation tool
• TD as a Control Data Tool
• Presets for Modular Synth in TouchDesigner
• Building CV Utilities in TouchDesigner
• Recording MIDI and CV Data

Additonal Offer:

If you have not enough TouchDesigner expirience, we offer you the our TouchDesigner Basic Videocourse downloable now for the reduced price ( 235 Euro instead of 330/ +19% Tax) which you can learn yourself before the AV workshop starts.

Course include 7 Parts ~4 Hours each:

• Part I - Basic Concept
• Part II - Sound Reactivity and Basics of UI
• Part III - Movie Playback and Animation
• Part IV & V- Geometry & Procedural Modeling
• Part VI - Rendering
• Part VII - Interactivity and Interoperability

Full program:

https://touchdesignerextreme2019.eventbrite.com/