Bottle-Cap Contact Mic Workshop At CRASHspace

This workshop was mentioned at last month’s patching circle because of Miller’s ceramic tile contact mic demo. CMKT4 is coming to Maker Faire and they’re visiting hackerspaces along the way, showing how to build their awesome bottle-cap contact microphones. They’ll be at CRASHspace on Saturday, 14 May 2011, from 6-9 PM. Build a contact mic […]

Friday Workshop Reminder

Last night’s workshop went great. Tonight’s is going to be fantastic. Come join us at 7 PM to learn about embedded Pd. As part of the pd-LAunch week, Chris McCormick will be teaching a workshop on using pdlib as a sound engine for other applications on April 29th at CRASHspace. Pd As Your Embedded Audio […]

Thursday Workshop Reminder

As part of the pd-LAunch week, Hans-Christoph Steiner will be teaching a workshop on using Pure Data for interactive audio and video on April 28th at CRASHspace. Kinect Hacking at the NYC Pd Patching Circle from Hans-Christoph Steiner on Vimeo. Pd provides a wide range of tools for tracking and extracting information from audio in […]

pd-la USB Stick

Now available – pd-la USB sticks. These are 16 GB USB flash drives in custom-built wood enclosures made on the CRASHspace laser cutter. They are in the shape of a Pd message box, and say “bang” on one side and “pd-la” on the other. The sticks contain videos of all 20 lectures from Miller Puckette’s […]

Saturday pd-LAunch Party

This Saturday will be the pd-LAunch party at CRASHspace, from noon until whenever we get done. Noon to 2:00 PM will be the first meeting of the pd-la patching circle. This informal meeting of patching and patchers (Pd, Max/MSP/Jitter, etc.) is free and open to anyone interested.  Come work on personal or professional projects, school […]

Mailing List Reminder

Please join our mailing list. It’s low-volume, and will be used for updates about pd-LAunch and announcements about upcoming patching circle meetings. It also serves as a local discussion area for any Southern California Pd-related matters. Don’t forget the main Pd mailing lists as well. They’re a great place to get questions answered and learn […]