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Harvestworks offers small personal classes in our newly designed classroom. Classes classes come with 8hrs of lab time in our computer lab. For inquiries or to sign up you can also call Hans Tammen at 212-431-1130 ext 130.

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MAX/MSP/JITTER & INTERACTIVE CLASSES
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MAX/MSP INTENSIVE WEEK - click here for complete description
Dafna Naphtali, Matthew Ostrowski & Hans Tammen
Section A: COMPLETED
Section B: August 31, September 1, 2, 3, 4, 2009
10am - 6pm - $1200 + membership $75

Full week 40hr intensive course in Max/MSP and Jitter.

Select Section and Pay Section B $1,275.00

Select Section and Pay Section B $1,200.00

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MAX/MSP INTRODUCTION
Dafna Naphtali / Matthew Ostrowski
Section A: COMPLETED
Section B: COMPLETED
Section C: COMPLETED
Section D: Thursdays, July 9, 16, 23, 30, 2009
Section E: Tuesdays, September 8, 15, 22, 29, 2009
Section F: Wednesdays, November 4, 11, 18, 25, 2009
6:30pm - 9:30pm - $430/$490

Max/MSP is a graphical programming language very well suited for any audio application that goes far beyond the traditional options of off-the-shelf software. Max users are people who want to do things that go beyond the limitations of normal software. Max is a visual programming language -- you connect objects together with patch cords to design what you want. Harvestworks teaches Max for 20 years, and this 12hr introductory course includes basic programming with Max, MIDI, control, user interfaces, timing objects, and scaling/mapping numbers.

Select Section and Pay Section D $490.00 Section E $490.00 Section F $490.00

Select Section and Pay Section D $430.00 Section E $430.00 Section F $430.00

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JITTER INTRODUCTION
Dafna Naphtali / Matthew Ostrowski
Section A: COMPLETED
Section B: COMPLETED
Section C: Wednesdays, June 10, 17, 24, 2009
Section D: Thursdays, August 6, 13, 20, 2009
Section E: Tuesdays, October 6, 13, 20, 2009
Section F: Wednesdays, December 2, 9, 16, 2009
6:30pm - 9:30pm - $325/$385

The course will be in the format of a hands-on workshop to get Max users familiar with the Jitter object system. Jitter extends the Max/MSP programming environment to support realtime manipulation of video, 3D graphics and other data. Because Jitter, like Max/MSP, is generic in nature, it offers unlimited possibilities for creative exploration. Whether you are interested in video processing, interactive art, teaching new media, or data visualization, Jitter offers both high and low level tools for working in exciting new ways.

Select Section and Pay Section C $385.00 Section D $385.00 Section E $385.00 Section F $385.00

Select Section and Pay Section C $325.00 Section D $325.00 Section E $325.00 Section F $325.00

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CIRCUIT BENDING - FROM START TO FINISH - Click here for a complete class description
Peter Edwards (Casperelectronics)
Section A: COMPLETED
Section B: Saturday and Sunday June 13 & 14
Noon - 6pm
$350 [one price]

Over the course of two intensive workshops we will focus on all aspects of circuit bending from basic circuit modification to complex interface design. Each student will leave with a finished, well built instrument as well as an abundance of valuable info and experience which will help them in their future bending endeavors.

Select Section and Pay Section B $350.00

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PROCESSING INTRODUCTION
Zachary Seldess
Section A: COMPLETED
Section B: Saturday, August 8, 2009
Section C: Saturday, December 5, 2009
Noon - 6pm - $220/$280

Processing is a powerful open source and free software platform to visualize data, crunching 2D and 3D imagery, video, and sound.

Select Section and Pay Section B $280.00 Section C $280.00

Select Section and Pay Section B $220.00 Section C $220.00

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INTRO TO REAKTOR - Click here for a complete description
Robert Madler
Section A: Thursdays, June 11, 18, 25
Section B: Thursdays, October 8, 15, 22
6:30-9:30pm - $325/$385

Reaktor is a graphical music programming language with an extensive library of pre-programmed, high-quality plug-ins and instruments, from effects (delay, reverb, resonator, granular, etc) to synths, drum machines, samplers, and sound generators. The course will focus on understanding the programming concepts and environment of Reaktor with an in-depth look at the library of modules and macros used to make patches. Examples will include building simple patches from scratch as well as studying more complex pre-programmed patches. This course will provide students a solid understanding of the Reaktor environment up to an intermediate level, enabling them to use and alter existing instruments as well as to program their own instruments.

REQUIREMENT: Students are required to bring Reaktor already installed on their laptops.

Select Section and Pay Section A $385.00 Section B $385.00

Select Section and Pay Section A $325.00 Section B $325.00

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INTRODUCTION TO ISADORA
Lauren Petty
Section A: Saturday, September 26, noon to 6pm
Section B: Saturday, December 12, noon to 6pm
$220/$280
Isadora is a graphic programming environment that provides interactive control over digital media, with special emphasis on the real-time manipulation of digital video. It offers building blocks that can be linked together in an almost unlimited number of ways, allowing you to follow your artistic impulse. This introductory course is taught by Harvestworks Chief Video Editor Lauren Petty, who is a video artist, editor and teacher and is a graduate of NYU's Gallatin school where she received an MA in Video Art & Performance

Select Section and Pay Section A $280.00 Section B $280.00

Select Section and Pay Section A $220.00 Section B $220.00

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HARDWARE HACKING - THE BASICS
Nic Collins
Friday, October 15, 10am to 5pm
Class cost: $150 + $10 materials fee

HARDWARE HACKING - ADVANCED
Nic Collins
Saturday - Sunday, October 16 + 17, 10am to 5pm
Class cost: $350 + $25 materials fee

---> Take both classes for $400 (+ $35 materials fee)

Nicolas Collins presents two hands-on workshops in Hardware Hacking. Assuming no technical background whatsoever, these workshops guide the participants through a series of sound-producing electronic construction projects, from making simple contact microphones, through “bending” toys”, to making oscillators and other circuits from scratch. The workshops ends with a performance/installation by all participants.

Select Class(s) and Pay The Basics $160.00 Advanced $375.00 Both Classes $435.00

Basic Hacking:
Alternate microphones (contact mikes, coil pickups, using speakers and
headphone as microphones, tape heads, etc.).
Homemade transducers for sending sound through objects for physical filtering
(cheap “Rainforest”).
“Victorian synthesizer” (making an oscillator with just a speaker and a battery).
“Laying of hands” on a radio circuit board (the poor man’s Cracklebox).
“Circuit Bending” (new noises from old toys).

Advanced Hacking:
Circuits from scratch: oscillators, tremolo/gate/panner, mixers.
preamp/distortion, pitch trackers, weird analog signal processing, sequencers.

New York born and raised, Nicolas Collins studied composition with Alvin Lucier, worked for many years with David Tudor, and has collaborated with numerous musicians around the world. He lived most of the 1990s in Europe, where he was Visiting Artistic Director of Stichting STEIM (Amsterdam), and a DAAD composer-in-residence in Berlin. Since 1997 he has been editor-in-chief of the Leonardo Music Journal. He is a Professor in the Department of Sound at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A new edition of his book, Handmade Electronic Music – The Art of Hardware Hacking, will WAS published by Routledge in April 2009. Collins has the dubious distinction of having played at both CBGBs and the Concertgebouw.

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