Modular 2003 Conference, Sept 10-12, London

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Presents:



Weds 10th, Thurs 11th and Friday 12th of September 2003, London

Building on the success of the Modular 2002 event, The London College of Music and Media at Thames Valley University presents its yearly forum for creative modular systems in the form of the 'Modular 2003'.

For this year the schedule has expanded considerably including many more system representations. These include Reaktor, Nord Modular, Nord G2, Sync Modular, Vaz Modular, Kyma, Max/MSP, Jmax, Jsyn, Csound, Pure Data.

For booking and registration please follow the appropriate link. The all inclusive fee for the three days and concert is £50 (approx 78 Euros).

The schedule for the Modular 2003 is based on granular synthesis and spatialisation, hence the title "Time and Space", however, there are items on the schedule which are more general yet always relevant to modular creative systems. For 2003 we will be introduced to some exciting developments in 'artificial intelligence', 'artificial life and 'interactive live performance coding' to name a few.

As always, the particpants presenting the talks, workshops and performances are some of the very finest minds and creative spirits in sound design, computing and electronic creativity.

A key feature of this years event is the integration of analogue modular synthesizers in the form of a two day installation called 'The Modular Room'. The installation is a large space in which a full compliment of analogue modular synthesizers from the present and past are presented for viewing and listening. The hosts of these are analogue synthesis experts who will be present to allow for informal discussions and interaction with the systems.

Developments in this field are inevitably fast and excting. We look forward to these days three days in which we will all have a chance to see and hear the products of the furthest limits of creative exploration in modular synthesis and electronic medias. Pere Villez Project Director

Wednesday 10th September 2003

9.45-10.45 Welcome. Modular 2003 Schedule and Events. Barcelona 2004, A preview of Current Developments in Modular Systems. Pere Villez

11.00-12.00 The Spatialization of Granulated Spectrums. Sync Modular J Comajuncosas

12.15-1.15 Live Coding Techniques using Supercollider. Nick Collins

1.15 Lunch

2.15-3.30 The jMax environment. Francois Dechelle

3.45-4.45 Control Space on Nord Modular and G2. Roland Kuit

5.00-6.00 Granular Systems VAZ Modular Martin Fay

Thursday 11th of September 2003

Presentations. Installations, Manufacturer Demonstration.

All Day Installation 'Cathedral Oceans' John Foxx

All Day Installation 'Three Dimensions' John Gummery

9.45-10.45 Kyma Garth Paine/Robert Jarvis

11.00-12.00 Improvising Swarms, Self-organisation and Stigmergy. Dr Tim Blackwell

12.15 –1.15 Spatiousness in synthesized sounds. Nord Modular/G2 Rob Hordijk/Clavia

1.15 Lunch

2.15-315 Artificial Music. Dr.Jonathan Wakefield

3.30-4.30 Ambisonics Using Max/MSP. David Hunt

4.30-5.30 Recent Modular Developments in Linux. Steve Harris

5.45-6.45 The Analogue Modular Room Installation. Hosted by David Salter/MPG

Thursday Evening Concert 7.45pm

To be announced:

Roland Kuit, Garth Paine, Hans Koch, Per Villez, Dominique Melville. Tom Arnold , Howard Moscovitz

Friday 12th September 2003
(watch out for developments)
Open Day Intensive Workshops.

Modular Room Open Day Installation.
All Day Installation ‘Cathedral Oceans’ John Foxx
All Day Installation ‘Three Dimensions’ John Gummery
All Day Installation Analogue Room (David Salter/MPG)
Classic Technologies

9.45-10.15 Andrew East (Music Producers Guild) 'Early Warning System'

Demonstrations and talks (watch out for developments here):

Clavia Nord G2
Applied Acoustics Tassman,
Native Instruments Reaktor
Intensive Workshops

10.00-11.30 Designing Virtual Resonators. Josep Comajuncosas

11.45 Power techniques using Reaktor Per Villez

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A couple of Modular 2003 updates.

Ted Fletcher the legendary Joe Meek analogue outboard designer will be giving a talk on the friday morning of the event. Ted is now designer the 'Edward' compressor which you can find info at http://www.tfpro.com/products/info/13.php

Ted will be looking at analogue and tape saturation issues. This will be invaluable to digital modular effects and outboard designers.

The electronic music composer Howard Moscovitz and editor-in-chief of the online Electronic Music mag will be performing on the thursday concert. Howard has written extensive pieces for Modualr systems and acoustic instruments. You can hear some of his work at: http://www.mp3.com/mosc

Andrew East of the Music Producers Guild will also be giving a talk on the friday on a rather amazing classic sound technology. Details to be confirmed this week.

I will be getting in touch soon with regards the arrangements for the concert

many regards Pere