This workshop will explore creative uses of hexadecimal notation
(“Hexadecimal Beats”), event-time oscillators, bitshifts, and modulus
processing for live coding performance. We will explore the nature of
each technique, see how it integrates with other techniques, and learn
how to use it to generate note events as well as how to work with them
to shape a performance.
The workshop will use live.csound.com, a web environment for live
coding with Csound and the csound-live-code library, to explore each
technique. A laptop is required for participants to follow along and
practice. No other installation of software is necessary except to
have a WebAudio-compatible browser (e.g., Chrome, Firefox).
While we will be using live.csound.com to explore the techniques in
the context of music, the techniques and practical experience should
be easily transferred to other live coding systems.