http://www.fsp.fm/index.php Announcements for shows, talks, and performances of Felted Signal Processing projects by Sarah and Lara Grant + collaborators. en sarah@fsp.fm Copyright 2011 2011-03-14T16:07:00+00:00 http://fsp.fm/news/detail/fsp_soft_controller_and_synthesizers_workshop_at_nime_11_in_oslo/ http://fsp.fm/news/detail/fsp_soft_controller_and_synthesizers_workshop_at_nime_11_in_oslo/#When:16:07:00Z FSP will be giving a 6 hour workshop on soft controllers and synthesizers at this year’s New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) conference! NIME takes place this year on 30 May - 1 June in Oslo, Norway. We will be giving our workshop on 30 May from 9a - 4p with a 1 hour break in between. If you will be attending the conference this year, check out the workshop schedule and sign up! Lara, Workshop, Sarah 2011-03-14T16:07:00+00:00 http://fsp.fm/news/detail/soft_circuitry_workshop_at_gaffta_4_2_-_3/ http://fsp.fm/news/detail/soft_circuitry_workshop_at_gaffta_4_2_-_3/#When:16:01:21Z Lara will be teaching a two-day workshop on soft circuitry at GAFFTA in San Francisco this April 2nd + 3rd from 10a - 4p. Read more and sign up! [http://www.gaffta.org/2011/03/03/soft-circuitry-w-lilypad/] Lara, Workshop 2011-03-14T16:01:21+00:00 http://fsp.fm/news/detail/fsp_speaks_at_dorkbot/ http://fsp.fm/news/detail/fsp_speaks_at_dorkbot/#When:20:50:00Z This wednesday, January 5th 7-9pm, FREE @ Location One (Greene between Canal & Grand) Come listen to us ramble on about soft circuitry and what FSP is all about at Dorkbot! Dorkbot! We will be speaking with Ted Hayes where he will be talking about Language, Emergence and Art and Torino:Margolis, who will be presenting FreEMG, a build out of there own EMG device! 2011-01-03T20:50:00+00:00 http://fsp.fm/news/detail/stochastic_performance/ http://fsp.fm/news/detail/stochastic_performance/#When:05:43:04Z The Fortune Teller project is coming along in these last few days, and while I am initially designing it to work as a simple controller with no other rhyme or reason to it, I’d eventually like to take advantage of the fact that it does reference an algorithmic game of chance. If you recall from childhood, these fortune tellers usually have colors written on the outside flaps, with 8 numbers written on the inside surfaces. The idea is to pick a color and then spell that color out, opening and closing the fortune teller for each letter called out. Then you pick one of the numbers on the inside, open and close the fortune teller that many times, and finally pick one more number to see what your fortune is under that flap. I’m sure there are variations on how to play this game, but that’s the basic method. Seems like there could be a fun way to apply this to introducing some stochastic quality to a performance. Sarah 2011-01-02T05:43:04+00:00 http://fsp.fm/news/detail/fsp005_prototype_now_with_hq_sound/ http://fsp.fm/news/detail/fsp005_prototype_now_with_hq_sound/#When:05:40:15Z A second recording of this circuit, which is def my favorite so far. Now you can hear the lowest frequencies and full texture of the sound being produced. 2011-01-02T05:40:15+00:00 http://fsp.fm/news/detail/circuit_tests_with_new_patchcords/ http://fsp.fm/news/detail/circuit_tests_with_new_patchcords/#When:05:39:02Z Testing newly made patch cords that have a higher and greater range of resistance. 2011-01-02T05:39:02+00:00 http://fsp.fm/news/detail/fsp005_prototype/ http://fsp.fm/news/detail/fsp005_prototype/#When:05:38:10Z A video showing our prototype of FSP005 2011-01-02T05:38:10+00:00 http://fsp.fm/news/detail/textiles_and_electronics_workshop/ http://fsp.fm/news/detail/textiles_and_electronics_workshop/#When:17:02:50Z ▓▒░░░ Textiles and Electronics Workshop ░░░▒▓ 1pm - 4pm FRIDAY the 17th @ The Tank Part of In/Out Fest $25 - Includes materials to build a voltage control oscillator circuit and your own soft variable resistor + take home sampling of materials. Please read on for detailed workshop description. In this workshop, Sarah and Lara will demonstrate how to create textile sensors and how to integrate these sensors with simple signal processing circuits for controlling sound output. There will also be on hand samples of handmade conductive felt, crocheted stretch sensors, conductive batting and machine sewn resistors for participants to check out and build from, which will be the focus of this workshop.  After discussion of construction techniques and some show and tell, they will walk the workshop through building a simple sound producing circuit and how to connect it to a soft sensor.  Participants should also feel free to bring in their own simple circuits in lieu of constructing one with the group. Ticket Info: The workshop is $25 - this includes materials to build a VCO circuit and a soft variable resistor + take home sampling of materials If you also wish to see the night performances (highly recommended!), you can purchase single day passes online or pay at the door. $15 for single day/ $25 for both. 2010-09-13T17:02:50+00:00 http://fsp.fm/news/detail/rhizome_interview/ http://fsp.fm/news/detail/rhizome_interview/#When:20:03:54Z Ceci Moss from Rhizome came to interview us for her series Homebrew Electronics. Read it here! 2010-09-12T20:03:54+00:00 http://fsp.fm/news/detail/upcoming_1st_annual_world_maker_faire_new_york_2010/ http://fsp.fm/news/detail/upcoming_1st_annual_world_maker_faire_new_york_2010/#When:19:30:44Z It’s a little bit of a ways out, but we’ve been accepted into the 1st Annual World Maker Faire New York 2010 this September 25th and 26th. Save the dates and watch this space for more updates coming down the pipes. Announcements 2010-07-19T19:30:44+00:00