Do you have dreams of making a game, be it physical, computerised, or otherwise? Are those long November evenings looking cold and empty? Read on. November is known to many hobbyist authors as National Novel-Writing Month, a month where you can sit down every evening and write 1667 words. At the end of 30 days, Read more about Make a Game Month – #makgammon[…]
Hackers, musicians, developers, bloggers and more, crowded into the Dissection Room at Summerhall on the 24th of August to take part in Music Hack Day Scotland, an international event that brings together creative minds to produce new and innovative musical things. The event opened up with talks from Edinburgh artist and app developer Yann Seznec, Read more about Music Hack Day Scotland[…]
It’s a week before the next music night, but I’ve finally got round to writing up the last event. We kicked off with some real, actual laptop and guitar jamming, led by Julien. More of this sort of thing! Gareth gave us a talk about cSound, and Gary (who’s an OLPC dude) also happened to Read more about Music Night May 2012[…]
The hottest Friday night in Edinburgh, our monthly music event returned last week for more of the best in eccentric homebrew action. We saw Andrew Kieran’s fabric potentiometers – hand-woven cloths designed to behave as electronic components – being used to control sequencers and to drive synths. Andrew was good enough to explain some of Read more about Music Night Feb 2012[…]
This was a particularly formidable night, owing to the arrival of Stephen with his awesome home-made hurdy gurdy. I also gave a bit of a talk about SuperCollider, and some hacklabbers got to try it out on their laptops. We got Ioann’s old Yamaha keyboard working and played with pugs. The next music night will Read more about Edinburgh Hacklab Music Night, January 2012[…]
Last weekend in the Barbican in London, a whole bunch of hardware and software hackers got together for Music Hack Day. Anyone who likes a bit of music in their hacks should check out this event, where everyone gets together for 24 hours and creates new and innovative music applications. Sponsors like Spotify, Novation, Last.fm and Read more about London Music Hack Day[…]
Okay, so I’m writing this with a bit of a sore head because we were hacking till gone midnight and I had to get up early the next day, but it was worth it. Last night was the first in a monthly series of music hack nights at the lab, and it was crazy popular. Read more about Music Night Was Awesome – Official![…]
Next week, November 18th, we will be trying out a music hackers’ night at the Edinburgh Hacklab. This night is aimed at anyone who wants to make ingenious noises somehow. Crafts, software, electronics, philosophy, whatever you’re into that is hacky and musicky. There’s no fixed agenda, meet us and help us choose a direction for Read more about Music Hack Night, November 18th![…]