Links I like
Over the years, I have amassed a collection of links for things that I think are interesting. I decided to share these links, so you can find great content. For me, it is also a writing exercise. I have no set order and will post links from various topics at random. Later I will create a page where you can find them all. I am also going to start a series of music I listened to, be that on Youtube or somewhere else. Writing a blog on my own website for these things might seem counterintuitive as social media have taken over the role of content-sharing, but I believe that self-hosted websites are a more future-proof means.
My sonification art blog, however, will continue on sonificationart.wordpress.com as it is well-established there.
https://www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/
Rapidweaver is the application that I used to build this website. It is a true Mac app, going back to 2002. It offers a nice WYSIWYG interface, and you can expand your website with add-ons. It is not free, contrary to WordPress for example, but it is straightforward, and customer service and the user forum is helpful.
https://funprogramming.org
Fun Programming, created by Abe Pazos, is a website to learn Processing, the creative programming language based on Java. It is a good way to understand programming concepts in Processing and beyond. If you want to get started in creative coding, this is a good first place.
https://hourofcode.com/us/nl
This website has tutorials for all kinds of programming stuff to do in one hour. It also has a Processing tutorial.
https://www.attackmagazine.com/technique/tutorials/warehouse-rolling-techno-bass/
Attack Magazine publishes tutorials to start from scratch to create a specific style. In several steps, they break down how a style is built and then recreate it. This particular one is a tutorial on how to create a layered rolling techno bassline. It is software agnostic; Although they use specific tools, you can easily replicate it with ethics DAW and plugins of your choice. They also have a Youtube channel where you can follow the tutorial step by step.
https://monoskop.org/log/?p=23140
For today, I end with a book by Trevor Wishart: Audible Design: A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Sound Composition (1994). It is a good book that explains the principles of sound design in an easy-to-understand way, with lots of schematics. While it says sound design on the cover, I consider it more a composition book that talks about the smaller scale in composition. It is quite old but it’s not tied to specific software so it can still be useful today.
My sonification art blog, however, will continue on sonificationart.wordpress.com as it is well-established there.
https://www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/
Rapidweaver is the application that I used to build this website. It is a true Mac app, going back to 2002. It offers a nice WYSIWYG interface, and you can expand your website with add-ons. It is not free, contrary to WordPress for example, but it is straightforward, and customer service and the user forum is helpful.
https://funprogramming.org
Fun Programming, created by Abe Pazos, is a website to learn Processing, the creative programming language based on Java. It is a good way to understand programming concepts in Processing and beyond. If you want to get started in creative coding, this is a good first place.
https://hourofcode.com/us/nl
This website has tutorials for all kinds of programming stuff to do in one hour. It also has a Processing tutorial.
https://www.attackmagazine.com/technique/tutorials/warehouse-rolling-techno-bass/
Attack Magazine publishes tutorials to start from scratch to create a specific style. In several steps, they break down how a style is built and then recreate it. This particular one is a tutorial on how to create a layered rolling techno bassline. It is software agnostic; Although they use specific tools, you can easily replicate it with ethics DAW and plugins of your choice. They also have a Youtube channel where you can follow the tutorial step by step.
https://monoskop.org/log/?p=23140
For today, I end with a book by Trevor Wishart: Audible Design: A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Sound Composition (1994). It is a good book that explains the principles of sound design in an easy-to-understand way, with lots of schematics. While it says sound design on the cover, I consider it more a composition book that talks about the smaller scale in composition. It is quite old but it’s not tied to specific software so it can still be useful today.