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An introduction to Max
Max is the industry standard tool for audio-visual work. Yet many are confused by exactly what it is and its constituent parts. This article provides a simple overview and introduction to this powerful piece of software.

Steve Reich's exploration of technology through music
Photo by Peter Aidu New York composer Steve Reich did not just participate in the creation of a new style of classical music, he helped establish a new kind of …

My learning journey with Music Hackspace
This post is about my learning journey over the past 1 – 2 years – how I came to Music Hackspace and what it came to mean for me. I’m …

Strategies experts use to learn programming languages
Is learning by doing the right way for you, or do you prefer to read about the theory first? There’s no right or wrong, you just have to try different approaches and find one that works for you. Learning a programming language is not inherently hard: if you’ve learned to play an instrument, that’s likely harder!

A guide to seven powerful programs for music and visuals
Discover 7 software environments used by creatives for live music and visuals. Which should you learn and why?
‘Why I started Music Hackspace': Jean-Baptiste Thiebaut
How I stumbled across Music Hackspace is a hazy memory. I remember turning up in a nondescript industrial estate in the hip part of East London, Hoxton. When I finally …

KYUB residency: 4-workshop series with IKLECTIK (UK) and the Institute of Sound (Ukraine)
Music Hackspace is teaming up with IKLECTIK to curate 4 workshops in December 2022, as part of the KYUB programme, a residency project with the Institute of Sound (Ukraine). If …

AI for Music and Visual Art
In its current, sophisticated form, Artificial Intelligence Art uses the vast quantity of images and knowledge available to recreate scenes that have never existed, using only a prompt that describes …

Jamspace #2
Watch back the second Jamspace with Ned Rush, Obscenity State (Nilly Brooke), AbletonDrummer (Tobi Hunke) and Melody Loveless. Performance and interviews with: Tobi Hunke: is a professional drummer and music …
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AR Rahman, Music Hackspace and Cycling ’74 partner to deliver free online courses to students in India
KM Music Conservatory in Chennai, founded by AR Rahman, teams up with London-based online teaching platform Music Hackspace and California-based software company Cycling ’74 to deliver free music programming classes …
First Annual MIDI Innovation Awards Honors The Top 10 Entries
Entire awards ceremony is now posted on YouTube London, England – On January 21, the MIDI Association, Music Hackspace, and NAMM held the first MIDI Innovation Awards online. The event …

The Music Hackspace has a new home!
Our residency at Somerset House ended in 2019, and we’ve found a new home at Goldsmiths University. I (JB Thiebaut) am now a research fellow in the computing department, where …

Kinetronic: a motion capture music installation by Ivaylo Chichanov
WHEN: Thursday 21st August 2014, 7pm WHERE: Troyganic, 132 Kingsland Road, near Hoxton station, at the corner of Cremer street. WHAT: Kinetronic is a project exploring the possibilities of gestural control over …

Thu 6th Feb: CEEMI's Test Drive presentation with Gil Teixeira
When: Thursday, 6th of February 2014, 7.00pm Where: Troyganic 132 Kingsland Road, London E2 8DY What: Presentation with Gil Teixeira about CEEMI’s Test Drive – A Collaborative Experimental Electronic Music Instrument for an ongoing artistic research on …

Thu. 24th of October, Ranjit Bhatnagar presents Singing Room for a Shy Person
Join us with sound sculptor Ranjit Bhatnagar, next Thursday 24th of October. Ranjit Bhatnagar will present his project entitled Singing Room for a Shy Person, an interactive sound installation, commissioned by Métamatic Research …

25.07.2013 concert by Jukka Hautamäki and MAX/MSP meetup
This week at Music Hackspace we have a regular MAX/MSP meetup (like every last Thursday of the month) where people share knowledge and patches made with MAX/MSP environment. When: Thursday …

27 June: Max MSP meeting
The regular monthly meeting is this Thursday June 27th at Troyganic,132 Kingsland Road, E2 8D. PD and others welcome. Last month someone won a Max 6 license – that’s the sort …

Leafcutter John artist talk & Max MSP meetup
Thursday 31st of January 2013, 7:30pm Troyganic, 138 Kingsland Road, E2 8DY, London After a long xmas break the London Max/MSP User’s Group begins its 2013 monthly max meetups with …

Max MSP meet-up
Thursday 29/11/2012, 7pm, Max MSP meet up at Troyganic 132 Kingsland Road, Corner of Cremer Street. London E2 8DY