Music Science and Technology Workshop II
This is the second installation of a music science and technology workshop organized on behalf of Haiti Project, a non-profit organization aimed at empowering women in Fond-des-Blancs, Haiti. Building on Haiti's rich musical tradition, this workshop will discuss physics, electronics and computers' perspectives on sound and music production.
Overview
The workshop begins with a general discussion of audio waveforms, their relation to vibration, characteristics and main entry point in human anatomy, the ear. It then moves on to a discussion of notes and mapping of frequencies into discrete notes. It then explores how to create sounds and notes. Participants build electronic circuits which produce tones tuned by resitance (resistor). The resistance elements are subsequently replaced by various resistive sensors in order to create crude (analog) musical instruments. The same musical instruments are then replicated through microprocessors circuits (Arduino) to create digital instruments. We are joined this year by Ecole Superieure d'Infotronique d'Haiti (ESIH) staff who present (Wednesday) an audio light controller circuit. The workshop ends with discussion of a heat modulated audio/music experiment.
The workshop is designed with minimum front-end talk and maximum participation. Therefore, expect bare minimum introductions to allow as much time as possible for the participants to experiment.
Schedule
Mon Feb 2 - Thu Feb 5, 2015; Morning: 9-11:30 group I, Afternoon: 3-5:30 group II.
Logistics
The workshop is designed for a range of ages, although we expect most students to be between 14-20 yr olds. Workshop team: D. Fleurimond, S. Russell, G. Toglia (ESIH), M. Klarman (Haiti Projects), D. Joachim.
Fond-des-Blancs
Population 3-8000. Altitude ~1000ft. Driving time to Port-au-Prince ~ 4hrs.