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Linux Audio Conference 2016

David Runge — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 21:00:00 GMT

The conference

The Linux Audio Conference is actually a quite old concept by now. Started as a small Linux Audio user group meeting at LinuxTag back in 2002, the conference more and more developed into a multi-national event, thanks to people such as Frank Neumann (who by the way initially had a "hacker meeting" in mind) and places like the ZKM.
As more universities hosted it, its academic side strengthened, leading to proper proceedings, paper and poster presentations.
Generally speaking it has also always been a place to present software, do workshops to show people how to use software and try it out - suited for developers, users and interested alike!
Another nice aspect that evolved over the years is the concept of the "Linux Sound Night", giving the stage to the artists to present their pieces or perform live.
There's obviously a lot more to the history of the Linux Audio Conference (which is no wonder after such a long time!), than I could elaborate on.
By now the LAC has taken place in many different countries: Germany, Australia, Italy, The Netherlands, Ireland, USA and Austria.

Modular Synth Selbstbau Workshop

David Runge — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 20:00:00 GMT

In the beginning there was one

Last year, when I started building Eurorack, what eventually took it's peak of craziness in building my own suitcase, I got to know the great folks at Befaco, a Spanish group of friends that started designing and eventually selling their own modules.
Back then, the NK still existed as a venue and it was host to many concerts alongside the DIY workshops of Befaco (taken care of by Florian Hanisch).
When it closed down, I had already spent some time at c-base and found it to be a great place for synthesizer workshops (I mean, what better place for synths is there, but a space station? Well, maybe cats and synthesizers at a space station!).

CCCamp 2015 Aftermath

David Runge — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:00:00 GMT

The Camp

This year's Chaos Communication Camp has been pretty damn awesome (and I'm very late to tell that... I know)!

Chaos Communication Camp 2015

David Runge — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 14:00:00 GMT

Only a few more days and the Chaos Communication Camp 2015 opens its gates.
The c-base crew is diligently working on bringing equipment as an extension to the space station below Berlin to Zehdenick.
C-base turns 20 during Camp! Expect awesome celebrations!

I'm looking forward to a week with ~4500 hackers/ nerds/ musicians/ friends and old acquaintances.
There will be plenty of talks, workshops, hacking and hopefully time for some music making, swimming and all those other free time luxuries.
I'll bring my modular suitcase for some jams in the audio village and possibly even finish up on my Paper VCO (by Wolfgang Spahn and Antti Pussinen) or turn my Arduino Esplora into a low-fi waveshaper.
Who knows... I'm going camping.