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Sign up: https://electronicmusicforbeginners.eventbrite.ca
Artist Kimit Sekhon helps you synthesize fresh music using free software.
Registration closes June 24.
9 hours total over 3 sessions, online // $75, or $55 for members
** By donation for those facing reduced income due to COVID-19 . Those who can afford the Regular or Member Rate at this time should continue to use those, as it goes directly to helping pay for the instructor.
Session 1: Sat June 26, 1pm to 4pm
Session 2: Sat July 3, 1pm to 4pm
Session 3: Sat July 10, 1pm to 4pm
All times listed are Pacific Time
Prerequisites & minimum requirements:
This hands-on introduction is for absolute beginners on a tight budget. Want to make music but don't know where to start? Curious about electronic music but don't have the funds to buy expensive equipment? This workshop is for you!
This workshop combines basic theory and practice to introduce you to audio synthesis and electronic music composition.
To do so, you'll learn the very basics of Caustic: https://singlecellsoftware.com/caustic
Caustic is free software for making music. It provides you with everything you need to compose electronic music -- synthesizer racks, sampler rigs, equalizers, mixers, effects, and automation tools -- and is optimized for smartphone and tablet devices, though it's also available for laptops and desktops. There's even an active online forum for extending your learning after this workshop.
Learn how to identify types of instrument and what sounds you can expect them to make. Discover how synthesizer work and how to shape the sounds to create your own. Understand the controls, dials, and sliders and what they are doing. Program a drum machine, route effects, sequence a track!
Responding to participants’ needs, the format for this workshop will include open time for you to ask questions and try your hand at experimenting with synthesis. Your instructor Kimit will provide technical and creative assistance.
By the end of the workshop, you will have created a short electronic music composition.
Topics covered
VIVO is located in the homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples in a warehouse space at 2625 Kaslo Street south of East Broadway at the end of E 10th. Transit line 9 stops at Kaslo Street on Broadway. From the bus stop, the path is paved, curbless, and on a slight decline. The closest skytrain station is Renfrew Station, which is three blocks south-east of VIVO and has an elevator. From there, the path is paved, curbless, and on a slight incline. There is parking available at VIVO, including wheelchair access parking. There is a bike rack at the entrance. The front entrance leads indoors to a set of 7 stairs to the lobby.
A wheelchair ramp is located at the west side of the main entrance. The ramp has two runs: the first run is 20 feet long, and the second run is 26 feet. The ramp is 60 inches wide. The slope is 1:12. The ramp itself is concrete and has handrails on both sides. There is an outward swinging door (34 inch width) at the top of the ramp leading to a vestibule. A second outward swinging door (33 inch width) opens into the exhibition space. Buzzers and intercoms are located at both doors to notify staff during regular office hours or events to unlock the doors. Once unlocked, visitors can use automatic operators to open the doors.
There are two all-gender washrooms. One has a stall and is not wheelchair accessible. The other is a single room with a urinal and is wheelchair accessible: the door is 33 inches wide and inward swinging, without automation. The toilet has 11 inch clearance on the left side and a handrail.
To reach the bathrooms from the studio, exit through the double doors and proceed straight through the lobby and down the hall . Turn left, and the two bathrooms will be on your right side. The closest one has a stall and is not wheelchair accessible. The far bathroom is accessible.
Kimit Sekhon (Paperwave) is a second generation Indian immigrant who creates on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. They are passionate about the intersection between technology and art. They enjoy exploring new forms of media including visual projection, 3D graphics and electronic music. Their work is influenced by the fractal growth of nature, geometric composition and experience creating modular origami.