MAKE YOUR ARDUINO SCREAM WITH MOZZI AND CHATGPT

MAKE YOUR ARDUINO SCREAM 

WITH MOZZI AND CHATGPT

__Mozzi is the most advanced sound library for generating sounds with arduino, one of the easiest microcontroller boards to learn. There are a variety of projects on the web for creating sound generators or controllers for software or for designing works with electromechanical movements of objects or lights. In this workshop you are invited to create a musical instrument that can be an extension of your body or something you can wear and interact with. Each participant is invited to create his or her own design from scratch, choosing which sensors to add, from potentiometers to buttons to flexible or capacitive or self-made sensors.

 After designing the hardware with the help of chatGPT, we will design the software, merging, copy/paste and coding, so no prior coding skills are required. This is the first in a series of workshops called Audio DIY Lab, a series dedicated to creating your own electronic and electroacoustic instruments and developing your own sound self-expression. These one- or two-day evening workshops are open to everyone, regardless of previous experience in electronic design, programming or soldering. For a sliding-scale participation fee of 25-35 euros, plus the cost of materials tailored to your chosen project, you will have the opportunity to build your own instrument from both a hardware and software perspective. Participants do not need to worry about tools cause all basic ones will be provided by PAS. However, we encourage participants to bring their own tools or implements, or previous or ongoing projects. For example, if someone is working with textiles we encourage them to bring all the tools they need so that by the end of the workshop each participant will have created a unique instrument . The primary goal of these workshops is to create a community of DIYers interested in unconventional electronic and electroacoustic instruments. We want to challenge the mass production of standardized instruments that lack the flexibility to be modified or hacked. By taking a critical approach to the technological domain, we encourage a do-it-yourself ethic and a critical examination of technological hegemony. The workshop is open to all and priority will be given to LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC people. To ensure accessibility, PAS will cover part of the costs, while participants will contribute according to the daily living standards of Berlin artists/musicians.

fee_ 40eu (30 for internal member of PAS)
date_ 27.2  from 17 to 24
deadline_ 25.2 
no. participants_ 10
venue_ PAS 

You will be provided with the basic materials to build your own instruments, starting with components such as a potentiometer, button or piezo. The participation fee does not include the cost of an Arduino board, we invite people to bring an unused one from a friend instead of buying one, or to buy a second-hand one, no matter what model it is it could be model: nano, one r2 or r3, mega, leonardo, micro. By contacting this email giorgio.alloatti@gmail.com you can ask to buy an arduino for 15eu more or receive the contact where to buy it. Feel free to write for any additional information and subscription.

Materials provided with the fee:   
breadboard for prototyping, cables, switch,  potentiometer or photoresistor, audio connector,  piezo or button.
Materials provided by PAS Berlin:
venue for the workshop, soldering iron for all participants, soldering wire, cutters, pliers, drill, documentation

Materials provided by participants:
laptop (preferably with last arduino IDE installed), headphones or small speakers, a small box or enclosure, any specialist materials for very specific projects 
The workshop is led by MOO17 aka Giorgio Alloatti (@agaramof_m_oo) maker, noiser and sound artist, member of PAS and founder of Audiohacklab.

PAS Berlin is in Moabit, Berlin – Kaiserin Augusta Allee 101 – Aufgang 2 you can reach the venue with M10/U9 Turmstr – U7 Mierendorffplatz 

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