Super Chip Tune Samba Band Research

On January 31st, 2010 I ran a day long workshop at FACT, Liverpool, teaching people how to use the SUPER CHIP TUNE SAMBA BAND software, the new software is made to encourage people to perform chip tune music together in groups. The day long session included an introduction to chip tune music, why and how I made the software, the rehearsal and the performance by the participants. The software was designed to mimic the sounds of a samba band albeit a very chip tune samba band with a Sirdu, Caixa, Rep, Ganza and an Agogo, and utilising the participants existing hand-eye coordination, muscle memory and general video game playing skills to learn new and additional musical skills.

You can read my paper on it below, the research forms part of my Masters Degree at the Centre for Design Innovation, University Suffolk College, UK.

The event has attracted international press thanks to Wired & GeekDad.

The feedback from the workshop was very very positive and some nice stories about families coming together for the event to make music. Very pleased that they really took to the idea of creating something with the DS instead of just being a passive consumer of it. I also gave them copies of SUPER CHIP TUNE SAMBA BAND and Music Tech Master Stroke so they can go away and make there own music. minus the conclusion which I will write up next week.

This event forms part of FACTs Space Invaders: Art and the Computer Game Environment season and is delivered in partnership with Netherlands Media Art Institution, Amsterdam. Special thanks to all staff at FACT and special thanks to Anna Kronenburg for organising the event.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Pixelh8
• chip tune
• electronica
• music
• samba
• Marshall

[aaronzombieEOW]

I want to try this! If only i had the software.

[PunkymickBlah]

dude this is so fucking cool

[YourGettingFat]

This is awesome dude x x

[noahhk]

Very cool, I'd love to see more people get into chiptunes around my area.

Sadly, most people around me think of chiptunes as "bleeps and bloops", and nothing else. :(

[xr0]

Well done, very interesting! I'd love to hear more about the technical difficulties you had programming it.