Interactive Video in Touchdesigner

January 19th - February 9th, 2025
Sundays, 2pm - 4pm (IRL @ dadaLab in Austin, TX.)
4 class sessions total + opportunity to exhibit your work at dadaLab on March 7
$195

Projection Mapping for Immersive Art

January 22nd - February 12th, 2025
Wednesdays, 7pm - 9pm (IRL @ dadaLab in Austin, TX.)
4 class sessions total + opportunity to exhibit your work at dadaLab on March 7
$195

Light Art with Laser Technology

January 21st - February 11th, 2025
Tuesdays,7pm - 9pm (IRL @ dadaLab in Austin, TX.)
4 class sessions total + opportunity to exhibit your work at dadaLab on March 7
$195

LIM Open Lab Workshops

Select Mondays 7-8:30p
IRL @ Doty Fine Arts Building
FREE

SIgnal processing with Ableton Live

FREE | Online Campus Workshop

Get up and running on all the fundamental tech and terminology for pro audio production! This FREE dadageek course is a compilation of over 4.5 hours of audio production fundamentals presented by dadageek Managing Director and University of Texas Professor Kyle Evans (aka pulseCoder). Join our dadageek Online Campus and dive in!

SIgnal processing with Ableton Live

FREE | Online Campus Workshop

This workshop explores the signal routing and processing features that take Ableton Live from just another DAW to a tool for limitless creative expression. You will learn to use these tools to take your sounds in the direction you have always wanted to but maybe didn't know how. This workshop covers both technical and creative elements of signal processing, with a heavy focus on sound design and creative exploration. Join the fun as we'll make some interesting sounds and explore ways to manipulate, enhance, and destroy audio!

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Routing MIDI and Audio for both creative and technical applications

• Processing MIDI signals using MIDI effects, Max for Live devices, racks, and track routing

• Processing Audio in Live using audio effects, Max for Live devices, racks, sends, and track routing

• Working with external audio sources for sound processing in Live

• Using external hardware effects to process audio in Live

• Learn creative uses for stock Ableton Live effects

• Creative processing tricks for clips and loops

Have any questions? Once you’ve joined, you can reach out to Ableton Certified Instructor Alberto Chapa directly on the dadageek Online Campus! 

Want to dive deeper into Ableton? Check out some of our 7-week courses including Interactive Ableton and Algorithmic Music in Ableton Live both taught by an Ableton Certified Trainer.

Produce a techno track with Ableton Live

FREE | Online Campus Workshop

This workshop focuses on techniques for creative beatmaking and arrangement. We will use stock Live devices and instruments to produce an evolving and layered techno track. Mixing and automation techniques will be explored as well.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Get hard-hitting and complex drums

• Design dangerous yet tasteful basslines

• Explore weird and compelling tonal territories

• Get things moving and shifting with automation

• Focus on keeping that mix clean

Have any questions? Once you’ve joined, you can reach out to Ableton Certified Instructor Adam Fangsrud directly on the dadageek Online Campus! 

Want to dive deeper into Ableton? Check out some of our 7-week courses including Interactive Ableton and Algorithmic Music in Ableton Live both taught by an Ableton Certified Trainer.

Intro to Collaborative Live Coding

FREE | Online campus course

In this course, students will be introduced to the basics of live coding audio and visuals for the purpose of collaborating in a networked setting. Learn to use code to create layered, interesting sound and visual art quickly in real-time and with others while sharing a common workspace. The programming languages to be covered are MiniTidal (Tidal Cycles) and Punctual. All live coding will be done in a web application called Estuary so there’ll be no painful installations necessary. Each week expect new challenges and live improvised collaboration opportunities using the skills developed in the course.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Introduction to live coding as an art form

• Overview of some popular live coding languages

• Basic training on how to use the Estuary platform

• Basics of live coding audio with Tidal Cycles in Estuary

• Basics of live coding audio with Punctual in Estuary

• Basics of live coding visuals in Estuary

• Participation in online improvised live coding collaborations

REQUIREMENTS

• Mac or PC with Google Chrome browser installed

• Basic computer skills are required such as downloading, installing, and launching applications, as well as familiarity with your operating system

• No prior coding experience required

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Alex MacLean is a recent graduate of McMaster University’s MA program in Communication and New Media and is now working as an Applied Machine Learning Engineer in the broadcast and entertainment industry. His passion for music and technology guides his artistic practice investigating applications of tools such as VR, machine learning, and audiovisual programming in both sound and new media art. He has presented works and performed at international conferences such as ICLC, NIME, and the Network Music Festival both as a soloist and as a member of McMaster University’s Cybernetic Orchestra, a live-coding laptop ensemble.

PROJECTION MAPPING AND VJING IN ARENA

Enroll anytime and start right away!

$20 USD | Online campus course

ABOUT THIS CLASS

• Open to international enrollment

• Open enrollment

This course will dive deep into how to use Resolume Arena for VJing & projection mapping. You will learn to conform video onto 3D shapes, and how to mix visuals in real time for concerts, installations, or anything you can imagine. By the end of this course, you will be able to design your own sculpture, video map its surface, and project custom visuals.

This course will walk you through everything you need to know from start to finish. So whether you're completely new to the world of visuals, or looking to level up your VJ skills; you'll learn a lot from this class. Your instructor will be available to help all along the way, to answer specific questions, & help solve your unique problems; the video lectures won't be your only resource. At the end of the quarter, students will have the opportunity to participate in the dadageek exhibition where they can show off their sculptures & visuals.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Become familiar with Resolume Arena's interface & features.

• Realtime visual mixing (aka VideoJockeying)

• Projection mapping 3D objects

• Basics of creating bespoke visuals

Requirements

• Mac or PC with Resolume Arena installed (free demo version)

• CAD or 3D Design software such as Sketchup (free version) or Blender (free)

• Access to a projector (any kind will do)

• Various sculpting materials and tools such as cardboard, cutting tools, zip ties (will be discussed in the course)

• Basic computer skills are required such as downloading, installing, and launching applications, as well as familiarity with your operating system

Meet Your instructor

Matt McIntyre is a multimedia producer from Austin, Texas. He has a Master’s Degree from Berklee College of Music in Production Technology. Matt runs Between the Dimensions Studios and performs music under the name Tetra Fyre.

Algorithmic composition in Ableton live

Enroll anytime and start right away!

$20 USD | Online campus course

ABOUT THIS CLASS

• Open to international enrollment

• Open enrollment

This course teaches various methods of creating generative music and sound art in Ableton Live and Max for Live.  Stochastic processes, abstract and nature-based mathematical models, and evolutionary computing techniques will all be explored. 

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN 

• Learn multiple algorithmic composition techniques

• Master Ableton’s built-in generative tools and devices

• Learn several third party Max for Live devices that facilitate procedural audio

• Learn techniques for data sonification

• Program your own Max for Live synth that uses algorithmic processes

REQUIREMENTS

Students must have:

• Mac or PC with Ableton Live Suite, or Ableton Live Standard with the Max for Live add on. (Enrolled students have access to 40% discount on all Ableton products!)

• Basic computer skills are required such as downloading, installing, and launching applications, as well as familiarity with your operating system

Because part of the class involves using and programming Max for Live devices, students will need to have a full Ableton Suite license, or Ableton Standard with the Max for Live add-on.  If you own Ableton Live Standard and are interested in purchasing the Max for Live add-on, more information can be found here: https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/206407124-Buying-Max-for-Live-

Meet Your instructor

Adam Fangsrud is an electronic musician, audio engineer, and Ableton Certified Trainer. He is the owner and head engineer at Red Sun Mastering and plays in the retro synth-duo Flatliner (Holodeck Records) as well as the solo hardware techno project Kro. He is also a sound designer specializing in generative music, with an emphasis on evolutionary computing, artificial life, and genetic algorithms. Adam is a co-organizer of the Austin Ableton User Group and can often be found lecturing at Ableton-related events and meetups.