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The concept of one bit music explodes the idea that an expensive computer is required to make computer-based music. Cheap microcontrollers are programmed with a variety of musical functions which can be played and manipulated in real time by a performer. Longer sequences can be programmed and allowed to run autonomously. In the workshop we will build a minimal circuit around the ATmega8 chip, including a speaker, batteries and a few input devices. We then program this microcontroller to output minimal square wave audio. How can we write algorithms that produce interesting music on such a barebone setup? What techniques can we re-introduce from the 8-bit home computer era?

Workshop leader Fredrik Olofsson will transfer his considerable knowledge of music programming with SuperCollider to this tiny and challenging platform.


Fredrik Olofsson is an in-demand installation artist in Scandinavia. This demand was too much for him in fact, so he left for Berlin, where he pursues interests in visual and audio art, programming, secret intelligent agents, and cafes. He performs as klipp av with UK SuperCollider programmer Nick Collins.