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Introducing L20rk: the Linux Laptop Orchestra

Issue 193

From Issue #193
May 2010

Jun 30, 2010  By Dave Phillips
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Using Linux and a few extra parts, the Linux Laptop Orchestra from Virginia Tech is music to our ears, in more ways than one.

Resources

DISIS, Home to Ico Bukvic's Digital Interactive Sound and Intermedia Studio: disis.music.vt.edu/main

The L2Ork home, the main site for information regarding the L2Ork Project. Links to recordings, performance schedules, history and FAQ: l2ork.music.vt.edu/main

The L2Ork YouTube site. Connects to a rehearsal video and an in-depth series of instructional videos for building the hemipods and other L2Ork hardware components: www.youtube.com/user/VTDISIS

The League Of Automated Music Composers, an excellent history, complete with images and recordings (highly recommended): crossfade.walkerart.org/brownbischoff

One Laptop Per Child (OLPC): laptop.org/en

Princeton Laptop Orchestra: plork.cs.princeton.edu

Pure Data (Pd), an excellent introduction to the awesome capabilities of Pd (highly recommended): puredata.info

Slashdot on L2Ork: entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/2018253/Introducing-L2Ork-Worlds-First-Linux-Laptop-Orchestra

Stanford Laptop Orchestra: slork.stanford.edu

Dave Phillips has been using Linux for sound and music since 1995. He is one of the original founders of the Linux Audio Developers/Users groups and has been the maintainer of linux-sound.org for more than ten years. He is the author of The Book Of Linux Music & Sound and has written many sound-related articles for various Linux publications. His other activities include playing in a blues band, reading Latin literature, playing with his shar-pei Maximus and spending time with his beloved Ivy. You can hear Dave's music at linux-sound.org/ardour-music.html.

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Similis sum folio de quo ludunt venti.

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