Peter Mindek

nanographics

SAT afternoon

Visuals and audio are like bread and garlic – they simply belong together. When we think of ultimate audio-visual experiences, movies and music videos come to mind, but video games and other interactive applications also deserve well-crafted soundtracks. In this workshop, we will take a look at how to create music for non-linear content, when we cannot compose the entire score up front. In other words, we will discuss how to program adaptive music with code. We will cover the basics of sound synthesis, take a look how computers output sound, and explore the options to write music that can change based on what the user is currently doing.

Peter Mindek is a co-founder and CTO of nanographics, a scientific visualization studio based in Vienna, Austria. He received his doctoral degree in scientific visualization from TU Wien in 2015. As a post-doctoral researcher at TU Wien, he developed techniques for illustrative molecular visualization and storytelling. Currently, besides scientific visualization, his research interests include procedural animation and automated music generation for enhancing visual stories.