SuperCollider is an open source tool for sound synthesis and algorithmic composition. It is used for composition, generative music, installations, live coding, instrument building and very many other things. It is one of the most popular and widely used programming environments for audio work and is available for free for all platforms.
You can join the meeting here:
Meeting ID: 974 3258 0111
Link: https://zoom.us/j/97432580111
Presentations 26.03.2026
Marije Baalman
In the project Dynamic Light Patterns Studies, I am exploring the compositional and performative possibilities of new light instruments to generate dynamic light patterns. From an interdisciplinary background in electronic music and interactive art, I intend to research how I can make a performative experience where light is a dynamic, temporal visual experience, rather than a static image. In the talk I will show how I use the Ledscape software to drive the individual LEDs of the ledstrips, together with SuperCollider.
Link to video: https://vimeo.com/956031732/162d4ddbec
Marije Baalman is an artist and researcher/developer working in the field of interactive sound and light art, based in Amsterdam. She makes music, music-theatre performances and installations. She is interested in the realtime components of the work, composing processes, behaviours and interaction modalities. Topics that she addresses with her work are the nature of interaction between and entanglement of humans and technology, the influence of algorithms on society and the human experience, and environmental change. In 2022 she published: “Composing Interactions - An Artist's Guide to Building Expressive Interactive Systems” with V2_ in Rotterdam. She is a member of iii and Soil.
Bjarni Gunnarsson
In this talk, I reflect on the relationship between fixed structures and dynamic musical processes in my current artistic practice. Using three recent projects as points of departure, I examine how relatively stable code frameworks interact with the evolving and contingent nature of sound production and compositional decision-making. I explore how these frameworks operate not simply as technical tools but as environments that both constrain and enable musical activity. The presentation focuses on how compositional ideas emerge through interaction with these systems, where musical outcomes are shaped by iterative processes, feedback loops, and acts of listening.
Bjarni Gunnarsson is a composer and programmer interested in process-based sound, digital synthesis, and algorithmic composition. His work explores how sound and software interact, examining the influence of algorithms on musical behaviour and the contact points between system building and composition. He creates works that foreground behaviours, actions, and evolving or unstable forms, where structure emerges through interaction rather than prescription. His recent research focuses on persistent synthetic environments, live coding, digital interrupts, database systems, and machine listening for sound synthesis. Bjarni teaches at the Institute of Sonology, Royal Conservatoire in The Hague.
https://bjarni-gunnarsson.net
https://bjarni.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/bjarni
https://github.com/bjarnig
SuperCollider is useful for many things: algorithmic composition, generative music, live coding performances, in conjunction with microcontrollers and sensors, for installation work, multi-channel work, dsp, research, ambisonics or simply audio hacking.
At these online meetups, SuperCollider users of all skill levels come together to share ideas, frustrations, help each other and showcase projects and workflows in an inspiring and friendly way.
The host:
The SuperCollider meetups are led by Mike McCormick. Mike McCormick is an artist and programmer working with sound, text and visual media. His work often combines algorithms and human performers. He works extensively with personal material, examining life through a voyeuristic lens to explore the ecstatic, the fragile and the banal. He grew up in Canada's subarctic region, lived nomadically for a decade, and has been based in Oslo since 2017.
