Digital Collections, Friedheim Library  
Digital collections drawn from the rare, special and archival holdings of the Arthur Friedheim Library, Peabody Institute.

Digital Toolbox
We are working on digital tools for extracting semantic meaning from raw data, and for applying emotion to generative music. Some of the tools aim to find phrase boundaries, measure onset density and detect emotion by fuzzy logic. Another set of tools will generate melody based using probabilistic methods.

With Lytro, Shoot First and Refocus Later
A camera start-up might just be the biggest thing to happen to cameras since digital photography. Or it might be a gimmicky fad.

VisualVox allows to isolate and pitch shift single notes from polyphonic audio material. VisualVox is an advanced digital simulation of the inner ear, the cochlea, where bundles of outer hair cells are responsible for creating incredible frequency resolution.

Vague Terrain is a web based digital arts publication that showcases the creative practice of a variety of artists, musicians and scholars. The project aspires to apply the focus and methodologies of academic and art journals and the tenacity and specificity of independent record labels to examine contemporary digital culture in an immediate and accessible manner. Content consists of curated visual, audio and written works, and now a companion blog. For better and worse this project is neither peer reviewed nor funded.

Here are a few examples of how people are using The Echo Nest platform: online music services, record labels and artists, music visualizers, remix applications.

JScholarship is designed to gather, distribute, and preserve digital materials related to the Johns Hopkins research and instructional mission.

The Digital Arts Weekly
Published by Andrew R. Brown

Expert says Judge Sweeney's ideas for engaging 'digital natives' should be adopted nationally

ZBrush is a digital sculpting and painting program that has revolutionized the 3D industry with its powerful features and intuitive workflows.

Conceived as a global network for digital studies, Critical Digital Studies: A Reader represents a new style of thought directly emergent from net culture itself. Inspired by the same digital spirit that gave rise to the Open Architecture Movement, Shareware, and Web 2.0, Critical Digital Studies may be visualized as a creative mashup -- a method of critical digital studies which creatively mixes the very traditional human demand to understand the world in which we live with new ways of analyzing, relating, communicating, and living that is digital reality today.

This article introduces the possibilities of the software Pure Data (Pd), explains a bit why it's so popular among artists and shows what Pd can be used for. The goal is to help artists decide if Pd is a tool for their own work

folly is a leading digital arts organisation developing and delivering an inclusive programme of online work, live events, presentations, learning, research and consultancy work, offering rich and engaging arts content to artists and audiences in North West England and online.

Nearly two-thirds of Internet users are paying for some form of digital content as more information, services and media continue moving to the web. The numbers, resulting from a Pew Internet survey of Internet users, skew towards dollars spent on digital music, software and apps, with fewer consumers having spent money on newer content markets, such as e-books, and podcasts.

Chris Hughes, one of the founders of Facebook and the chief digital organizer for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, knows a thing or two about building online communities.

Now he is applying his expertise to a new venture called Jumo, which aims to connect people with nonprofits and charitable organizations.

Digitizing medieval manuscripts, and publishing the raw data under a creative commons license!

The Digital Artists Handbook is an accessible source of information that introduces you to different tools, resources and ways of working related to digital art.

media artist Toshio Iwai and Yamaha have collaborated to design a new digital musical instrument for the 21st century, TENORI-ON.
A 16x16 matrix of LED switches allows everyone to play music intuitively, creating a "visible music" interface.

Traditional Knowledge Digital Library is an Indian digital knowledge repository of the traditional knowledge, especially about medicinal plants and formulations used in Indian systems of medicine.

is an Indian digital knowledge repository of the traditional knowledge, especially about medicinal plants and formulations used in Indian systems of medicine.

We are three digital artists — Marc Downie, Shelley Eshkar, and Paul Kaiser — who create works for stage, screen, gallery, page, and public space.

We are intent on making works of sufficient beauty and depth as to engage viewers on multiple levels and scales. We do so by considering the two principal axes of time and space

— a development environment for making digital art
Field is an open-source software project initiated by OpenEnded Group, for the creation of their digital artworks. It is an environment for writing code to rapidly and experimentally assemble and explore algorithmic systems. It is visual, it is hybrid, it is code-based. We think that it has something to offer a diverse range of programmers and artists.

Based on ideas started at the MIT Media Lab, Field was in development in-house for around 6 years. But for the last 16 months it has been quietly available online as an open source project. We are pleased to announce the initial "beta" binary open-source releases for Intel-based Macs OS X 10.5 or 10.6.

A Critical Discourse
In Theorizing Digital Cultural Heritage, experts offer a critical and theoretical appraisal of the uses of digital media by cultural heritage institutions.

Sociable Spaces and Pervasive Digital Media
Richard Coyne

How do pervasive digital devices—smartphones, iPods, GPS navigation systems, and cameras, among others—influence the way we use spaces? In The Tuning of Place, Richard Coyne argues that these ubiquitous devices and the networks that support them become the means of making incremental adjustments within spaces—of tuning place.

8/1/2010, doesn't work with safari

I am an Assistant Professor of Emerging Media and Communications at the University of Texas at Dallas. My work centers on understanding the complex cultural transformations brought about by the change from an analog archive to one whose substructure is a digital network. Particularly I am interested in how traditional institutions-libraries, higher education, even democracy itself-will be altered in a post print society. To see some of my work visit the research page

Digital tools advance beyond screens that talk and play videos, connecting readers to authors and online fan communities.

Mario Armstrong is a Digital Lifestyle Expert, talk show host, commentator, media personality, social entrepreneur, public speaker and youth non-profit co-founder! He translates technology for non-tech audiences

MUTEK is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the dissemination and development of digital creativity in sound, music, and audio-visual art. Its mandate is to provide a platform for the most original and visionary artists currently working in their fields, with the intent of providing an outlet of initiation and discovery for the audiences we seek to develop.

We are three digital artists — Marc Downie, Shelley Eshkar, and Paul Kaiser — who create works for stage, screen, gallery, page, and public space.

— a development environment for making digital art
Field is an open-source software project initiated by OpenEnded Group, for the creation of their digital artworks. It is an environment for writing code to rapidly and experimentally assemble and explore algorithmic systems. It is visual, it is hybrid, it is code-based. We think that it has something to offer a diverse range of programmers and artists.

Based on ideas started at the MIT Media Lab, Field was in development in-house for around 6 years. But for the last 16 months it has been quietly available online as an open source project. We are pleased to announce the initial "beta" binary open-source releases for Intel-based Macs OS X 10.5 or 10.6.

FLOSS+Art critically reflects on the growing relationship between Free Software ideology, open content and digital art. It provides a view onto the social, political and economic myths and realities linked to this phenomenon.

Please visit the FLOSS + Art website for more information on downloading or ordering the book, reviews, and excerpts.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning, published by the MIT Press, in collaboration with the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE), present findings from current research on how young people learn, play, socialize, and participate in civic life. The Reports result from research projects funded by the MacArthur Foundation as part of its $50 million initiative in digital media and learning. They are published openly online (as well as in print) in order to support broad dissemination and to stimulate further research in the field.

The Future of Thinking reports on innovative, virtual institutions. It also uses the idea of a virtual institution both as part of its subject matter and as part of its process: the first draft was hosted on a Web site for collaborative feedback and writing.

A free wiki-based website offering digital public domain music scores.

This book is a gentle introduction to digital filters, including mathematical theory, illustrative examples, some audio applications, and useful software starting points. The theory treatment begins at the high-school level, and covers fundamental concepts in linear systems theory and digital filter analysis. Various "small" digital filters are analyzed as examples, particularly those commonly used in audio applications. Matlab programming examples are emphasized for illustrating the use and development of digital filters in practice.

The Digital Imaging Unit (UIN), directed by Doctor David Bandon has the goal to help the hospitals activities in the field of medical imaging. It also has the mission to help medical services to make the switch to computerized work.

For years there’s been speculation that Apple would supplement their $1/song (now $1.29) iTunes business with a monthly subscription service, but their upcoming plans are quite different and once again are positioning them to lead the digital music industry into a new era.

‘Wonderland’ is a video created by digital media artist Hye Yeon Nam. She is best known for her work in kinetic sculpture, audio and video. According to her website, “her artwork reflects on human (e)motion, identity, and social issue”.

Her recent submission to the Metropolis Art Prize 2009 has surfaced online, showing her walking backwards in New York’s Times Square.

Digital Humanities is the annual international conference for digital scholarship in the humanities. DH2010 will be hosted at King's College London by the Centre for Computing in the Humanities and the Centre for e-Research, with the support of the School of Arts and Humanities and the Principal, Professor Rick Trainor.

The annual conference is sponsored by the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organisations (ADHO).

Our mission is to support the creation and presentation of art works achieved through the use of new and evolving technologies. Our goals are to create an environment where artists can make work inspired and achieved by electronic media; to create a responsive public context for the appreciation of new work by presenting and disseminating the finished works; to advance the art community's and the public's "agenda" for the use of technology in art; and to bring together innovative practitioners from all branches of the arts collaborating in the use of electronic media. We assist with commissions and residencies, production services, education and information programs, and the presentation and distribution of their work.

But the instrumental sounds and full 100-voice choir that Smith then coaxes from the machines, using a Nintendo Wii controller as his conductor’s baton, sound surprisingly acoustic, live, and real. Smith is quick to point out that the effect does not yet equal the experience of, say, a night at Symphony Hall, but the advancing technology of digital orchestras is rapidly getting closer.

Portfolios have always been artists' most valuable tools for communicating their talents to the outside world, whether to potential employers or galleries or clients. But the days of sketches and slides have given way to arrangements of digital assets that are both simpler and more complex than their traditional analog counterparts.

Instructor and design professional Cynthia Baron covers all the facets that artists need to know, from choosing the best work for a particular audience to using various file formats to organizing, designing, and presenting the portfolio. Beautiful full-color illustrations demonstrate her instructions, and case studies throughout portray examples of attractive and effective portfolio design. This book gives artists at any level a creative edge, ensuring that their portfolios get noticed and help them stand out from the crowd.

Here is a summary of most of the usual DAFx and the perceptive dimension modified by the effect. Italic words indicate effects that are adaptive (eventhough not named that way before). Bold Yes indicates the perceptive dimension mainly modified.

New media is a term meant to encompass the emergence of digital, computerized, or networked information and communication technologies in the later part of the 20th century. Most technologies described as "new media" are digital, often having characteristics of being manipulatable, networkable, dense, compressible, and impartial.[1]

Netexplorateur’s aim is to track new uses of digital media and to spread knowledge and understanding of the resulting innovations. The two French founders of Netexplorateur are convinced that a firm grasp of those trends will speed up change in the way institutions, media and businesses function.

Digital+Media MFA, RISD’s newest graduate department, explores innovative approaches to digital media and cutting-edge contemporary theory and practice. Expanding on a media art focus, the vision of the program is to provide a diverse environment for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary exploration of digital media.

... historians, looking back, will fixate on a quieter project of Barack Obama’s White House: its exploration of how government might be opened to greater public participation in the digital age, of how to make self-government more than a metaphor.

Vague Terrain is a web based digital arts publication that showcases the creative practice of a variety of artists, musicians scholars. The project aspires to sample the focus and methodologies of academic and art journals and the tenacity and specificity of independent record labels to examine contemporary digital culture in an immediate and accessible manner. Content consists of curated visual, audio and written works, and now a companion blog. For better and worse this project is neither peer reviewed nor funded.

Shirky pointed out that "cats in sinks" has none of the limitations of former category systems such as the Dewey Decimal System or the Library of Congress scheme or Yahoo's hierarchical category structure.

The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.