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On Saturday 16 April 2005 the first annual Croissant d'Or patching competition was held in the upstairs Conference Room at the Forum Neues Musiktheater Stuttgart in conjunction with their Max/MSP/Jitter Workshop which concludes today. The competition involved a one-hour live patching session followed by one minute presentations by all contestants. The rules specified that patches should in some way “process” 30-second-long sound files of Porsche 911 engine sounds recorded by engineers at Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG presented to FNM director Andreas Breitscheid earlier this week in a commemorative package. The winner was Jan Klug, whose patch fed frequency (RPM) information from the source material via the centroid~ object to move the cursor on the screen using the pupdate message to the Max object. The competition is named for a plastic-encased croissant presented yesterday to Manuel Poletti by a well-meaning local coffee shop owner. The croissant package was affixed to the wall behind the presentation area during the competition. The FNM plans to display the croissant with a plaque honoring Mr. Klug until next year's workshop, when a new competition will be held and another winner crowned. Please join me in congratulating Jan on his impressive victory. David Zicarelli Well, thanks, but this is too much honor. Especially as about half of the interactivity was faked. Anyway, I was very pleased with this price, as for the whole next year, I will always know that there is a croissant waiting for me in Stuttgart, nailed to the wall of the conference room. And I also was pleased to discover that the price additionaly included a free Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu beer at the FNM Bar. Maxing can be so rewarding! Jan Klug |
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