Herve Viho Aniglo was born in the capital and coastal city, Lome, Togo. His first name "Herve" (pronounced Her-vay) is French for "Army Warrior." The middle name Viho is Cheyenne for "Chief." His last name means a "Person who is tired of waiting" or a "Person who cannot stand still." These are the characteristics of a leader. Everybody knows Herve and his infectious and influential energy. Herve is a well-known networker and connector. He loves to interact with and experiment with different programming languages and technologies. He loves working with data and is considered a data-driven entity by others. He is a musical programmer who can create songs, music, beats, and sounds in a variety of programming languages. He can also draw and create art, pictures, and portraits by coding in different programming languages. He embodies the concept known as "creative coding" and he is on a mission to show the entire world that coding can be fun and that anybody can do it regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, background, etc. Herve has worked on unique projects in the past and he is looking forward to continue working on future exciting projects. Herve is very approachable and generates a warm, friendly aura. He holds his Bachelors degree in Computer Science and his MBA from the University of Memphis. He has a lot of certifications under his belt. In spare time, he enjoys mentoring young, burgeoning developers and teaching children and teenagers how to code.
Creating Music with Python!
Herve Aniglo
In this talk attendees will learn about Jython, an open source implementation of the Python programming language, integrated with the Java platform for music making and creative programming activities.
Attendees will leave this talk with an understanding of Jython libraries for: music making image manipulation building graphical user interfaces (GUIs), connecting to external MIDI and OSC devices music transcription and playback audio looping, computer-aided music composition development of computer-based musical instruments (including hybrid instruments) live performance. Live demo where I will turn my computer into a musical instrument to play music made by Beethoven, Deep Purple, Tupac Shakur, Mozart, and Deep Purple.