t-u-b-e is a venue for radiophonic art, installations and audio performances hosted by the city of Munich in Germany (www.t-u-b-e.de). Since 2000 the t-u-b-e tries to presents the widest possible spectrum of acoustic art and, at the same time, provides an infrastructure for productions so that the t-u-b-e itself serves as a source of impulses to the sound arts community. Regarding to that goal the t-u-b-e released 2006 the tubePlug VST/AU freeware plugin to make audio networking easily accessible for sound artists and to achieve an intercultural and supra-regional exchange between artists and sound art presenters. Together with international partners and with the help of the tubePlug software the t-u-b-e venue hosts several network based sound art shows. Because of its “non central server” approach the tubePlug can be used to hosts audio events independent from the t-u-b-e venue itself. Furthermore the simple to use modular approach allows setting up non trivial audio network structures and opens additional doors to deeper musicology research on network music.

Dr. Jörg Stelkens - the inventor and developer of the tubePlug - presents the idea of flexible network audio routing and gives a live demonstration how to use and integrate this new tool into an audio studio environment.

Demonstration (1 page, 30  minutes)

tubePlug is a project of the
t-u-b-e gallery for radiophonic art installations and audio performances (www.t-u-b-e.de)
City of Munich - Cultural Office
In collaboration with büro Art- Sound- and Softwareproductions (www.stelkens.de)

Staging a net show: tubePlug – an audio network routing plugin. Paper by Jörg Stelkens.