About the Author

Patrik Lechner started making electronic music at the age of 16, and soon discovered environments such as Pure Data and Max/MSP. From then on, he developed many tools for his own experimental music, and it wasn't long after this that he started creating generative 3D visualizations of audio material. Since then, he has devoted nearly all his life to real-time audio/video processing and generation.

Patrik worked as an audio engineer for an Austrian TV station for years, and taught Max/MSP both privately and at institutions. For instance, he conducted workshops for the audio engineers of the Burgtheater Vienna, and since 2012, he has been working for the University of Applied Sciences in St. Pölten (FH St. Pölten).

Patrik has worked on many multimedia projects, for example, an installation at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden for the Institut für Creative\Media/Technologies, FH St. Pölten, and an interactive audio installation in Dubai. As an artist, he did audiovisual performances in Austria, Italy, Germany, Mexico, Canada, and Dubai, and regularly played at the Austrian Pavilion at the world exhibition in Shanghai 2010. He worked a lot with classically trained musicians, developed a real-time scoring system/piece for a string quartet that premiered in 2012, and frequently works with painters and artists from other fields.

I would like to thank the University of Applied Sciences, St. Pölten, for their continued support. I'd especially like to thank Alex Harker, Aya Georgieva, Brigitte Lechner, Camilo Ocampo, Cycling '74, Darwin Grosse, Derivative, Emmanuel Andel, Hannes Raffaseder, Isabelle Rousset, Jakob Doppler, Julian Rubisch, Martina Assum, Mathias Husinsky, Nathanaël Lécaudé, Peter Wyskovsky, Patrick Hollinsky, Pierre Alexandre Tremblay, Sebastian Zeiner, Thomas Seelig (MVC), Wolfgang Seierl (and institutions), and everyone on the Cycling '74 and Derivative.ca forums since they either technically or personally greatly supported this book.