[L2Ork-dev] A new guy looking to contribute

[th8a]

  Hello all,

  My name is Joe Fabio (aka th8a,) and I am fairly new to the dev 
community. Of all the projects that I would like to be involved in, this 
one is at the top of my list. I would be honored if you guys had some 
use for me and started pointing me to tasks that I could do to help out.

The skills in which I am of a professional level of ability are in music 
production and music performance

https://soundcloud.com/th8a - my personal soundcloud page

https://soundcloud.com/th8amonk - my public soundcloud page ran by my 
management.

I am a self taught software developer and electronics engineer. Due to a 
lack of formal education, there are likely some gaps in my knowledge in 
programming, but I am still fairly capable of writing code and have a 
working understanding of programming and programming languages.

That said, my first language was Max MSP, with which i was obsessed 
until I boycotted Apple and took the plunge into running my entire 
digital life in linux with an effort to be as free and open as possible, 
while remaining a functional professional in music. Naturally, after the 
switch, I picked up puredata and am now obsessed with it. I can patch 
some pretty intricate designs, which tend to look and function like full 
blown standalone apps by the time I'm through. I take to MSP like a fish 
in water, and for audio and midi side of puredata, I'm pretty confident 
in my abilities.

I am also capable of graphic design, formerly a nerd of Photoshop and 
Illustrator, now with GIMP and Krita, so I am good with designing UI 
elements like buttons, toggles, sliders and other elements of an 
applications aesthetics.

I also have experience teaching (former Apple 'creative', Beginning 
through advanced music production in Logic Pro @ Garnish music academy, 
Los Angeles.) So I would be happy to help out in creating help patches, 
tutorials etc.

My main motivation for being part of this project is to learn and expand 
on my abilities as a programmer/developer so that I can help make PD the 
best it can be and create tools for musicians, students and developers 
to use and enjoy while creating music.

If there is any task that needs to be done that my set of skills can 
accomplish, please feel free to let me know. If there is something with 
that would require that I tackle a learning curve, I am eager to learn.

Thank you all for your work in carrying the torch forward in developing 
what is probably my favorite program in the known universe.


Cheers!

~Joe