Tuesday, May 29, 2007

the future is now..no NoW..wait...NOW

ahh good ole room 105. or maybe the tropical desert of 105?

I've been working on the visuals for the past few days, making some cool particle emitter thinggies in the program Motion.
They files are too big and cause a great lag when Processing is running them.
However, my matrix grid is working and it's playing little movie clips on top of the big clips, which is tres bien, oui oui.

Now, the biggest problem I have left is syncing up the audio with the little video sparks.
You see, because the audio is all processed at once, then played, it's hard to process it "real time" and trigger the movies on account of an audio sound.
Currently trying to sync the video enough within itself to match up to the audio- this is very pertinent to getting my point across, but if it ends up not syncing exactly that will be alright. Just having it working the way it is now already enriches my audio lots and lots.

Audio is cool. I'm happy about it. Minus maybe the exact instruments to use. It's on a drum mix now, I'll add some instrumentals. If you have any suggestions, shoot.
Tried to multi channel it today in room 117 but realized there is no point since my panning is already working. I think I will resist the temptation to be a manual "mixer" and pretend I'm turn-tabling mixing my own genes, live. ow ow.

Almost Disappointment: I will just not have enough time to make an elaborate interface. Since my project made a progressive appearance into the physical realm outside of the computer, my interface slowly melted into the endless space which the audio and video created. Even though I am currently disappointed that direct interaction and a sort of "systems art" will not be created obviously, I am satisfied with the space emerging from its core, as a more personal role is sculpted in the viewer who is subjectively experiencing this environment as well as themselves within it.

I'm SO stoked to see everyone's project.
Luck yall.

2 comments:

Rob G said...

Hey, I have the room booked tonight at 9pm (raitt 117) if you want to use it to do testing. Did you want me to bring my 4-6 pin firewire converter?

Rob G said...

Ah! Sorry, I came by earlier to drop my stuff off and Juan was in there and I didnt know how long he was going to be. Also, I totally forgot that I was supposed to meet up with my friends and so I had to rush to that at the last minute! So sorry if I kept you!!!