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| − | ''Music in Motion'' is an interactive sound-art installation that uses the motion of balloons through a performance space to modulate and move the 3D placement of synthesized sounds in realtime. MiM utilizes a webcam and a Max patch utilizing the cv.jit Max library to determine the location and color of balloons thrown by participants. The position data is sent from Max to Ableton Live where it is used to artificially pan synthesizers using first-order ambisonics panning plugin of Envelop for Live, as well as modulate synth pitches, filter sweeps, and other effects in realtime. Different balloon colors are tied to different notes and timbrel. In an ideal installation, ''MiM'' is tuned such that participants are clearly aware of how the motion of their balloons changes the sound in the space––a participant could throw a balloon and hear the perceived sound source of their balloon’s instrument move away from them in motion with the balloon. | + | ''Music in Motion'' is an interactive sound-art installation that uses the motion of balloons through a performance space to modulate and move the 3D placement of synthesized sounds in realtime. ''MiM'' utilizes a webcam and a Max patch utilizing the cv.jit Max library to determine the location and color of balloons thrown by participants. The position data is sent from Max to Ableton Live where it is used to artificially pan synthesizers using first-order ambisonics panning plugin of Envelop for Live, as well as modulate synth pitches, filter sweeps, and other effects in realtime. Different balloon colors are tied to different notes and timbrel. In an ideal installation, ''MiM'' is tuned such that participants are clearly aware of how the motion of their balloons changes the sound in the space––a participant could throw a balloon and hear the perceived sound source of their balloon’s instrument move away from them in motion with the balloon. |
== Motivations == | == Motivations == | ||
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Introduction
Music in Motion is an interactive sound-art installation that uses the motion of balloons through a performance space to modulate and move the 3D placement of synthesized sounds in realtime. MiM utilizes a webcam and a Max patch utilizing the cv.jit Max library to determine the location and color of balloons thrown by participants. The position data is sent from Max to Ableton Live where it is used to artificially pan synthesizers using first-order ambisonics panning plugin of Envelop for Live, as well as modulate synth pitches, filter sweeps, and other effects in realtime. Different balloon colors are tied to different notes and timbrel. In an ideal installation, MiM is tuned such that participants are clearly aware of how the motion of their balloons changes the sound in the space––a participant could throw a balloon and hear the perceived sound source of their balloon’s instrument move away from them in motion with the balloon.
Motivations
Software
- Max 7
- Ableton Live 9
- cv.jit library for Max
- Envelop for Live (E4L)
- Jack OS X
Installation at Bing, Final Thoughts
Links
Binaural Demonstration Video (watch with headphones!)
