Conecting PD and Processing

"Sending OSC data from Processing to PD to make a nice little sequencer. Code is at: github.com/​unsymbol/​RainSeq"

IanniX graphical open-source sequencer

A sneak preview… from IanniX on Vimeo.

"A sneak preview of the new version of IanniX…

IanniX is a graphical open-source sequencer, based on Iannis Xenakis works, for digital art. IanniX syncs via Open Sound Control (OSC) events and curves to your real-time environment.

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Un petit aperçu de la nouvelle version de IanniX…

IanniX est un séquenceur graphique open-source, inspiré des travaux de Iannis Xenakis, destiné à la création numérique. IanniX synchronise via Open Sound Control (OSC) des événements et courbes vers votre environnement temps-réel.

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iannix.org

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Project manager : Thierry Coduys (thierry@iannix.org)
Development : Guillaume Jacquemin (guillaume@iannix.org)
Web & identity : Matthieu Ranc (matthieu@iannix.org)"

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Glowing tribute

Glowing tribute from Eldancer on Vimeo.

"One pass real time Buchla & Touchosc + Ipad
overdubs with the living room"

How to Edit Mass Parameters in TouchOSC

If you remember my FS1R TouchOSC editor post from yesterday, I mentioned that it would be a while before I completed it due to the sheer number of pages and parameters that needed to be manually edited. You can copy and paste a page in the TouchOSC Editor, but then you have to click on every single control and edit. I wished there was an easier way to simply copy and replace. Well... It turns out there is!!! Hans of The Missing Link came to the rescue via a tip from control_man here. Apparently TouchOSC files are XML files and can be edited as follows:

1. add a .zip extension to the TouchOSC template filename
2. unzip - this will give you index.xml
3. edit index.xml
4. zip index.xml into an archive
5. change filename + extension of index.zip to templatename.touchosc

Note that Touch OSC requires a unique name for each control (click the above image so see - BTW, that is the very start of my FS1R editor), so I did the following to make it easier:

1. I created blank pages in my template for those I wanted to duplicate in the TouchOSC editor itself
2. I opened the template in XCode
3. I grabbed the chunk between the Page tags for the page I wanted to duplicate
4. I pasted that into TextEdit
5. I did a search and replace all for name=” with name=“0
6. I did a search and replace all for the hex values I wanted to change, in my case 0x60 0x02 to 0x60 0x03
7. I did a control all and pasted it into the first new blank page in XCode
8. I repeated steps 5-7 for each page substituting name=” with name=“1 0x60 0x02 to 0x60 0x04 and so on.


I was able to create five new pages pictured to the left in under ten minutes. This is literally going to save me days worth of work.

Thank you Hans!!!

Note this is also being covered in the hexler forum here.

HexaChrom Adds Support for The Missing Link and OSC

HexaChrom - Somascape

"HexaChrom turns your iPad into a musical performance controller, enabling you to play your OSC or MIDI (#) electronic musical instruments — virtual instruments running on a laptop/desktop computer, or hardware MIDI instruments.

HexaChrom takes an alternative approach to the majority of MIDI keyboard controllers in that it uses an isometric note layout, where the notes are presented as a hexagonal matrix of keys. There are many such isometric layouts, though HexaChrom uses the Harmonic Table layout, which is a modern variation of the Tonnetz (tone network), devised by the famous mathematician Euler.

This note layout has particularly useful musical intervals between adjacent keys, ie along the 3 major axes : minor thirds, major thirds and perfect fifths. In the Western musical tradition, the intervals of the major and minor thirds dominate chordal structures. Consequently, this layout offers a number of advantages over the more conventional clavier-style keyboards : consistent chord shapes irrespective of key, the ability to span several octaves with one hand, and to play basic major or minor triads with a single finger. Together resulting in an easier learning curve.

It also encourages the user to approach music differently, just as the different note layouts of pianos and guitars engender different playing styles.

(#) HexaChrom can send MIDI data either via the OSC protocol (wirelessly), or via CoreMIDI (wired or wirelessly). When using OSC to control MIDI devices (whether hardware or software based) you will need to translate the OSC messages to MIDI, using either additional software (eg OSCulator on a Mac) or hardware (Jabrudian's Missing Link).

FEATURES :
- Isometric 'harmonic table' note layout keyboard, based on a 52-note matrix (just over 4 octaves).
- Play simple chords with a single finger.
- Consistent chord shapes irrespective of root key.
- Octave transposition provides a total span of just over 7 octaves.
- Dual view : Portrait mode offers a single 52-note matrix (easy play); Landscape mode has a 104-note dual matrix, with optional split channel operation.
- Assignable controllers (sliders and buttons).
- Control any software or hardware MIDI synthesizer, sampler, drum machine, etc. using OSC or MIDI protocols (additional software and/or hardware is required - see Requirements).
- OSC (wireless) support for both the 'M' data type (as used by OSCulator), and the Missing Link's proprietary message format. With automatic connection using Bonjour, or manual connection when Bonjour is not an option.
- CoreMIDI support (wireless or wired).
- Multitouch interface.
- iOS 4 multitasking compliant.

REQUIREMENTS :
- iPad running iOS 3.2 or later (4.2 is required for wired MIDI, whilst 4.3 is required for wireless MIDI).
- To use wired MIDI : A CoreMIDI compliant MIDI interface (eg Yamaha's i-MX1), or Apple's Camera Connection Kit along with a class compliant USB-MIDI interface.
- To use wireless MIDI : a wireless network with access to a MIDI Server.
- To use OSC : a wireless network with access to an OSC Server, eg OSCulator or a Missing Link device.
- A Mac running OS X 10.4 or later (if using OSCulator or wireless MIDI).

NOTES :
- HexaChrom is a dedicated iPad app and cannot be used with iPhone or iPod Touch.
- HexaChrom is a controller. It does not of itself produce any sound.
- OSCulator, Missing Link and Camera Connection Kit are 3rd party commercial products."

Note the bottom image if from Hans of The Missing Link who gave it a try. He had the following tip for others that might want to give it a spin: "When I tried it out, the "Connect to Missing Link" slide switch put the right numbers in the boxes but it gave me an error as if they weren't there so I had to slide the switch back to 'OFF' and enter them manually. Not a big chore, but it's not necessarily an obvious workaround."

HexaChrom - Somascape
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faceOSC & touchOSC testing with ableton live

faceOSC & touchOSC testing with ableton live from Kostia Rapoport on Vimeo.

follow-up to this post
"just a quick test. had fun! amazing tools!
check: FaceOSC by Kyle McDonald
(vimeo.com/​26098366)
and: osculator.net
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kostiarapoport.com"

FaceOSC

FaceOSC from Kyle McDonald on Vimeo.

"FaceOSC is a tool for prototyping face-based interaction. It's built on non-commercial open source FaceTracker code from Jason Saragih.

FaceOSC comes as an example app with the ofxFaceTracker addon for openFrameworks. You can download an OSX binary at github.com/​downloads/​kylemcdonald/​ofxFaceTracker/​FaceOSC.zip

OSCulator is an excellent program for routing OSC and MIDI. Download it at osculator.net/​

Some of the "face gestures" (or metrics) are more stable than others. Lighting can also have a huge influence on the stability of your values: even lighting from the front coupled with a dark background can give the best results."

OSC Physics

"OSC Physics is a control surface that emulates real physics. It supports sending OSC messages over a Wi-Fi network. The app reacts to the orientation of the device taking advantage of the iPad's accelerometer. It sends X/Y coordinates, angular velocity, collisions of every object on stage. Great for controlling synthesizers, sound design and more. It works with any software capable of receiving OSC messages: Pure Data, Max/MSP, Logic Pro/Express, Supercollider and more."

OSC Physics - Martin Jaroszewicz
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OSC Physics Demo

OSC Physics Demo from Martin Jaroszewicz on Vimeo.

"OSC Physics sending data to Max/MSP and Ableton Live.
Max receives OSC mesages from the iPad and visualizes and converts it midi. Midi messages are sent to Ableton Live to control audio effects."

3D Vibes [Vibes Meet Theremin]

YouTube Uploaded by intrinsicav on Jun 9, 2011

"Extending the acoustic vibraphone by embedding 3D gesture recognition using the Kinect. Kinect-Max/MSP (Kinect Datastream-OSC-MIDI)- controlling filter parameters in Ableton Live to modulate the acoustic audio input from the vibraphone in real-time. Developed by Gabrielle Odowichuk and Shawn Trail @ MISTIC."

Control: Dynamically Create Interfaces via OSC

Control: Dynamically Create Interfaces via OSC from charlie roberts on Vimeo.

"This video shows how you can create interfaces on-the-fly via OSC messages sent to Control v1.3. Widgets can be added, removed and modified. Arbitrary Javascript can also be executed to manipulate multiple widgets simultaneously."

One More Muse - iTunes
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TouchOSC Adds Native MIDI Support

It looks like TouchOSC has added native MIDI CC and Program change support. No sysex at the moment. What this means is you can use TouchOSC direct from iPad to your MIDI hardware sans PC. You will of course need the Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer or CoreMIDI with a class compliant USB MIDI device and the camera connection kit.

via hexler - iTunes:

"What's New in Version 1.7

1.7
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- CoreMIDI support (iOS 4.2 or greater)
- Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer support
- New control: Time display
- New control: Battery charge display
- Rotary controls now show initial position marker
- Raised MultiFader limit to 64
- Improved multi-tasking support
- Various bug-fixes

Please download the updated TouchOSC Editor to be able to configure MIDI mappings and use the new controls. Also available is an updated package of default layouts with added MIDI mappings: http://hexler.net" The editor is version 1.5.

hexler
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Kinect Reaktor Ensemble & Kinect Wiith a Kaossilator

YouTube Uploaded by AlistairDBClarkson on Apr 22, 2011

"A Reaktor Ensemble for visualizing Kinect skeletal data available at geometricmusic.co.uk. OSCKinnection feeds the skeletal data into Reaktor using OSC. The yellow orb is controlled by the two hands and the orb position controls a synthesizer. All joint positions can be used as synth inputs."

NWIF: Kinect Wiith a Kaossilator

Uploaded by AlistairDBClarkson on Jan 22, 2011

Kinect hooked up to a Kaossilator pro and Kaoss Pad using NWIF, WiiMote hooked up to NI Massive, all using Midi over IP. For more details see:
sites.google.com/site/newwaveinstrumentfabric/

MP16a - Now with TouchOSC Template by h3xl3r and Twisted Tools

YouTube Uploaded by twistedtools on Apr 20, 2011

"Twisted Tools has updated *MP16a to v1.2, featuring this amazing fully featured TouchOSC template with controller feedback.

TouchOSC Template by h3xl3r in conjunction with Twisted Tools
MIDI Learnable Amount Knobs
Next/Previous Snapshot via MIDI
Various Fixes and Enhancements
Updated Kore and Maschine Templates
Name change to MP16a

*MP16a is available to all registered users of the product 'Richard Devine's Analogue Microcosm' as additional content in the downloads section. If you haven't registered your product, you will need to login and register your product here to gain access."

TouchOSC - hexler
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Photomatic #1 #2 #3

YouTube Uploaded by PhotomaticTV on Mar 24, 2011

"First day working on my live set. A short demo of a layout I did using touchOSC for the iPad."


Uploaded by PhotomaticTV on Mar 25, 2011

"Second day working on my live set. Knob tweaking."


Uploaded by PhotomaticTV on Apr 11, 2011

"Improvisation on the moog slim phatty."

hexler - TouchOSC on iTunes
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Sensomusic Usine & TouchOSC

YouTube Uploaded by tikitpok4Usine on Apr 13, 2011

"An addon for Sensomusic Usine to use touchOSC appz to send OSC remote ( via ipod ) to Usine patches .This addon include a workspace, 3 patches and a TouchOSC Layout."

hexler - TouchOSC on iTunes
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Kill Paris and the Wii Balance Board

YouTube Uploaded by Killparispaige on Mar 24, 2011

"Osculator with the Wii Balance Board Massive in Ableton"

Camgesture in Paradise

Camgesture in Paradise from Steve Freedom on Vimeo.

"Ableton Theremin - experimental electronic music made by translating hand gestures tracked by Quartz Composer and webcam, into OSC then Midi and sending on to Ableton to trigger Spectrasonics Omnisphere and RMX.

facebook.com/​pages/​Steve-Freedom/​179268715421284

It's just a matter of time before everyone makes their own music ღ♪*•.¸¸¸.•*¨¨*•.¸¸¸.•*•♪ღ♪"

OSCar in the Wild

flickr By juffage

"juffage recording "small fires" a.k.a my day today"

Pd~OSC 8bit touch sequencer control

Pd~OSC 8bit touch sequencer control from AntonAudio on Vimeo.

audio comes in after the :30 mark
"The user can adjust the 16 step pitch and volume sequences which is reflected in the one pianoroll object in Pd. There is a randomize button for the pitch and volume sequence. Each step is highlighted with a green dot on the interface 16 step timeline. The sequence can be played forwards and backwards with adjustable tempo and transposition. The wavetable has 8 presets, a randomize function and can be drawn in, which is reflected in the wavetable window in Pd. The envelope also has 8 presets, a randomize function and can be drawn in, it is also reflected in the envelope window in Pd. There is also 5 effects: delay, distortion, wah, trails and pulse width modulation. And of course a transport section complete with pan, volume, mute, momentary mute, play forwards, play backwards, and stop.
This was more an exercise of implementing control than anything else, it actually doesn’t sound the greatest as it is still just an 8bit sequencer but it has a nice chiptunesque retro quality. I actually like the juxtaposition of the old sound with the new control technology.
Audio in the video does not start until 00:34

A little more info can be found here"
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