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<DIV>Hi group!</DIV>
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<DIV>I am sure some of you have experimented with using PD to control
motors. My friend Joel Grip is planning to build a giant marionette
puppet in his wood working class at the Maryland Institute of Contemporary Art
that we will use in our multi-media improvisations. The goal would be to
perform live with acoustic instruments and/or computer generated/manipulated
sound and have the marionette move in reaction to our playing. What I
would like to know is where to find information on what types of motors to buy
and how to interact them with PD.</DIV>
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<DIV>I checked out makingthings.com because I had heard about their Max-motor
interaction products. They sent me the following response to my
inquiry:</DIV>
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<DIV><!--StartFragment --> Hi
Samuel. While we have intermittently run into interest</DIV>
<DIV> in having Teleo interact with
PD, this interest has not, </DIV>
<DIV> unfortunately, been enough to
warrant the time and effort </DIV>
<DIV> it would take us to develop
it. So, as of now the answer is </DIV>
<DIV> sadly no. This is not set
in stone, however, and it is possible </DIV>
<DIV> that at some point in the
future, we'll move ahead with
development<BR> for PD, either based
on a general growing interest or in response to
a<BR> particular job that we're
doing. But for the moment, it's not very </DIV>
<DIV> high on our list of
priorities.<BR><BR>Also, I am told that their products are really designed to
move smaller objects. Our life-size wooden marionette would probably be
too heavy and wear the parts out too quickly. If anyone has any
suggestions, they would be very appreciated.</DIV>
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<DIV>Samuel Burt</DIV>
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