<div>I dare someone to show me something more entertaining than that built around pure data and pduino.</div><div><br></div><div>Greg<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 8:47 AM, Ingo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ingo@miamiwave.com">ingo@miamiwave.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Onyx,<br>
<br>
I really appreciate you chiming in here! I just happened to read your blog<br>
after I wrote what I've described to the pd-list what you are doing with<br>
your controller. Luckily I was 100% right.<br>
<br>
I have been thinking about a controller very similar to your's since several<br>
years. I know exactly what's going on in your mind. I have already built a<br>
sound module which is optimized for wind controllers and I do not see any<br>
reason for wind controllers to look like a sax or clarinet. There are many<br>
limitations with EWIs and WX5s. It was about time somebody went other ways.<br>
<br>
And I have to say once more that I really appreciate and like your live<br>
playing / looping.<br>
<br>
Ingo<br>
<br>
<br>
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----<br>
> Von: Onyx Ashanti [mailto:<a href="mailto:onyxashanti@gmail.com">onyxashanti@gmail.com</a>]<br>
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 21. Juni 2011 12:39<br>
> An: <a href="mailto:ingo@miamiwave.com">ingo@miamiwave.com</a><br>
<div class="im">> Betreff: Re: [PD] Pd performance at TED<br>
><br>
</div>> I figured that I would chime in at this point.<br>
><br>
> Every single note you hear, is being played, as in one at a time, as a<br>
> horn player does, into a looper which I use to layer everything very<br>
> quickly into an arrangement then deconstruct and reconstruct on a<br>
> musically relevant trajectory. There was nothing pre recorded or<br>
> preconceived. Simply a controller, a database of synthesizers and a looper<br>
> with effects. I am playing every single solitary note. If that sounds like<br>
> it is hard to do, you're right.<br>
><br>
> As for not seeing how pd is used in this project, The controller is<br>
> merely 3 arduinos, running hans wonderful firmata/pduino software,<br>
> connected wirelessly to puredata where I created the wind controller<br>
> software and gestural systems. Without pd there is no system. It's all<br>
> documented from day one on my blog. No parodies involved.<br>
><br>
> I would like an elaboration on how the system is "clunky" if you don't<br>
> mind. First off, I feel that it is pretty streamlined for a first<br>
> prototype made of cardboard that is only 3 months old. Two wireless hand<br>
> units and a mouth unit. If you have suggestions as to how I might improve<br>
> it at this stage, before my next stage or dev, I would love to hear it.<br>
> @marco, how would you make this concept more "beautiful" or "efficient"? I<br>
> am always a willing student in these regards. Do you have any examples of<br>
> said efficiency? Being an instructor, I would have expected that you would<br>
> have seen the blog link on the Ted profile and researched your position<br>
> before simply asserting that my concept has no value.<br>
><br>
> @Tyler. You are correct in that I don't care about making it rain granular<br>
> algorithms (yet), I want to be able to express myself for fully using<br>
> tools available to me. Hans and others were nice enough to help me with<br>
> advice and code and it just happened that some people (Ted) other than my<br>
> immediate fans found it interesting. Even now, I still busk, but this<br>
> opportunity makes it a bit easier to realize some of these larger goals.<br>
><br>
> The phone is used as a headup display for making sure all my sensors are<br>
> doing what they are supposed to do.<br>
><br>
> @richie. I have been a pro in electronic music for 15 years. Google it.<br>
><br>
> One thing that I and other alternative controller artists are realizing is<br>
> that we must be in the audience. Otherwise people can not see that you are<br>
> actually playing. That is why when I play clubs I play from the dance<br>
> floor and currently monitor with the club sound system which is hard but<br>
> allows a flow of ideas that doesn't come from separating ones self from<br>
> the audience. And from there people can see your fingers and gestures<br>
> carve the sound.<br>
><br>
> This form of performance blends my desire to connect with my space my<br>
> music and my movements as intimately but, it should be noted as well, this<br>
> is a 3 month old prototype so that people are discussing it and I have<br>
> even moved from beta stage yet, is encouraging.<br>
><br>
><br>
> If you would like to hear what is possible with this concept, go to<br>
> <a href="http://www.onyxashanti.bandcamp.com/album/onyx-Ashanti-full-promotional-package-" target="_blank">www.onyxashanti.bandcamp.com/album/onyx-Ashanti-full-promotional-package-</a><br>
> download-2 Or feel free to ask me.<br>
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> <a href="http://Www.beatjazz.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Www.beatjazz.blogspot.com</a><br>
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