[PD] C::NTR::L - AV+physical computing processing

Thu Mar 19 11:49:19 CET 2009

Hi all,
sorry for late reply but i'm having some day off to play a gig in Bristol.
Thanks everybody for the feedback and interest.
I will write personally to people interested in helping me, so we can
organize. Much thanks!
Meanwhile, here there is a link where to download C::NTR::L 1.2 beta:

http://www.thesaddj.com/tempd/CNTRL1-2beta.zip

I'm planning to publish download links and infos on my profile on Pd portal
(apart from my website). Is there any other platform you could suggest me
where to put C::NTR::L? What about the Pd section on SourceForge?
I think an ftp structure would be the best.

@Phil: the latency is 1/2ms, but it can change depending on the
amplification of the instrument (it never becomes too bad). The analysis is
pretty accurate, but still dirty. (this is one of the thing i would like to
improve). With lower notes as you imagine, many harmonics are creating
confusion in the analysis, you can still play pretty good, but you have to
manage somehow this little dirtyness.

and not to forget that i'm really grateful to Hardoff for his
grannie-basher, reverb and distortion from his DIY library...really
impressive tool. They are the core part of the audio processing.

Talk soon...

Marco

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Phil Stone <pkstone at ucdavis.edu> wrote:

> This is very impressive, Marco. What grabs me immediately is that you are
> demo'ing with bass (nice Steiny or Hohner, btw) - lower-frequency
> instruments are particularly difficult for pitch-detection.  What is the
> latency?  It's hard to tell from the video, but it looks pretty responsive.
>  How accurate?
>
> I've been waiting a long time to plug my bass into my Pd stuff.  I will be
> happy to test anything, and also to help with the code cleanup, if it lies
> within my area of competence.
>
> Nice work!
>
>
> Phil Stone
> www.pkstonemusic.com
>
>
> Marco Donnarumma wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> i'm really glad to share with the list my latest project, cause without
>> the help of everybody here i wouldn't be able to speak about it now..  ;)
>> C::NTR::L is a "software", naturally Pd-based, for audiovisual live
>> performances exploiting physical computing. It transforms a standard musical
>> instrument in an augmented tool to control real-time audio-video processing,
>> without the need of any external device (damned expensive) or MIDI. You play
>> your score and to each note is connected an audio, video or audiovisual fx,
>> and you can connect whatever you want with whatever you desire. It's Pd!
>>
>> C::NTR::L is Cross-Platform for Mac, Linux and Windows (so far i've been
>> able to keep the same patch working on all platform, too lucky...)
>> By now it has been succesfully tested with electric bass guitar, guitar,
>> piano (only two octaves working right now), accordion and trumpet.
>> I conceived this project almost three years ago (when i was just starting
>> to get aware of the existence of Pd). I was playing the bass guitar trying
>> to control videos with resolume :( and sound with AudioMulch. wow.. i cannot
>> figure out how!
>> anyway, since my competences and passion for Pd grew up, i decided to make
>> the whole project become a software for public use and to do it exclusively
>> focusing on Pd.
>> Today this is the result (I C::ntr::l Nature, my audiovisual performance
>> for electric bass guitar and butterfly):
>>
>> http://vimeo.com/2225345
>>
>> I sent out a call for beta-testers on the most used audiovisual-related
>> forums (Pd forum too), i fixed most of the bugs and someone is planning to
>> do things with my lil creature.
>>  Now I'm planning the public release of version 1.2 Beta in the end of
>> this month (if i won't be eated by my everyday job).
>>
>> I'm writing to the list not only to let you know the news, but specially
>> because i would like to know if there is anybody out there who has time and
>> will to help me in the cleaning and further development of the code.
>> Being a webdesigner, usability and accessiblity are my first aims.
>> I've many ideas and many suggestions collected in my to-do list, but being
>> alone, the development would be really slow, maybe even pointless.
>> I would be glad to answer to all questions, technical, conceptual and
>> more... and to explain more in depth how C::NTR::L is working.
>> I know everybody is quite busy, infact i would be really glad also of some
>> little help with some taks.
>>
>> I'm also developing a new interface trying to make C::NTR::L user-friendly
>> for real. But this is another issue that i also would like to discuss about
>> with the list.
>> My idea, maybe pretty ingenuos, is to create a software for audiovisual
>> performances so easy to use also for no-Pd'rs, that one would download Pd
>> (and starting to familiarize with it) because of the interest towards
>> C::NTR::L, or any other user-friendly software - unfortunately i don't see
>> many around.
>> For sure it wouldn't happen with millions of people, but maybe it could
>> help in the spreading of Pd, and OS multimedia creation.
>>
>> further link (still have to update some contents, but....the most is
>> there....)
>>
>> www.thesaddj.com/cntrl <http://www.thesaddj.com/cntrl>
>> www.thesaddj.com/icontrolnature <http://www.thesaddj.com/icontrolnature>
>>
>> sorry for the very very long e-mail.
>> best
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Marco Donnarumma aka The !S.A.D!
>>
>>
>>
>> Multimedia Artist, Live Performer
>> Roma, IT
>>
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Marco Donnarumma aka The !S.A.D!

Multimedia Artist, Live Performer
Roma, IT

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