Transcript Acoustic Visions

Acoustic Visions
Theo Giovanopoulos:
Audio / Graphic Design / Web Development
John Harper:
Action scripting / Graphic Design / Animation
Acoustic Visions
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Graphical and musical composing tool
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Graphically produces an impressive visual
display.
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Icons
Animations
Color Scheme Switching
Produces a user defined compilation of sounds
which creates music.
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Multiple Sound Schemes
 Raindrops and other environmental
 Psychedelic
Input
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Keyboard: main source of user input
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Keys produce a different effect, both visually and audibly.
Keyboard is played similarly to that of a piano
Mouse: secondary source of user input
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Mouse manipulates on screen animations.
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Audio
A basic looping beat is played constantly
 Sound scheme is set to keys
 Each key plays a different sound.
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Example: Rock Sound Scheme
Keys A, S, D, F, G produce slightly different
electric guitar riffs.
 Keys Q, W, E, R, T produce various electric base
riffs.
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Results
A player will create his or her own song
 Simultaneously the player will effortlessly
create an abstract visual masterpiece.
 After or during creation of this piece, the
user may explore it.
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Create with keyboard
 Explore with mouse
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Audience
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People interested in
this game:
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Music composers
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Beethoven
Abstract artists
People curious to
explore a self
created visual
environment
Suggestions For Game Play
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See the visual/audio results of typing:
Your name
 A poem
 A story
 Randomly selected keys
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Experiment with:
Speed of typing
 The visual environment you create
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Comparing Examples
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Rez
Fantasia
Rainbow Trip
Blue Man Group
The Sonification of
Protein Data
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Mary Anne Clark
(biologist)
John Dunn
(musician)
Timeline
3/18: Gather sounds for interactive elements
3/25: Ten more interactive elements added
4/01: Ten more interactive elements added
4/08: #,F keys assigned sounds added
4/15: Completion of project and website