quick blurb update

A study in building, remixing, effecting, modifying, or otherwise creating live music and visual art with the use of an Apple 3G iPhone as a controller. This montage/sound collage is comprised of an eclectic selection of sound samples and video clips that can be mixed and remixed on the fly to create an experience greater than the sum of its individual parts. Each performance controlled wirelessly providing an entertaining audible/visible experience that can be interpreted differently each time.

Automation is easy? Or cheap?

"I am totally unappreciated in my time! We can run the whole park from this room, with minimal staff, for up to three days. You think that kind of automation is easy? Or cheap? You know anybody who can network eight Connection Machines and de-bug two million lines of code for what I bid this job? Because I'd sure as hell like to see them try!" - Dennis Nedry

Download: Dinosaur Jr - We're Not Alone



Scenes like this one above are a strong influence when considering footage for my library of visuals. Jurassic Park is not only great in the cinematic department, it also pulls out a sense of familiararity for most viewers while the intake a rather unique soundtrack. With a few minor bugs to still workout before I can fully demonstrate live video automation through a Jitterpatch. I've decided to explore other options in the mean time.



I visited the trap code web site as recommended earlier in the semester. The company provides adobe after effect specific add ons that can be used to create interesting visual effects to enhance motion sequences. Radiohead's House Of Cards comes to mind when considering the positive effect trap code can have on visual aids as seen in previous entries. I've come to the conclusion that wireless video control is a little more complex than I imagined but not impossible. Pre rendering a few things here and there might lift some of the weight off the back end side things.

Here is a motion test that analyzes tempo and key to activate a video clip, if I were to pre render a number of clips at the same time/speed I can give off the illusion that all my graphics are synced to their relative samples and one another. The exercisebelow was created by following a helpful online tutorial and it is only a test. The automation can make life a little easier but at a price, I am using a trial version of most of this software. Cha' Ching!



The next big leap is getting midi controls to work over a wireless network, both the audio and visual splicing and modification will be guided by the same set of iPhone controls. In the mean time I'm going to share some of my own footage I have shot as well as some footage I like. As I mentioned earlier there is no real narrative to extract from the visual aspect of the project, different sources will be juxtaposed in an experimental way only.
I do want people to be invest some time in the moving images but it's important for the user to focus on the sound and unique art of controllerism as being demonstrated in a very playful manner. This piece below is called subliminalTV and is an ongoing project primarily based around live audiovisual performances with - mostly - original sound and video by Joseph Hyde.



We can gather that: "The music is intentionally all over the place stylistically, with elements of my experimental electroacoustic background combining with plundered samples and strange (or just plain wrong) genre combinations."



Bonus: Here is some original footage I shot last Friday at Webster Hall of Dim Mak label head, Steve Aoki. This video footage represents one of several clips I've compiled in a live performance setting within the last two weeks.