OFCOURSE VISUAL MUSIC SYLLABUS

INTRODUCTION

Listen and see…

• What do you hear? Rhythm, Melody, Harmony, Dynamics, Timbre / Tone…
• What do you see? color, movements, shapes, patterns, narrative…
• What does computer hear? Frequency, Amplitude (Volume), Spectrum, Channels, Hrz/kHrz
• What are the connections?
• Examples: Lilium | SjQ++ | Labuat - Paint a song | Metope - Rebird

1.SOUND PLAY

• SoundPlayer
• SoundPlayerMultiple
• SoundPlayerVideo

2.AUDIO INPUT

• ofSoundStream: generate sounds, input stream
• AudioIn(): microphone detection

3.AUDIO SPECTRUM + VISUAL PROCESSING

Using the components of Fast Fourier Transition such as bandwidth, frequency, and amplitude to create movements on graphics, images and videos. Make arbitrary choices for visualization.

• Equalizer
• Graphics
• Image Distortion

4.PIXEL OPERATION

• Image Pixilation (FFT and Volume) ( Getting Pixels: unsigned char *data = image.getPixels() )

• Pixilation with easyCam

• Live Video(ofVideoGrabber)

5.GENERATIVE SOUND / MIDI

• Synthesis midi/OSC/Python/addons

6.INSPIRATIONS

• Short Film: A-Visualist
• Visual Notation: Birds on the Wires by Jarbas Agnelli
• Interaction: Murmur from sound to light by Chealvert | Old Spice Muscle Music by Terry Crews
• Performances: H OM E OMOR PH ISM_Dome | The V Motion Project by Assembly
• Science and Electronics: Drawdio | 2D Rubens | MakeyMakey | Littlebits
• Music Videos: 森の木琴 | OSCILLATE | SyncBody | I will be gone | Cymatics
• VJ Resources: Vjsmag | Audio Visual Academy | S+V+M