I have been researching software for a project and Pure Data with GEM seemed to be a good fit. I am creating a video installation that will cycle through clips and images and manipulate, layer and change them based on a controlled randomness. I have had problems starting GEM in PD on Mac OS X (help if you can) so I'm not sure if it will suit me. I thought I'd post a wish list and ask if PD can do the following:
- Can PD read a folders contents into an array and display clips
randomly from the array. I want to change out the clips over time so the array needs to be generated dynamically.
- is there a way to analyze beats per minute of an analog sound source
(mp3 on the same computer or audio in the back of the computer) in order to change or loop clips to the tempo of the music
- Can PD/Gem play Flash (.fla) files as well
Thanks. Answers to those three questions will save me a lot of time. Maybe I'm barking up the wrong software tree.
Paul Schrank http://www.pgeek.com http://www.psproductions.net
On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 10:27:02PM -0700, Paul Schrank wrote:
thought I'd post a wish list and ask if PD can do the following:
- Can PD read a folders contents into an array and display clips
randomly from the array. I want to change out the clips over time so the array needs to be generated dynamically.
one way is to use tot , an external that gives you tcl access in your patch, for the usual file manipulation functions, search for "folderglider" for an example of this. if youre on os x, the shell external would proably work to, to just spawn an ls and grab the results. Zexy external would proably be helpful for dealing with the resulting lists/symbol strings...
- is there a way to analyze beats per minute of an analog sound source
(mp3 on the same computer or audio in the back of the computer) in order to change or loop clips to the tempo of the music
look at the bonk~ help file.. for finding the beats anywyas, perhaps setting a high threshold and trying to get one hit per measure (depends on how its mixed). perhaps finding 4 or 8 hits then dividing...of course this technique is a lot easier if its house music than jazz drumming/
- Can PD/Gem play Flash (.fla) files as well
search for 'flashserver' . havent tried myself..
good luck~! ..c..
On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 09:53:29PM -0800, carmen wrote:
On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 10:27:02PM -0700, Paul Schrank wrote:
- Can PD/Gem play Flash (.fla) files as well
search for 'flashserver' . havent tried myself..
Flashserver is an intercommunication server for Flash, that uses the XMLSocket protocol. It doesn't play Flash files, it allows them to communicate with PD when played with the Macromedia Flash player. -- Marc
you can tell it (flashserver) to play the director executables though (the exe files that embed the player with the swf) by sending messages such as [open myflashfile.exe(
Matt
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.loopit.org/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Lavallée" odradek@videotron.ca To: pd-list@iem.at Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 1:47 PM Subject: Re: [PD] Is Pure Data right for my project
On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 09:53:29PM -0800, carmen wrote:
On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 10:27:02PM -0700, Paul Schrank wrote:
- Can PD/Gem play Flash (.fla) files as well
search for 'flashserver' . havent tried myself..
Flashserver is an intercommunication server for Flash, that uses the XMLSocket protocol. It doesn't play Flash files, it allows them to communicate with PD when played with the Macromedia Flash player. -- Marc
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...and you can of course control the Flash movie with PD and vice versa.
Pall
----- Original Message ----- From: "matthew jones" m.jones@signal.qinetiq.com To: "PD-List" pd-list@iem.kug.ac.at Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [PD] Is Pure Data right for my project
you can tell it (flashserver) to play the director executables though (the exe files that embed the player with the swf) by sending messages such as [open myflashfile.exe(
Matt
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.loopit.org/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Lavallée" odradek@videotron.ca To: pd-list@iem.at Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 1:47 PM Subject: Re: [PD] Is Pure Data right for my project
On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 09:53:29PM -0800, carmen wrote:
On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 10:27:02PM -0700, Paul Schrank wrote:
- Can PD/Gem play Flash (.fla) files as well
search for 'flashserver' . havent tried myself..
Flashserver is an intercommunication server for Flash, that uses the XMLSocket protocol. It doesn't play Flash files, it allows them to communicate with PD when played with the Macromedia Flash player. -- Marc
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Any idea where one could get such a beast (flashserver) for Mac OS X? It looks like http://www.akustische-kunst.org/puredata/flash/ no longer carries it...
thanks - michael
ahhh... I'm not sure that ever existed. There are Linux and Windows versions but I don't recall any MacOSX versions.
Pall
----- Original Message ----- From: "michael doser" michael.doser@cern.ch To: pd-list@iem.kug.ac.at Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [PD] Is Pure Data right for my project
Any idea where one could get such a beast (flashserver) for Mac OS X? It looks like http://www.akustische-kunst.org/puredata/flash/ no longer carries it...
thanks - michael
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