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):
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 www.thesaddj.com/icontrolnature
sorry for the very very long e-mail. best
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):
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
LAB: http://www.thesaddj.com | http://www.flxer.net
EVENT: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net
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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@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):
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
LAB: http://www.thesaddj.com | http://www.flxer.net
EVENT: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net
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