Documentation directed by Ray (sequel)

This is an update of the videos that Ray has been into :

Ed-CoUn, DAY4 test clip from EdCoUn on Vimeo.

Test clip, DAY5, Ed-CoUn from EdCoUn on Vimeo.

Ed-CoUn, test clip, presentation day from EdCoUn on Vimeo.

Ed-CoUn, test clip, DAY6 from EdCoUn on Vimeo.

Ed-CoUn, test clip, DAY8 from EdCoUn on Vimeo.

Submission 1

Yesterday our group met to discuss the format for submission 1 of the DMSP. With the deadline a little over a week away there was plenty to discuss. Having viewed the submission brief the general consensus was to create a submission that included many of the options highlighted which stays true to the digital media theme! Over the next week we plan to collate our resources and our work in progress as well as clarify our 'manifesto'. The submission will be a combination of these three areas hosted in a web format. Most likely word press as it will be easier than coding from scratch and this also allows to focus more on the content.

On a personal note I have been plugging away at the granular synthesis engine that will form a big part of the audio content of the project. Having mapped alot of control parameters to the logitech controller and having seen other people attempt to interact with it, I've realised that I will need to work hard on the usability of the system. Right now I'm modifying the engine and control parameter mappings to allow the 'user' to get the most out of each button press.

It has raised many questions about this type of interaction and also about tactile interfaces in general. I intend to beta test the new (and improved :P) program over the next week, as feedback from people who are unfamiliar with the system is invaluable. I will also start experimenting with different sound sources and hopefully create some taxonomies of output based on these input types.

Additionally I need to start developing the ambient part of the audio system which focuses on FM and wavetable synthesis methods. It should prove very interesting as a generative algorithm will have to be developed solely for this system. A busy week ahead!

Pete

...documentation directed by Ray

Test clip, DAY3, Ed-CoUn from EdCoUn on Vimeo.

Test clip, starter, Ed-CoUn from EdCoUn on Vimeo.

Diary

_DAY 4(01022011): Today we met at 13.00 with Jules to tell him our idea in order to give us helpful feedback. What we are thinking we are going to do is related to a sphere. It will be our main object and we are aiming to see it exist, be deconstructed and reconstructed through interaction, which will be either from the user either from the sound or from the combination of the both. Among the other things he suggested to examine, he gave us the idea of the remote control using tools like the logitech wingman or the 3d controller.So, for now we all are studying the programms we are going to use in order to manipulate the sphere and the sound and make the next step!

Diary (sequel)

_DAY 2(20012011):After Martin's lecture about documentation we didn't have enough time for everyone to show what we had in mind or what examples we had found so only Ray showed us what he was thinking. Ray suggested that our final product could be a site where we could have a sort of a photo-chain that would express the linear process of our project. We all thought that we could use this idea for the documentation of our work and not for the project itself as we agreed that we prefer an installation with certain interactivity. As our meeting was really short we shared our links|examples on our Facebook group page and via mail.






_DAY 3(25012011):The first issue that was risen on our third meeting was about the roles that each one of us would have. Pete (as the only one with "sound experience") suggested that there should be more than one people invovled with sounds, so we agreed to work out who from the "visuals" will work with the audio part too. Then we started expressing opinions about the project which I can share through this post. 
*which are going to be our inputs?
*how is it going to start generate?
*is it going to be processing the language?
*select information and have a different result each time -> the element of surprise
*reverse of what you expect | less obvious results
*no lights | imposing result
*dialogue between the installation and the user
*one user / spectator per time
After having everyone's opinion we ended our third meeting by saying that : Ray and I (Maro) are going to work on the documentation apart from the code and that on Monday we are going to show each other some examples of what we think and are able to do about the project in whatever program we want in order to see what we have in mind.

Diary (?)

_DAY 1(19012011): Except from introducing ourselves and getting to know each other, we tried to express why we selected this project. "Challenging, generative art, creativity, getting familiar with code" are some randomly selected opinions that identify the multi_motivated team (!). Moreover, we enumerated the program languages that we know : max msp, javascript, flash (AS) in order to work out which one of them is going to write our code, but at that time we didn't have a result. When Jules met us he told us some examples such as the 77 million paintings by Brian Eno(it was a good inspiration searching about this). Day 1 ended by arranging another meeting the day after in order to express what we think should be the final output of our project : should it be an installation, a site or should it be projected, interactive?...many questions to be answered