iAVo Gamma prototype
Event: Data for Sound and Image Workshop, by Derek Holzer and Sarah KolsterPlace: Center for Music and Technology, Sibelius Academy
Dates: 11-15 September 2006 .
Event: Composing with Pure Data Workshop, by Koray Tahiroglu
Location: Media Lab, University of Art and Design Helsinki
Dates: 2-6 October 2006 .
Event: Teleradio Workshop, by Adam Hyde
Location: Center for Music and Technology, Sibelius Academy
Dates: 23- 27 October 2006
Images (Flash and Pure Data)
1. Concept and motivation
The concept behind the project is to build a hybrid sound and image composition prototype with a custom, visual appealing and fluid user-interface. Each sound, or component of sound, should have a symbolic on-screen representation. The tools chosen to develop a working prototype were Flash, for the visual side, and Pure Data, for the sound side. The OSC (Open Sound Control) protocol would be used as a “bridge” between the two applications.
Although I have extensive experience in using (and teaching) Flash, and digital sound tools, I had little experience with Pure Data (or similar applications, like Max/MSP) prior to enrolling at Media Lab. Therefore, I attended a series of workshops that would provide the necessary knowledge to build the prototype.
This prototype is directly connected with my research plan, entitled “iAVo – Interactive Audio/Visual Objects: Application for flexible multimedia expression”, since the prototype materializes some of the plan’s key concepts. Therefore, for simplification purposes, I will entitle this prototype “iAVo Gamma” or “iAVo prototype”.
