Great we should start a page on the qi wiki and flesh it out. [email protected] http://fabricatorz.com +1.415.830.3884 +86.187.1003.9974 On Nov 1, 2011 6:44 PM, "Werner Almesberger" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm wondering if we should perhaps call M1's ability to generate > nice-looking effects on its own an "autoVJ" feature, much like an > autopilot assists pilots and handles boring routine tasks for them, > but doesn't replace them. > > For example, for this video, I set up the controls such that the > pattern was near a "tipping point" (*) (setup not shown), then > didn't touch the controls while the sound was playing: > > http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/werner/m1/demo/MVI_1756.MOV > > The audio track is "Emergence vs Accension" by medicisoundsystem, > featuring Snowflake, and licensed under CC-BY: > > http://ccmixter.org/files/medicisoundsystem/30478 > > http://ccmixter.org/content/medicisoundsystem/medicisoundsystem_-_Emergence_vs_Accension.mp3 > > Sorry for the poor sound quality. Seems that my camera's microphone > doesn't "hear" my speakers very well when I position it close to the > screen. > > You may also notice that it's actually the same vocals as in > MVI_1747.MOV but with a different melody. Seems everyone at ccmixter > likes "snowflake" a lot :-) > > The patterns are a bit repetitive but should be quite sufficient to > afford the VJ a restroom break or a chat with admiring fans. > > (*) The modified "Tornado" patch basically has two modes: > > 1) it can produce a disc or bubble-shaped pattern with a tail of > copies. If rotation is fast enough, this tail will wrap > around many times and look more like a circle or the corners > of concentric polygons. > > 2) if things reach the center, they get duplicated in what looks > like an explosion. It's still the same mechanism as in 1), > but the result can look quite different. > > The trick for getting highly dynamic patterns is thus to set the > controls such that the volume of the music makes the patch > switch between 1) and 2) from time to time. > > - Werner > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.milkymist.org/listinfo.cgi/devel-milkymist.org > IRC: #milkymist@Freenode >
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