On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 00:02:22 -0400, Dave Robillard wrote > There's a /lot/ more information available in a MIDI performance, so > the potential to do interesting things is greater. Flash the screen > whenever the kick drum goes, have notes represented on screen as 3D > objects using frequency for location, filter cutoff controlling > lighting, blah blah etc. etc.
I think it depends entirely what you want to do, sometimes midi is sufficient - but sometimes you want visuals that respond to the quality of the sounds too. There is something really cool about making visuals with your voice for instance :) > I'm really surprised I havn't seen GEM used to do more things like that > (or maybe I just can't find it). The potential for the system is > amazing... Yeah - I want to see more gem work - and hear more pd generated music come to think of it. dave
