On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 05:23, Dave Griffiths wrote: > 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
I considered using Pd for the majority of all my computer music schtuff, but I couldn't find a way to make descent polyphonic synths, which is a complete show stopper (at least for me) I've got my sights set on galan, it's like the best of Pd and AMS all rolled into one. It needs a little work on the polyphony/MIDI fronts though. Hopefully one day I'll get un-lazy and do something about it. :) -Dave Robillard
