My video generator begins to live

Designing & testing my video generator with Max & Max for Live as written in some previous posts (especially this one where you can see the global architecture), here is a very light & short video.

Thanks to Synthtopia for the review.

The video generated (in the little black window on the left) has been made with a javascript + MGraphics code designed by Darwin Grosse and provided the 02 / 11 / 12 here)
I altered it a bit in order to follow the requirements of the video generator (framework, I could add)

I’d like to make the core available for you.
We’ll see this point later but not very late

As I wrote previously, the only important point shown here in that video is the concept, not the video generated or else.
Also, I can say I’ll use it as soon as it will be fully functional.
My couple of algorithms will generated strange minimalistic videos and, all along my music performance, these videos will be altered, changed by :
- me tweaked parameters not directly related to visuals (I push a button to mute, I accelerate the tempo, I tweak a panning on this track)
- audio part of music itself (volume, frequency too)

Designing minimal elements

Dear followers & friends,
I cannot tease too much, but a bit.
The word bit is important.
It defines “the smallest element in the digital world” named Binary digIT.

I love elementary structures, because Continue reading »

Hardware & I

Because I’m often more than one in my head, I like softwares but I like hardwares too.
We are all dual, but in my case, being also Design the Media & Protofuse, I’d like to merge all inside one (astral) body named Julien.

Mates, it is hard sometimes, but  finally, if I was one and only one, it wouldn’t be fun would it be ?

This is why, today, after an hard work around the MatriX, I want to make a “unifying (astral) hardware”

It would be software inside hardware, music inside software, engineering but artistic project.

I had some hardware experiences like the protodeck (huge) controller
I designed some other little machines like a monome clone.
But purpose was more to make controllers, I mean: machines I could use to control something (software or other machines)

Here are some unrevealed before photographies from the making of the Protodeck !!

Now & because Protofuse became a huge part of my life (huge projects coming, 2 gigs in that only week in UK, remix & mastering for friends too), I WANT to make a sound machine for me but for you too.

It would pop out ambient & zen sounds, in a relaxation purpose
You could use it everywhere and even load my own sounds produced each month.

Firstly, I’d like to know if you’d like to grab one in the case I’d bring them to life.
Please comment your opinions & feelings about that

I just created a closed facebook group in which I’ll invite only very close collaborators & some friends too in order to share & discuss about my designs.
Check the group and eventually ask me if you think I forgot to  join your profile to it : https://www.facebook.com/groups/215860821831464/ 

Take care.

Some strange feelings

I feel my artistic & creative side becoming hugely and totally jealous of the apparently other part.

It sounds frightening in some ways.

I guess this fear sounds normal and can be converted in huge amount of positive energy (btw, that fear doesn’t sound negative in any manner today)

My mood seems boosted by that.
It seems paradoxal because I ever thought and tested fear as a big obstacle.

My mood is very open & creative.

I have to use it more, and probably more focused on center of the target

Some music feelings

This is a short post.
I swear I won’t make only big ones.

I want to compose my ambient album.
This is one of my main music sides.

Because I really like Lovecraft horror tales and because it really inspires my sound design and even my composition approach, I ‘d like to dedicate that album to his mythology & abysses.

I’ll probably make short videos where I could explain with words why I chose this sound or that soundscape, related to this infinite resource of inspiration.