Table #7 submission for the first Red Hackathon held in Studio One at Abbey Road on 10-11 November 2018.
♬ Singing with your DJ friend like gamifying a jam! ♬
| Item | What is it for? |
|---|---|
| Bela | a maker platform makes everything in a real-time fashion |
| Pure Data | a programming language for multimedia |
| Audio Commons resources | get audio samples to jam with using Python |
| other stuff | microphone, headphone, midi sequencer etc. |
### Pd external
apt-get install pd-iemlib
# aubio (python didn't work :( )
wget https://aubio.org/pub/aubio-0.4.7.tar.bz2
tar xvf aubio-0.4.7.tar.bz2
cd aubio-0.4.7
./waf configure build && ./waf install
ldconfig
### For the node OSC/WS bridge (in the project)
cd node
npm install
apt-get install libsox-dev
pip install requests pysox
If you want to retrieve Creative Commons samples on Bela, you will need an internet connection (ethernet or wi-fi dongle). You can then download sounds into the 'samples' folder according to your 9 keywords of choice with the following command.
python main.py background-sound keyword1 keyword2 keyword3 keyword4 keyword5 keyword6 keyword7 keyword8
or
python main.py ambient cat lion baby crash thunder trump kick [in the] ass
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Get voice from the microphone input of player
Duo-1such that pitch and loudness are estimated using Bela. -
Audio samples are retrieved based on the keywords selected by player
Duo-2, who can control the samples later by a midi sequencer (or other gestural interfaces) to jam withDuo-1. -
Based on both audio and visual feedback, two players can gamifying the jam.
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To be precise on the visualization,
Duo-1can make the avatar jump higher through singing higher, and move faster by singing louder. In the meanwhile, how the blocks look like is decided byDuo-2. -
In terms of audio feedback, global tempo can be increased by louder voice from
Duo-1. Each block is associated to an audio sample decided byDuo-2.