n00b needs a point in the right direction
Hello,
I am a visual artist that is trying to pull together a project that utilizes max/msp jitter. I am trying to create a specific task.
I have some ambient/generative music that I have created and I would like to project a visual element along with the music that responds to the music. I have some graphic (still) elements that I would like to source and make move 'with' the music, or in response to it. So when my music pulses or rises in frequency the graphic (images of nanobots) become more 'excited', and they calm down or become still when the music does the same. I was told jitter would be an avenue I could pursue - but was not told how.
I would be very grateful if someone with experience could help me out here, either with direct advice/pointers or a link to some place I could teach myself how to do this.
In my head it sounds like it should be a relatively simple task, but I do not know jitter so I could be drastically wrong there.
Thank You,
continuum101
Hello,
In addition to reading through the tutorials and example content that ships with Jitter, I would suggest looking at the Jitter Recipe books on cycling74.com:
One of the things that you will probably discover is that making something react to audio is pretty simple, but making that reaction meaningful or interesting can be a long-term and engaging pursuit.
Andrew B.
the patch you need would be relatively simple but you'd have to go through all the max tutorials, a few msp tutorials and the first few jitter tutorials to learn how to make it. In my case that took several months. If youre working on a deadline, try using Apple Quartz composer (with soundflower to route in your ambient music from itunes or whatever). It's much simpler and it sounds like it would have everything you need. you could even wow your naive viewers by throwing in some supercool reactive particle generators
or if youre interested in trying to learn jitter, and want to email me some more details on your project, I can put together a sketchy example of what you might want your patch to look like. my address is tedwig@gmail.com