{"id":62,"date":"2021-04-04T11:45:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T11:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/?p=62"},"modified":"2021-04-04T11:45:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T11:45:19","slug":"more-instruments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/04\/more-instruments\/","title":{"rendered":"More Instruments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">When I decided to put together a more structured tool to support our participatory jamming sessions, it was hard to know where to start. I chose Isadora software to build and house the tool but found it difficult to get a starting point \u2013 the software opens up so many possibilities. Exciting, but a little bit overwhelming too. Taking the approach of focusing on building individual instruments is certainly helping with this and I\u2019m learning a lot through the process, it\u2019s helping me to clarify what I want the tool to do for me and bringing in new ideas. A good process, then. After creating the image and video instruments to enable the mixing of base layers, I wanted to look at making instruments to allow the placing of shapes and drawn lines over the base layers. I do think that, as I go through this building process, I\u2019ll be altering what I\u2019ve already made in the light of how the new instruments work. All good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>A Colour Keyboard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">A keyboard that allows you to play coloured squares and full screen colour filters. The premise is to have a keyboard that responds to the different frequencies of the keys by changing colours on the stage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">The MIDI controller is an Akai LPK25 mini 25 key keyboard. I\u2019ve used colour dot stickers to give a visual for the colours assigned to each key and stickers with a raised profile on the first octave white keys to give a visual and tactile prompt (as the two octaves do different things).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">In Isadora, a single colour is assigned to each note of the octave. The first octave alters the colour (fixed), size (fixed) and position (random) of the square. Squares fade in\/out (from 0 \u2013 70% opacity) with a 5 sec sustain. The second octave alters just the colour of the square\/full-screen filter with a fixed opacity of 20% &#8211; the extra C on the right toggles between full-screen and a centred fixed-size square for the second octave keys. A single button on left toggles the second octave visuals on and off (I do need to figure-out a way of covering the other left hand buttons as you could stop things from working by shifting the key up and down).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Playing possibilities<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">The instrument can be used to play laid over the base layers of video\/images or over a plain colour base layer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>Use just the first octave to play the squares<\/li><li>Use the second octave set as a fixed background square that you have colour control of, to add the first octave squares to<\/li><li>Use the second octave set as a full-screen filter and play the first octave squares over this<\/li><li>Use the full screen filter alone to play a colour filter over the layers below<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Colour-Keys.jpg?resize=800%2C312&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Colour-Keys.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Colour-Keys.jpg?resize=300%2C117&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Colour-Keys.jpg?resize=768%2C300&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Physical interface for Colour Keys<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Colour-Keys-Setup.png?resize=800%2C347&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Colour-Keys-Setup.png?resize=1024%2C444&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Colour-Keys-Setup.png?resize=300%2C130&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Colour-Keys-Setup.png?resize=768%2C333&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Colour-Keys-Setup.png?resize=1536%2C666&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Colour-Keys-Setup.png?w=1716&amp;ssl=1 1716w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Colour-Keys-Setup.png?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Isadora set-up for Colour Keys (there are 4 of the size and colour change keys blocks)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Colour Keys demo.mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/532821612?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Demo of the Colour Keys instrument<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>A Drawing Tablet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">An instrument to give a pen and palette of colours to allow freehand drawing onto the projected image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">The hardware is a Huion Tablet, with wireless pen and 12 single press buttons. This makes a serial connection with Isadora. The software treats the pen movements as a mouse and the buttons as computer keyboard buttons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">In Isadora, drawing happens when pen touches on the tablet only and the mark opacity is set at 30 % so the marks sit on top of the base layers, the mark width is affected by the speed of your drawing the mark (faster = thicker) The buttons give a ten colour palette plus two reset buttons &#8211; one to erase the last mark and one to erase all marks. There\u2019s a little white dot to show where you\u2019re about to draw a mark on the projected output \u2013 without this it\u2019s hard to imagine where you\u2019re actually about to draw on the screen. The patch does run quite resource intensive once you have lots of marks, so it works best when you make fewer continuous marks rather than loads of little marks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">I do think this instrument brings another way to add visual elements to the jam and I\u2019m pleased with that, I\u2019m not a big drawer myself so it will be interesting to see how others chose to use it during the jam sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Drawing-Tablet.jpg?resize=800%2C530&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Drawing-Tablet.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Drawing-Tablet.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Drawing-Tablet.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Physical interface for the Drawing Tablet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Drawing-Tablet-Isadora-Setup_closeup.png?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Drawing-Tablet-Isadora-Setup_closeup.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Drawing-Tablet-Isadora-Setup_closeup.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Drawing-Tablet-Isadora-Setup_closeup.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Drawing-Tablet-Isadora-Setup_closeup.png?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Drawing-Tablet-Isadora-Setup_closeup.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Drawing-Tablet-Isadora-Setup_closeup.png?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Isadora set-up for Drawing Tablet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IsadoraTemp21031215042201.jpg?resize=800%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IsadoraTemp21031215042201.jpg?resize=1024%2C640&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IsadoraTemp21031215042201.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IsadoraTemp21031215042201.jpg?resize=768%2C480&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IsadoraTemp21031215042201.jpg?resize=480%2C300&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IsadoraTemp21031215042201.jpg?resize=640%2C400&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ainsleyphillipsprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IsadoraTemp21031215042201.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Drawing Tablet output example<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two more instruments created for our audio-visual jamming tool &#8211; 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