Installation No. 1 for Pure Data and Gem uses the bonk object to trigger colored graphics. The bonks or sounds the more colored lines appear and the larger they get. The lines are created using the particle objects. The installation is designed to be in a large space where it can soak up the ambient sounds and translate them into these colored lines.
Author: David Dean Mendoza http://www.daviddeanmendoza.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT6KWG0eqMg&feature=related

research

http://www.webel.com.au/project/drancing

Drancing is Dr Darren Kelly's real-time gestural synthesis accelerometer music system (under development since 1996). A rapid prototype of "DranceWare" in the PureData/GEM audio/video synthesis environment has been developed for the Nintendo Wii as wireless triaxial accelerometer via Bluetooth.

This movie demonstrates combined Variable Fequency Oscillator (VFO), Amplitude Modulation (AM), and triggered Drum sample ("Drumming by Dancing") modes along with Drancel RGB monitor visuals projected onto the "Drancer" performer.
For this demonstration two hand-held WiiMotes on a MacBook Pro were used (the original Drancing sensor suit and Java DranceWare used 5 triaxial accelerometers in a "body star" pattern").

pd project

I'm just about to start my research for New Media module in DIT Dubiln. My assignment is to create an interactive audiovisual installation using Pure Data. In this blog I'm going to upload an interesting examples which I hope to find.

busy,busy,busy...

Hi! Today pictures + music = http://www.shapeshifter.co.nz/ Shapeshifter is heavy soul/ drum and base band from New Zealand. Their site is continuous Flash animation with music in background. Visual elements appear and moving in more or less dynamic way- depends from backing track. It reminds simple kaleidoscope. The fun is to capture image you like most (it will take a while to catch something interesting...) My favourite theme are eyes.

You can download your image as a wallpaper, view gallery and get full info about Shapeshiftre. There is acces to myspace and facebook as well.

magneticNorth is UK based interactive design company. They write about themselves: 'We create digital experiences of all kinds- experiences that are useful, playful, and have story to tell- stuff that people want to spend time with' and I have to admit that it is 100% truth! First what delighted me is the way you move on mN site: draw circle to discover project, horizontal line to get news, vertical line for search and slant line to delete. Everything working very efficiently.   Visit necessarily! http://mnatwork.com/#/?state=0

The second issue are projects themselves. All really interesting and various. 'BBC Memoryshare' is an good example. Arranged as a 3D spiral as the main way to explore memories from 1900(!) till nowadays. You can navigate by picking up points on spiral, move arrows on side bar and timeline or search at the bottom by keywords: year, person, event. At last you can add and share your own personal and unique memory!

The other project that pay my attention is Doodlebuzz created by magnetic North's creative director Brendan Dawes. Doodlebuzz is alternative way to read the news. An experimental interface allows you to create typographic maps of current news stories. Type the key word, go and doodle to see results. Use the arrow key to navigate. Read and have fun!

  

Searching for web design sites is fun! Before I started college I wasn't familiar with new media too much, what is quite sad and nothing to be proud of... but how we saying: better late than never! Next one on my exploring list is http://www.quatcoul.com/ Quat'coul is French print company. Site keep in minimal design style, geometric and limited in colors. Already I see that most of all I appreciate simple solutions... Minus is lack of English version:(