Change of mind, again…

So this week I figured I could change up my initial project plans to make something much more interesting and immersive.

My plans now are as follows:

• A drummer plays on his kit as you walk into the room
• Certain cymbals and drum have Piezo sensors hooked up to them
• These piezos are sending MIDI into Ableton
• Each drum hit is randomised in triggering an instruments to play chords and scales
• they all play together in key but are totally random in their patterns.
• Characteristics of these sounds can be changed dramatically
• the user is presented with a leap motion placed on a table that is front of them as they enter the room.
• the user uses their hands to manipulate the sound design of the drums being played live by the drummer.

Inspiration for this project after chatting with the drummer who I’m collaborating with for this project got me onto this man –  Zach Danziger

I recently discovered a program that will make my life a lot easier when it comes to tackling this project and will cut out the need to use Max.

Hairless MIDI is the name of this program that converts data over the serial port into MIDI which is then accesible to programs such as Ableton which im planning on using.

Hairless MIDI