Programming for artists

C[]MP[]SITION

Programming for Artists Final Project
MFA in Computational Studio Arts
Goldsmiths 2011

C[]MP[]SITION is a sketch for an interactive installation in which he user would able to press keys
on a midi keyboard to trigger shapes and sounds on the screen. By pressing the same
key the user can select between a series of patterns and music tracks and create their own
graphical and sonorous composition.

Looped tracks recorded using GarageBand.

Uses ProMidi, OpenGL, Minim and Geomerative libraries for Processing.
It requires a MIDI keyboard to work.

 

 

 

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