Playing around with processing.org, a graphics framework. It’s very similar to NodeBox except it’s based on Java.

Related to processing.org is a hardware hacking chip called arduino that is $35. It’s a little circuit board that you can program over USB. It can do almost anything but what I’m interested in using it for is a tiny MIDI controller or input surface to use for live performance. The projects Processing and Arduino are related apparently and people are doing all kinds of crazy things with them.

Of course all this is pie in the sky right now. Combine that with my desire for a Clavia G2X modular and programmable synth I have a lot on my plate. However I’m deeply inspired by Duracell and I don’t think it’s unreasonable for me to take on creating a sequence on a Modular G2 and performing live with an acoustic piano and a footpedal or trigger of some sort (maybe this Arduino chip). At the very least it would be fun.

My 1st applet after the jump …

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Source code: sketch_070523a

Built with Processing