17 Jan
2005
17 Jan
'05
5:16 p.m.
What about Music Mouse (http://retiary.org/ls/programs.html)
I have had big fun with the Amiga version in the past. I haven't tried
it under UAE
yet,though.
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:45:47 +0200, David Baron <d_baron(a)012.net.il> wrote:
This is a cute applet. Now for the next step:
MagicBaton for Linux! This is
somebody's trademark so call it Raton-Conductor.
MagicBaton was a MIDI conduction program for Windows 9*, marketed as a game,
from Japan. One used the mouse to actually conduct MIDI playback. Not as easy
as it sounds, even with the in-the-air gyro-mouse I bought for this purpose.
I saw potential in this, however, and suggested a more serious program.
Apparently, there is one in Japan. One correspondant on their site actually
used the program for choir rehearsals.
So how would Raton-Conductor work? Again, not as simple as it sounds.
Minimally, one would move the mouse in a ecliptic (or circular) motion (as
suggested by MagicBaton's instructions for beginners). The size of the
vertical diameter (or average diameter) would be the volume/expression and
tempo or time-codes set by the change in vertical direction from down to up.
Real conducting patterns are more complex but these two principals would more
or less remain.
--
"Both Rob and I see sound as shapes.
I only have to do this (makes a fist)
and he knows what sound I mean". - Autechre
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