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It would be helpful to have some examples of what is meant by "interactive audio-visual shows". Is a streaming session on OBS such a show? What interactions are

It would be helpful to have some examples of what is meant by "interactive audio-visual shows". Is a streaming session on OBS such a show? What interactions are supported? How does MIDI get involved here? I could understand only after seeing this Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/jcelerie/status/1303674506951757824 https://twitter.com/jcelerie/status/1303674506951757824

app4soft 6y ago
Here is a video with ossia score v2.5 "in action".[0] JFTR, There is comment by ossia score dev[1] on HN 7 month ago on another visual multimedia software thread:[2] > If anyone's interested - I'm working on ossia score (https://ossia.io https://ossia.io ; https://github.com/OSSIA/score https://github.com/OSSIA/score) which is a bit like Max & PD, but the dataflow is integrated directly in the timeline which allows for better expressibility of evolution of time in the artwork. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqIxJuKAcy8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqIxJuKAcy8 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jcelerier https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jcelerier [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22348463 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22348463
jcelerier 6y ago
Hello ! dev here. Good point and thanks for the feedback ! The best there is currently is the gallery, with artists who sent us artwork they did with the software: https://ossia.io/gallery.html https://ossia.io/gallery.html - theater plays, merry-go-rounds, static museum installations... > Is a streaming session on OBS such a show? I'd say so ? it's "show" in the general, artistic sense so it depends on the meaning you put in the word :-) > What interactions are supported? We tried to make something generic enough as for you to not feel restricted - so yes, MIDI, but also OSC, DMX, some people directly control servomotors & such through serial port connection, gamepads, wiimote etc. The idea is that the timeline of the software allows you to write a score for those interactions. That is, write a score such as "when everyone finished playing part 1, move to part 2" or "when the dancer steps into the circle, make a fade out on the lights". > How does MIDI get involved here? You can say for instance, "when CC 35 on my keyboard is greater than 64, trigger this branch of the score". The documentation on this website is not finished yet but we are aiming to complete it during next month. I'd recommend watching this recording of a talk I gave at the Audio Programmer Meetup which is the most recent overview of the software: https://youtu.be/P_qT2a_2jlo?t=1394 https://youtu.be/P_qT2a_2jlo?t=1394
- app4soft 6y ago
  Great! Especially thanks for provided AppImage-builds for Linux ;)
- shadowoflight 6y ago
  It sounds like this could be used to trigger complex lighting scenes and effects by listening in on the MIDI for a hardware-only music set, is that the case? Because, if so, this may be exactly the kind of software I've been keeping an eye out for.
  - jcelerier 6y ago
    > It sounds like this could be used to trigger complex lighting scenes and effects by listening in on the MIDI for a hardware-only music set, is that the case? Yep, that's the idea - and to be honest one of the reason I've originally involved myself in this project is because I wanted to score lightings from Ableton Live with my band and that just did not work as well as I wanted it to. 6 years later the band hasn't released a single thing but at least we have our DAW now :-) Note that the DMX editing is fairly bare-bones - my recommendation for advanced shows is to design the light scenes in e.g. QLC+ (https://www.qlcplus.org/ https://www.qlcplus.org/) and then control them from ossia score at a higher level through OSC messages. But it's possible to bang raw ArtNet bytes if you want - we had a small exhibit doing just that a couple days ago.

app4soft 6y ago

Here is a video with ossia score v2.5 "in action".[0] JFTR, There is comment by ossia score dev[1] on HN 7 month ago on another visual multimedia software thread:[2] > If anyone's interested - I'm working on ossia score (https://ossia.io https://ossia.io ; https://github.com/OSSIA/score https://github.com/OSSIA/score) which is a bit like Max & PD, but the dataflow is integrated directly in the timeline which allows for better expressibility of evolution of time in the artwork. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqIxJuKAcy8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqIxJuKAcy8 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jcelerier https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jcelerier [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22348463 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22348463

jcelerier 6y ago

Hello ! dev here. Good point and thanks for the feedback ! The best there is currently is the gallery, with artists who sent us artwork they did with the software: https://ossia.io/gallery.html https://ossia.io/gallery.html - theater plays, merry-go-rounds, static museum installations... > Is a streaming session on OBS such a show? I'd say so ? it's "show" in the general, artistic sense so it depends on the meaning you put in the word :-) > What interactions are supported? We tried to make something generic enough as for you to not feel restricted - so yes, MIDI, but also OSC, DMX, some people directly control servomotors & such through serial port connection, gamepads, wiimote etc. The idea is that the timeline of the software allows you to write a score for those interactions. That is, write a score such as "when everyone finished playing part 1, move to part 2" or "when the dancer steps into the circle, make a fade out on the lights". > How does MIDI get involved here? You can say for instance, "when CC 35 on my keyboard is greater than 64, trigger this branch of the score". The documentation on this website is not finished yet but we are aiming to complete it during next month. I'd recommend watching this recording of a talk I gave at the Audio Programmer Meetup which is the most recent overview of the software: https://youtu.be/P_qT2a_2jlo?t=1394 https://youtu.be/P_qT2a_2jlo?t=1394

app4soft 6y ago
Great! Especially thanks for provided AppImage-builds for Linux ;)
shadowoflight 6y ago
It sounds like this could be used to trigger complex lighting scenes and effects by listening in on the MIDI for a hardware-only music set, is that the case? Because, if so, this may be exactly the kind of software I've been keeping an eye out for.
- jcelerier 6y ago
  > It sounds like this could be used to trigger complex lighting scenes and effects by listening in on the MIDI for a hardware-only music set, is that the case? Yep, that's the idea - and to be honest one of the reason I've originally involved myself in this project is because I wanted to score lightings from Ableton Live with my band and that just did not work as well as I wanted it to. 6 years later the band hasn't released a single thing but at least we have our DAW now :-) Note that the DMX editing is fairly bare-bones - my recommendation for advanced shows is to design the light scenes in e.g. QLC+ (https://www.qlcplus.org/ https://www.qlcplus.org/) and then control them from ossia score at a higher level through OSC messages. But it's possible to bang raw ArtNet bytes if you want - we had a small exhibit doing just that a couple days ago.