[microsound] osc for visual mapping

[Jeffrey Melton]

Another thought: apps like Density GS, Pulsaret (and others built with Max) and Ableton could be modded to output an OSC stream of this semantic layer in addition to the sound streams. Perhaps people are already doing this, but it's new to me. 

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On Feb 12, 2011, at 9:36 AM, Jeffrey Melton <jeffreymelton at gmail.com> wrote:

> My initial thought is to replace "standard" with "semantic", as this level is describing the discreet sound events based on their content (albeit with a narrow, subjective lexicon). 
> Subjective is a key word, as this level is relative not only to the tone colors/timbres but also the person doing the describing—hence the difficulty with "standard". AND the protocol level is dependent on these terms as is. 
> I can see how this would be applicable to microsound, as a dialect to describe sound events and particles (of which I have a lot to learn) for visualizations, but perhaps by frequency range, durations, accepted particle definitions and such. I'm assuming unknown terms would be ignored, but then music not described in these terms wouldn't be rendered (like HTML). 
> Still, this has potential and makes me want to learn about OSC. Cheers,
> 
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> 
> On Feb 12, 2011, at 7:52 AM, Al Matthews <prolepsis at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> You may have noticed this already. I thought I'd ask for comment however:
>> 
>> http://createdigitalmotion.com/2011/02/op-ed-music-abstraction-for-av-collaboration-a-proposal/
>> 
>> I think my reflexive objections are in terms of what Surya Buchwald is
>> calling "Standard," since "Protocol" floats or fails based on that.
>> 
>> Wondering if you see this framework as applicable to what you do, or
>> if your own work in OSC e.g. bubbles up here to suggest improvements.
>> 
>> Supposing you were working directly in microsound or concrete, on what
>> bases would the "Standard" or "Protocol" here need be adapted?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> 
>> -- 
>> Al Matthews
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