Experimental Systems Design Proposal
Initial Idea
My aim is to build a musical performance tool, controlled by the Quneo MIDI controller, in which sounds are recorded with a microphone and played back over a range of pitches and directions, through multiple varying effects in real-time. This tool will run primarily in Ableton Live as a Max for Live device. All of the audio and effect parameters will be manipulable with MIDI messages from the Quneo. The patch will have both a MIDI and audio input; a MIDI input to control and manipulate various things in the patch and an audio input to capture initial sounds and to creatively manipulate various parameters with envelopes also.
The three main stages in this patch will be an initial audio capture process, a manipulation stage and a final audio effect stage. The audio capture stage involves recording a sound to a buffer and selectively playing it back at different pitches. The manipulation stage alters the recording and combines it with synthetic sounds in a multitude of ways, for e.g vocoders and frequency shifters. The final stage will be a chain of audio effects, the parameters and order of which can be altered with the Quneo.
Recording
Manipulation
Audio Effects
I have built a basic sound recorder/sampler using two separate Max for Live devices. I am using one Max MIDI device and an Audio device on separate channels in Ableton. I use the send/receive objects to transfer MIDI to the audio device. This allows me to quickly record a sound and instantly play the recording back at multiple pitches.
Draft 1
I have included patches from tutorials by Youtube username Dude837. I have included a vocoder patch which takes the amplitude of my re-pitched recording and applies it to a saw wave oscillator as an envelope. This can be mixed in with the main output to compliment other parts.
The Quneo is a new MIDI controller by Keith Mc Millin.
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