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Degree Project - Week 29

 

Semester B: Week 29
Student: Tai Ser Yeet (22064351)
Programme: BA (Hons)(SW) Digital Media Design


WEEK 29

Adding Sound

I wanted to get some audio going for the dance installation, so I did some digging and found a tutorial (linked below) that showed me how to actually handle sound inside TouchDesigner. Steve and I got the hardware side sorted by hooking the laptop up to the amplifier with an aux cable, and we finally got the sound playing through the speakers. Right now, it’s just playing through YouTube Music, and not really part of the system yet. 

My next big task is to figure out how to route that music directly into TouchDesigner so I can control the tracks through my movement, making the sound just as reactive as the fluid visuals.


Parameters Settings for Audio Dev In CHOP

Parameters Settings for Audio Dev Out CHOP


Tutorial With Mafalda

  • Reduce the sensitivity of the body tracking
  • Get the fluid to stick to your body more
  • Play around with the parameters of the Kinect CHOP using Google Gemini (e.g. get it to generate the code) 
Selected Parameters To Experiment
  • Circle back to what kind of visuals complement your dancing
  • Have two plans: 1. Front Projection Setup: Current setup with the light shining on me dancing at the back
  • 2. Rear Projection Setup: If you can't get the lighting to work, then dance in front of the screen. The Kinect will be in front of the audience, propped on top of a stand. The projector will be behind the screen. The visuals will complement my dancing.
  • The purple fluid is better than the blue and orange ones
  • change the colour of the fluid simulation 
  • Try particles as background, so overlay that with the fluid simulation
  • You can connect two Kinects to the same TD file (maybe the Kinect TOP and Kinect CHOP operator and then composite them together)
  • The black background is plain
  • Submit TD file, a promotional video (get friends to come and watch, then have someone film it from both sides)
Tutorial With Steve
  • Get another projector to illuminate from the back (the side where I will be dancing)

After Class

    Link to the sample video: Click Here



    vga to type c cable is too short and the short-throw projector does not support Bluetooth connection. Wireless connection requires a YW-40 dongle which is nowhere to be found
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