orion zane
Fushic "Fish Music"
This experiment was done to investigate the use of colour tracking as an input through Max 7. The program was written by Sam Parke- Wolf and can be found at this URL:
Fushic was created by the ease of pinpointing certain objects with a colour tracker, using their motion as an input for manipulating sound within Reaktor. By clicking on the colour of Tofu or Barry7 the tracker was able to locate them within a vector. This experiment does work and is able to control multiple Reactor parameters with the locations of the fish.
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Whilst conducting this experiment the researcher was sure not to cause any harm to these animals by:
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• Not conducting the experiment for long periods of time
• Turning the screen brightness to the lowest setting possible, including display colour
• Constantly observing the behaviour of the fish for irregularities
• Using headphones for a quiet environment
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The compositions made for this project run from generated sound, therefore there is no beginning or end. The use of this technique within sound art installations means that there is no need to restart the composition. Although some parameters are drawn in to happen by themselves, the user controls the most important and prominent parameters of the composition.