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Effervescent Ripples
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OSU percussion ensemble performance of Aurel Hollo's beFORe JOHN3. This project was a natural extension of the work created from Arctic Fracture. It was a real-time visualization that reacted to the performance of "39-the dream of the Manichaeian/before JOHN" by Aurel Hollo. The raindrops were inspired by the shape of sound marimbas make. Effervescent Ripples was the first visualization to feature different scenes or sections that corresponded with the musical sections. Interested in working together?
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Arctic Fracture
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A realtime visualization of Strindberg's Origins/Glades at Drums Downtown V. This is the first real-time visualization system created. It was designed to visualize six percussionists performing. This video demonstrates the visualization system reacting to a piano piece. Various frequencies are visualized by different elements so lower piano notes will cause different elements to react when compared to higher piano notes. Drums Downtown V, Columbus, OH, February 2008. PASIC 2008, Austin, TX, October 2008.
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Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier
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Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier for Sinfini Music. Contributing programming and MIDI synchronization on a project for Alan Warburton. For the opportunity to work on this amazing project. Additional info available at Sinifi Music. Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier for Sinfini Music. Director and visual artist Alan Warburton. Programming by Matthew Bain. Sound Design by Mustafa Bal. Musical Consultation by Jonathan James. Performance by Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Deutsche Grammophon, 00028947927846).
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Skylight
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Collaboration with the Olson-Lyons percussion duo. PASIC 2014, Indianapolis, IN, November 2014. Numerous other performances across the country. Swirling blue lights reacting to mallet attacks throughout the piece. The swirling shapes continue to evolve as the musical complexity increases. Blue crescents form as softer rays of light shine from above. Each element uniquely reacts to the various attack strengths of the percussion instruments. Interested in working together?
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Carpe Diem
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The first performance-based animation with the Pendulum Duo at Drums Downtown IV. Drums Downtown IV, Columbus, OH, February 2007. The helix particle trails provided a good illustration of the two percussionists. Pentagon shape animations represented higher-pitched percussive hits. Cymbal hits were represented by a particle shockwave which proved to be very symbolic and appropriate for the sound and physical shape of a cymbal. Interested in working together?
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Gridlights
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An abstract exploration inspired by airport runway lights. Gridlights was an exploration in more abstract shapes and some of the inspiration came from airport runway lights. A unique trait in this visualization is a system that shifts and generates new runway lights based on overall motion of the visuals. This allows for us to traverse a never ending grid of lights. This visualization system was used during the Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong Jazz Camp. Skylab/Ignition 3.0, Columbus, OH, May 2010.
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Short Ride in a Fast Machine
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A Short Ride in a Fast Machine. A collaboration with the Redwood Symphony Orchestra. Redwood Symphony Orchestra Concert, Redwood City, CA April 2014. All background buildings respond to different instrument groups. As the music grows in complexity, the background increases in complexity as well from simple farm lands to a vast metropolis. The airship character grows to become a spaceship as the rhythmic intensity builds to the end of the piece. Interested in working together?
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Iron Man UI
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An Iron Man heads up display (HUD) inspired visualization. This visualization was inspired by the Iron Man heads up display (HUD) and UI designs from the three movies. The goal was to build similar design elements and see how they would react to live audio. Some new features of this visualization system include an 8 channel, 64 band equalizer and procedural asset generators. Earlier work in progress version. Interested in working together? Check out my work and project updates through social media.
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Catching Dream
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Visualizing Noniko's flute performance. Catching Dream, flute concert by Noniko Hsu, Ann Arbor, MI October 2013. A colorful collage of angled shapes track Noniko's performance and her accompaniment which included a Salsa band. A galaxy of stars ignites and blossoms in synchronization to the flute piece. As the piece progresses, the galaxy moves and expands outward. Interested in working together? Check out my work and project updates through social media.
