Used ChucK live last night

telstarmagikistferrari

Hey all,
I just wanted to put it out there that ChucK (even at my low level at competence) comes in very handy live. I played as part of a sound ensemble consisting of
a) a wild beatnik on the mic / typewriter (cool rhythms)
b) one person playing violin, saw, and other hand instruments thru a mic
c) one person with a macbook and an Iphone running cool sound-gathering/repeating software
d) i was using a police scanner, Plogue Bidule, and miniAudicle with some pretty simple code
Adapting code to (in my case) 75 bpm was interesting, and I accomplished it a couple different ways, both with and without the ADSR ugen. Some of the code used was not unlike my last post about randomizing ADSR times. I wonder at this point whether anyone has any advice on what aspect of ChucK to tackle next.. I've figured out how to randomize stuff pretty handily (which is one of the reasons I love chuck), and I understand the way different ugens have different parameters, etc. I'm just sort of at a loss as to where to go next. Arrays? Incrementing? The Step ugen? Impulse? I feel like you folks have a pretty good idea of where I stand and what roadblocks might be in my way at this point. Last night's successful employment of ChucK was well received and really gratifying and encouraging. Any input at all would be welcome.

Mark

Kassen · Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:28 am Post subject:

That sounds way awesome! Was any of that recorded?

Arrays are quite essential, if you didn't get into those yet I suggest you do; you'll wonder how you ever lived without them.

After that I'd suggest reading up on sporked functions and getting into concurrency (a fancy word for doing a few things at the same time).

I'd also do some exercises trying to generate melodies by generating series of numbers through non-random means.

I suggest that while testing these things you try different UGens each a time and see what you like.

Also; have fun.

telstarmagikistferrari · Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:39 am Post subject:

Thanks Kassen for the thoughtful reply.. you all are quite gracious and patient. Here's a link to a photo of our performance, I'm the guy with glasses to the left.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigcar/3394406616/

There are others that show the other two performers as well.

edit: what are all the math functions? I know Std.rand2 and 2f, Std.mtof, but that's about it. I think I need to go thru the manual again.

Kassen · Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:51 am Post subject:

Well, there is the whole "Math" library (see the manual reference on this) and of course you can use things like this;

telstarmagikistferrari · Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:04 am Post subject:

One thing that's been bugging me to figure out is: how to set up an infinite loop for processing incoming adc signals? I'm sure the answer is simple but it's just escaping me. I want to hear my guitar thru John Chowning's reverb damnit!

Kassen · Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:08 am Post subject:

Easy once you know how :¬)

kijjaz · Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:10 am Post subject:

I recommend programming with HID, especially my favorite tool: USB Joystick.

It usually have many buttons and also 3-4 or more axises. They can be very handy in many situations and it looks good as well hahahha.

Inventor · Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:09 pm Post subject:

I agree with what has been said, and I'll add that when I'm thinking of a new project what I sometimes do is look at the documentation pages, especially the UGens page. I look at all those thingies and wonder: "What could I do with this or that UGen". It is also helpful to look at code posted by others including the examples and code posted here. That will give you ideas and you can copy and or modify the code of others. I make use of kijjaz's code all the time, heh.

Kassen · Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:16 pm Post subject:

Also; code a lot. We can teach you techniques, answer questions and help in other ways but *the* main way to learn about programming is by programming and by reading what others wrote. In that sense ChucK is a lot like a piano; you also master that instrument by playing it a lot.

seraph · Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:44 pm Post subject:

telstarmagikistferrari · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:10 am Post subject:

Inventor · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:26 am Post subject:

Telstar, got your code and going to feature it on the next ChucK Show! Do you have any biographical info to add? Kewl dude!

telstarmagikistferrari · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:02 am Post subject:

nothing other than my thanks to kijjaz for his example. thanks for including my code Inventor! Smile

telstarmagikistferrari · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:43 am Post subject:

telstarmagikistferrari · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:45 am Post subject: