COM Week #2

Interactive Composition

Sketch

Video

Process:

This piece contains four interactive components:

  1. Volume Slider
    • The volume is mapped to MouseX.
  2.  Panner
    • The audio panner is also mapped to MapX. This allows the sound to move from one ear to the other.
  3.  Playback Rate
    • The speed at which the song plays is mapped to MouseY. This also affects the pitch of the song as the playback rate changes.
  4. Sound Effects
    • There are four sound effects, one on each WASD key, that can be played at any time. 
I also repurposed my visualizer from ICM. It's fun to see the waveform change as the audio is manipulated.

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