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 My name is Etienne COLIN, I am currently studying in a Master's degree in Image and Sound Sciences, Arts and Techniques with a specialisation in sound engineering at the Aix-Marseille University (France).
-The Performance Platform of the Bauhaus University is a great opportunity to discover new working methods in immersive and interactive Medias. I would really like to improve my knowledge in learning how to use software that goes with it and also be initiated to Max, Pure Data and OSC.
+The Performance Platform of the Bauhaus University was for me a great opportunity to discover new working methods in immersive and interactive Medias. I Had the opportunity to be initiated to Max, Pure Data and OSC.
-I am eager to familiarize myself with the state-of-the-art equipment of the Performance Platform in order to experiment on interactions between a performer and a video and especially its potential regarding sound.
+I was eager to familiarize myself with the state-of-the-art equipment of the Performance Platform in order to experiment on interactions between a performer and a video and especially its potential regarding sound.
+The aim of my experiment was to be able to generate and control sounds by body movements thanks to the captury Live tracking system.
+The experiment was a real challenge because I had to quickly familiarize myself with how Max and the Captury Live system  work and OSC data that I had never had to deal with before.
+Most of the difficulties I encountered were due to my low level of knowledge of how Max works and especially how to generate sound.  Indeed, I wanted to not use recorded sounds but rather to generate them directly from the Max patch.
+So I could only generate sounds from basic oscillators or noise generators. That is why the possible controls on these sources were very limited and I established that the body's movements would eventually have an impact on the effects applied to these basic signals.
+I thus established that the Root position (x coordinate) in the space will control the carrier frequency of a ring modulation, and that the Head position (x coordinate) in the space will control the center frequency of a notch filter. In that way, when the listener moves on the platform, frequency modulation and a sweep effect will result.
+Besides,
+The elevation of the left arm (y coordinate) controls the speed of a metronome that generates a fixed frequency subjected to an envelope generator.  The elevation of the right arm (y coordinate) controls the feedback of a delay applied to the same source. When the arm is down, there is no delay (feedback=0) when the arm is raised to the maximum the feedback goes up to 0.7. The association of interactions with both arms was supposed to have a really playful effect on the listener who literally controls the "instrument" like a conductor.
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+I must admit that I was frankly disappointed with the final result but I still want to go further in this direction because the possibilities offered by Max are really impressive and have made me want to devote myself seriously to it.