Sugarcube is a generative art project by Amanda Ghassaei that uses MIDI and MaxMSP. The project uses real life movement and generates sounds. I suppose that the project uses hardware to track the movement of MIDI and generates a certain pattern of sound using algorithm. The creator puts together her artistic sensibility with an existing generative nature of MIDI pad to create a great generative piece. The project also has the same hardware as normal MIDI pads which makes the project very practical. It is also impressive that the MIDI pad connects to MaxMSP, the program and lets you control sound on your computer.
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