Day 16: (Thu Oct 26, Week 9) Ableton Live

Notes for 2023-10-26.

Current Assignment

Current assignment, due Tuesday Oct 31: choreograph a light and motion performance at least two minutes long, then document your result using Assignment 9 Posts: Performance Test. Please include a paragraph of text outlining your objectives and result, then augment with code, images, linked CAD files, and linked video as appropriate.

Administrative

If you’ll be using an IDeATe laptop, please go check one out from Lending and start the login process, it can take a few minutes.

Agenda

1. Goals for the day:

   • discuss a general plan for the next hardware development

   • practicum to get everyone up to speed programming the system

2. Short discussion: what are we building next?

3. Brief review of system design: Theater System Overview

4. References for today:

   • Python downloads: theater.zip, tools.zip

   • Python browsing: Python/theater, Python/tools

   • Akai MPD218 Drum Pad Controller

   • in progress: Theater System OSC Protocol

5. IDeATe MBP setup

   • IDeATe Virtual Cluster

   • Ableton Live

6. Running on the real hardware:

   python3 MIDI-bridge.py --ip 172.24.26.199 --midi 'IAC Driver Bus 1' --console --debug