Day 20: (Thu Mar 28, Week 11) Animating the Cell¶
Notes for 2024-03-28.
Notes from Day 19¶
Assignments¶
Due today: finish installing winches and lines.
Due Tuesday: performance script. Please upload your code to Exercise 8 Shared Folder.
Administrative¶
Week 11: install and program shared installation
Week 12: project ideation and proof-of-concept, form final project groups
Week 13: project fabrication (no class Thu Apr 11)
Week 14: project installation and programming, public demo
Week 15: documentation and critique
Agenda¶
Review progress.
Work on performances.
Notes on the setup are also going into Exercise 8 Shared Folder.
Setup Notes¶
Winches
The winch sets are named left to right standing within the cell.
winch1, left front
winch2, left back
winch3, right front
Lights and Fans
The fixtures are named left to right standing inside the cell. Ordering as per the code in Theater Configuration.
name |
fixture # |
DMX |
location |
|---|---|---|---|
fan1 |
0 |
1 |
left upper fan |
fan2 |
1 |
2 |
left lower |
lamp1 |
2 |
3 |
left high lamp |
fan3 |
3 |
4 |
left large |
fan4 |
4 |
5 |
right low |
fan5 |
5 |
6 |
right high |
lamp2 |
6 |
7 |
right high lamp |
fan6 |
7 |
8 |
right large |
rgba1 |
8 |
9 |
left front |
rgba2 |
9 |
13 |
left back |
rgba3 |
10 |
17 |
right back |
rgba4 |
11 |
21 |
right front |
MIDI-show.py defaults
The default MIDI-show.py mapping uses notes starting with MIDI note 36 (musical note C1) on MIDI channel 1 to indicate fixtures. These notes correspond to the MPD218 pads from bottom left to upper right:
action |
MIDI |
note |
|---|---|---|
fan1 |
36 |
C1 |
fan2 |
37 |
C#1 |
lamp1 |
38 |
D1 |
fan3 |
39 |
D#1 |
fan4 |
40 |
E1 |
fan5 |
41 |
F1 |
lamp2 |
42 |
F#1 |
fan 6 |
43 |
G1 |
rgba1 color 1 |
44 |
G#1 |
rgba2 color 1 |
45 |
A1 |
rgba3 color 1 |
46 |
A#1 |
rgba4 color 1 |
47 |
B1 |
rgba1 color 2 |
48 |
C2 |
rgba2 color 2 |
49 |
C#2 |
rgba3 color 2 |
50 |
D2 |
rgba4 color 2 |
51 |
D#2 |