JD1-Angela's online instrument

Ok so I've had a bit of trouble figuring out how to use the blog, and apparently my other post did not work so I am posting again. Here's the link to my instrument:
http://www.student.ocad.on.ca/~apetranik

When I made this piece, I was dealing with the concept of the skinner box, an invention made by a behavioral psychologist named B.F. Skinner to study classical and operant conditioning.

In a skinner box, an animal such as a pigeon is given a choice of buttons that have different results when pressed (eg. press button one and you get food, press button two and you get shocked). I wanted to make an instrument that parallels this set-up; on my instrument, each button results in a different sound or animation. Some buttons have different sounds or images depending on whether you roll over them or click on them.

Similar to the pigeon in the skinner box, the viewer becomes the subject of the experiment by pressing different buttons to achieve different results. I have placed myself in the position of experimenter/scientist, because I have created the scenario for the subject/viewer to participate in.

The idea originated from a project in my sonic arts class where I made a short audio piece (it plays in full when you click the bottom left large pigeon photo). I wanted to expand on the concept and make something more interactive and conceptual, so I made this online instrument. I took raw sound material from the internet and excerpts from my sonic arts project, editing them in Adobe Audition to make different variations on each sound. I also found raw visual material on the internet, and edited it in Photoshop, to make variations in the colour, size, etc. Then I put it all together in Flash, and ... that's that. I hope you enjoy it!

RECIPE FOR A NOISY BUTTON

Here - by popular request - is my recipe! Eat slowly with a double ice cream scoop.

CREATING A BUTTON WITH SOUND IN FLASH / A recipe by Judith


We will create a button that plays a sound when you roll over it. When you roll out, the sound will stop.

Create a shape then MODIFY → CONVERT TO SYMBOL → GRAPHIC (name)

INSERT → NEW SYMBOL → BUTTON (name)

Drag and drop an instance of your graphic into the UP frame. Then INSERT → TIMELINE → KEYFRAME to the over, down and hit frames.

(You can create visual changes or use different graphics, pictures or movie clips in the “up” “over” and “down” positions, to create lively effects prompted by mouse actions. And remember – by turning the alpha to zero, you can make the button invisible!)

CLICK ON “Scene 1” to return to the canvas. Drag an instance of your button from the LIBRARY onto the STAGE.

Now you will name your button. Open the property inspector WINDOW → PROPERTIES

In the INSTANCE NAME box, type a name (ActionScript relies on these names to identify objects)

Now we will add a BEHAVIOR to the button.

First, make sure the instance of your button on stage is selected.

Go to WINDOWS → DEVELOPMENT PANELS → BEHAVIORS. Click on the + sign to add a behavior → SOUND → STOP ALL SOUNDS

Click the default word “RELEASE” and change to “ON ROLL OUT”. This will make the sound stop when the cursor rolls out of the hit area.

GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN!

Judith's Assignment Details

Project Assignment: an online audio/musical instrument

For the lab component of this section, students will complete a set of two mini-assignments that break into steps the creation of an online musical/audio instrument. Part one will include research notes and a written description of the concept for an instrument – how sound will be triggered, what sounds and sound manipulation will be included, what the visual imagery and interface will be.

For Part One, students will record at least one sample sound and collect at least one image for use during the in-class workshop. The written description will also include a workplan for creation, to be posted on the class blog.

Part two will include recording and creating sounds and images to form the “octave” or sound vocabulary of the instrument. Students will combine sound, visuals and interaction design, then post the completed prototypes online, linked to the class blog. The instruments will be created for web distribution, but may also be conceived as elements in an installation, sculpture or performance.

Due Date
1) 21 February 2) March 14 3) 11 April

Clicky Thing

I really just wanted something that would behave on its own without too much human interference. So I built a little box that clicks when the lights are turned off. It doesn't really do much else, but the sound is created mechanically by a spinning motor that rotates a stick which strikes holes in a plastic wall. It can be plugged into any home outlet, and may not provide sleep-able noise, but people might question your sanity.

The box is a plastic container (oddly durable, though) and the inside frame is a different plastic storage container. The device is fully removable from its casing, for modification and such.

The stick that rotates is a piece of plastic tubing.

Here.

Online Musical Instruments - Links

Hi Folks - here's a list of links to the online musical instruments posted during the last class. Judith's Tuesday Feb. 22nd group should take a look at these (you'll all enjoy them!). Paul Elia will be Guest Artist for Judith's group on this day. An illustrator and comic artist who has worked with music legend Tori Amos, Paul has used Flash extensively for illustration, animation and interactivity. He will present his own site - www.wrecovery.com - and the first group of online musical instrument sites, then lead an in-class workshop on creating buttons with sound using Flash.

Some Hybrid Media Online Musical Instruments :

Skinnerbox by Angela Petranik


(---) by Elia Morrisson

Confusion by Daniel Hau

Clouds by Gerald Grison

Pigeons by Miriam Johnson

Sponges by Zak Tatham

Mystical Haven by Adrienne Coffey

Loverlife by Sean Armstrong

Where Things Have Been by Melissa Hamonic

Let's Make Some Music by Aaron Mancyzk

Clouds by Gerald Grison

Music Box by Stephen La Porta

Little Red Riding Hood by Kathryn Threlkeld

Mouth by Ryan Paterson

Mysterious Washroom by Jingyao Shen

Heartbreak by Wenjie He

Orchestra Soundbank by Joe Song

Double Trouble

I taped myself sitting on a couch and eating cheetos and pointing a remote control at nothing; acting as if i was watching TV. Then I projected that video onto a screen on a wall and had it loop for infinety. Then i poked the light sensor diode dealy through the screen at the point where the remote control in the video projection would pass over it, and trigger the switch. then i hooked the light switch to a remote control i hacked up, and had it control the change channel button. then pointed the mass of wires and circuit board at a TV set. I positioned the TV set so that, to the viewer, it would look as if the man in the projected video, was looking at the TV set in the room they were standing in. RESULT: when the dooder in the projected pretaped video changes the channel in his world, the TV in the real room changes channels.
I imagined this to be set up in a room and looped forever. The real TV set would have a cable feed to it so that no matter how long it's set up for the guy will always be watching current television shows. I guess the whole thing's just supposed to be funny, and I was mainly just experimenting with electronics and such. I didn't have any comment on anything in mind, I just liked the idea of the pretaped character in the video controling a real life object that had current events playing through it.
The End

Musical Opportunity - heads up from Bentley Jarvis

Prof. Bentley Jarvis, sound art, sends this interesting info about an exhibition opportunity for students --


The Music Gallery is pleased to announce a new outreach initiative
entitled "Progress". The purpose of this project is to celebrate the
accomplishments of the student and emerging artist community in the
field of New Music. The event will be held at The Red Guitar
(Bloor/Markham) and will serve as an opportunity for student artists to
get together and hear what is being created by their peers in the
various Toronto art schools. The format will include music from various
genres of New Music: Classical-based, creative improvisation,
contemporary jazz, experimental pop/fusion acts and Sound Art.
Programming will reflect what the Music Gallery showcases in our own
concert series.

The Progress series will take place Tuesday February 28th and March
28th. For the 2006/2007 season, we hope to make this a monthly series.
If you are interested in participating in this series, please contact
Sean Corcoran at the Music Gallery (sean@musicgallery.org or
416.204.1080).

jd1-Turboflush final

The flash is uploaded to my account:

www.student.ocad.on.ca/~kcsong

enjoy!

Karen Li switch project

For my lighting switch project, i connect my light switch to a flash light and tries to create a "green house" enviorment. I have a decoration flower, the leaf will move whenever it has light shine on it, so I set my light switch to turn on the flash light whenever there is NO light, so the flash light will shine toward the flower and keep it moving, so the idea is same as the green house. It also has the idea that human is tourturing everything on this earth, animals, plants and everything else to make them "useful" for us.

BUTTON RECIPE

Hi folks - for any of you who are finishing up today or over reading week, here is a recipe that should help you complete the assignment --

CREATING A BUTTON WITH SOUND IN FLASH / A recipe by Judith


We will create a button that plays a sound when you roll over it. When you roll out, the sound will stop.

Create a shape then MODIFY → CONVERT TO SYMBOL → GRAPHIC (name)

INSERT → NEW SYMBOL → BUTTON (name)

Drag and drop an instance of your graphic into the UP frame. Then INSERT → TIMELINE → KEYFRAME to the over, down and hit frames.

(You can create visual changes or use different graphics, pictures or movie clips in the “up” “over” and “down” positions, to create lively effects prompted by mouse actions. And remember – by turning the alpha to zero, you can make the button invisible!)

CLICK ON “Scene 1” to return to the canvas. Drag an instance of your button from the LIBRARY onto the STAGE.

Now you will name your button. Open the property inspector WINDOW → PROPERTIES

In the INSTANCE NAME box, type a name (ActionScript relies on these names to identify objects)

Now we will add a BEHAVIOR to the button.

First, make sure the instance of your button on stage is selected.

Go to WINDOWS → DEVELOPMENT PANELS → BEHAVIORS. Click on the + sign to add a behavior → SOUND → STOP ALL SOUNDS

Click the default word “RELEASE” and change to “ON ROLL OUT”. This will make the sound stop when the cursor rolls out of the hit area.

GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN!

JD1 Elia Morrison

FINISHED!

Look at this.
Old anatomical drawings and sculptures are fun.

FREE FLASH WORKSHOP & CLINIC FRIDAY 3:15-4:30

I'll be in the 665 lab today, friday, to help you in any way I can with your musical instruments. And a crew from a TVO kid's show may be joining us for our critiques on tuesday. I'll e-mail you about this...