tom ainslie

got the interface working. took two extra days because of the PIC’s poor design… for some reason they deemed it necessary to interrupt the succession of analog pins with a non-fuctioning pin right there in the middle.

but anyways it works now, so i can focus on making a perf board and practicing for the NIME performance. i probably won’t make the perf board by the performance at Tonic, but it’ll be necessary for the Spring Show when Decay Tour will be subjected to the grubby collective hands of the public.

for the NIME dress rehearsal, Decay Tour was running at about half functionality. this was due to two troublesome knobs (damn you knobs!)

knob #5 wasn’t responding at all. so i troubleshot.
diagnosis: knob #5 is fully functional on other pins. so the trouble lies on the pic chip.
treatment: i don’t know yet.

knob #7 was getting about 1/3 of the range it should have been. i plugged it in to ADCin 0 today and the actual potentiometer starting smoking and reeking of burning. then my breadboard got super hot.
diagnosis: bunk pot
treatment: better pot

we shall see:

DEFINE OSC 20
define HSER_RCSTA 90h ‘enable the receive register
define HSER_TXSTA 20h ‘enable the transmit register
define HSER_BAUD 31250 ‘ set the baud rate
DEFINE ADC_BITS 10
DEFINE ADC_CLOCK 20
DEFINE ADC_SAMPLEUS 50
INPUT portd.1
INPUT portd.0
INPUT portc.3
INPUT portc.2

buttonVar VAR WORD
buttonVar1 VAR WORD
buttonVar2 VAR WORD
buttonVar3 VAR WORD

ADCvar VAR WORD
ADCvarFIX VAR WORD
ADCvar1 VAR WORD
ADCvar1FIX VAR WORD
ADCvar2 VAR WORD
ADCvar2FIX VAR WORD
ADCvar3 VAR WORD
ADCvar3FIX VAR WORD
ADCvar4 VAR WORD
ADCvar4FIX VAR WORD
ADCvar5 VAR WORD
ADCvar5FIX VAR WORD
ADCvar6 VAR WORD
ADCvar6FIX VAR WORD
ADCvar7 VAR WORD
ADCvar7FIX VAR WORD

TRISA = %11111111
ADCON1 = %10000010

Pause 500

main:
ADCIN 7, ADCvar7
ADCIN 6, ADCvar6
ADCIN 5, ADCvar5
ADCIN 4, ADCvar4
ADCIN 3, ADCvar3
ADCIN 2, ADCvar2
ADCIN 1, ADCvar1
ADCIN 0, ADCvar

buttonVar = portd.1
buttonVar1 = portd.0
buttonVar2 = portc.3
buttonVar3 = portc.2

ADCvarFIX = ADCvar / 8
ADCvar1FIX = ADCvar1 / 8
ADCvar2FIX = ADCvar2 / 8
ADCvar3FIX = ADCvar3 / 8
ADCvar4FIX = ADCvar4 / 8
ADCvar5FIX = ADCvar5 / 8
ADCvar6FIX = ADCvar6 / 8
ADCvar7FIX = ADCvar7 / 8

hserout [$90, 60, ADCvarFix]
hserout [$90, 61, ADCVAR1FIX]
hserout [$90, 62, ADCvar2FIX]
hserout [$90, 63, ADCvar3FIX]
hserout [$90, 64, ADCvar4FIX]
hserout [$90, 65, ADCvar5FIX]
hserout [$90, 66, ADCvar6FIX]
hserout [$90, 67, ADCvar7FIX]

hserout [$90, 68, buttonVar]
hserout [$90, 69, buttonVar1]
hserout [$90, 70, buttonVar2]
hserout [$90, 71, buttonVar3]

Pause 100

goto main

i’ve spent the last two days banging my head against the wall trying to figure out how to mount all the potentiometers in my box. i covered myself in liquid nails and gorilla glue and aluminum dust. then i complained to meghan and she said “dude, just use duct tape.” and i said “holy shit! you’re brilliant!”

and now i’m happy again.

NIME performance outline:

estimated length: 6 minutes

i’ll stand slightly to one side of the stage with my interface standing up on a stool or
table. my screen will be right next to me.

the video will start black. i’ll begin by playing one video layer without looping at a
low volume and gradually loudening it as i fade in the imagery. i’ll let the video play by
itself for a minute or two to give the audience a feeling of the piece, and then i’ll start
looping and manipulating that layer, and shortly thereafter i’ll begin fading in the second
layer of video.

the structure in terms of tempo and musicality will be a palindrome of sorts. it’ll start
soft and dark, build to a peak, and then fade back to darkness and no sound.

just purchased the domain for my thesis website. not much there yet, but check back sometime soon.
http://www.decaytour.com

so the La Jetee inspired animation never happened, mostly due to lackluster documentation of berlin. i still like the idea, and i hope to do it another time. but for the final, mel and i decided to work together once again, and we scanned the valentine’s day cards that my parents sent to me this year for the characters. check it out: farm fresh

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#P message 887 201 72 196617 getmovie_dim;
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#P message 70 706 69 196617 fullscreen \$1;
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#P newex 380 255 31 196617 print;
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#P pop;

in 1997 one of my favorite musicians, richie hawtin, started a new record label called “m_nus”. on the website it said that the label was inspired “by the powers of subtraction.” i remember having a good laugh at how stupid and pretentious this sounded to me. but now when i’m trying to create something myself i keep coming back to this concept and putting it to use.

in terms of my interface, i’m trying to simplify it as much as i possibly can. the original plan called for a total of 18 inputs. that’s a little too much. i can’t think of many instruments that have that many controls… not to mention the fact that i’ll have to write code and program the microcontroller for each additional input. 18 is way too much for an interface i’m hoping people can step up to and figure out fairly quickly.

so i’m doing away with the preprogrammed looppoints.
and i’m doing away with buttons for different rates of speed.

each layer will have a button for:
layer ON/OFF
layer STOP/GO

i also might add another potentiometer to each of the layers that will control the length of the loops.

so as of now it’s looking like for each layer i’ll have:
POT1: variable rate (-2. to 2.)
POT2: loop scrubber
POT3: volume/brightness
POT4: loop length
DIGI1: layer ON/OFF
DIGI2: layer GO/STOP

multiply this by 2 and you’ve got a total of 12
10 if i don’t add the pots for loop length.

the URL for my thesis site:
http://www.synthetictom.com/decaytour/

Out of all the styles we’ve covered, I found myself enjoying the stop-motion stuff the most. This probably has a lot to do with the fact that I can’t draw. Whatever the reason though, I’m going to return to stop-motion for my final.

As always, it took me a while to come up with an inspired idea. One thought that kept returning to me though was “La Jetee”, the Chris Marker film that “12 Monkeys” is based on. It’s maybe 20-30 minutes long and made completely with still frames (except for about 5 seconds of moving image.) Although this film isn’t technically animation, I love the fact that such a rich experience can be created without a lot of movement within the frame.

So with this inspiration in mind, and a weekend trip to Berlin coming up, I think I’ve got the foundation of my animation assignment. I’m going to document my trip to Berlin with both still images and video footage, and then I’m going to assemble the footage I’ve taken and attempt to create a fictional (perhaps post-apocalyptic) narrative out of it. That’s about all I can give in terms of specifics at this point in time.

One shot I’m thinking I’d like to get is people walking back and forth through the frame in an airport or train station. Afterwards I could take stills of all the people and layer them over one another gradually. I’m probably not explaining it well, but what I’m imagining will look nice I’m hoping. Other ideas will hit me as I shoot.

this morning, as i walked down the sunny side of 9th street listening to the chirping of birds, my shoulder was shat upon.

6 knobs. zero buttons.

DEFINE OSC 20
define HSER_RCSTA 90h ‘ enable the receive register
define HSER_TXSTA 20h ‘ enable the transmit register
define HSER_BAUD 31250 ‘ set the baud rate
DEFINE ADC_BITS 10
DEFINE ADC_CLOCK 20
DEFINE ADC_SAMPLEUS 50
ADCvar VAR WORD
ADCvarFIX VAR WORD
ADCvar1 VAR WORD
ADCvar1FIX VAR WORD
ADCvar2 VAR WORD
ADCvar2FIX VAR WORD
ADCvar3 VAR WORD
ADCvar3FIX VAR WORD
ADCvar4 VAR WORD
ADCvar4FIX VAR WORD
ADCvar5 VAR WORD
ADCvar5FIX VAR WORD
ADCvar6 VAR WORD
ADCvar6FIX VAR WORD
TRISA = %11111111
ADCON1 = %10000010

Pause 500

main:
ADCIN 5, ADCvar5
ADCIN 4, ADCvar4
ADCIN 3, ADCvar3
ADCIN 2, ADCvar2
ADCIN 1, ADCvar1
ADCIN 0, ADCvar

ADCvarFIX = ADCvar / 8
ADCvar1FIX = ADCvar1 / 8
ADCvar2FIX = ADCvar2 / 8
ADCvar3FIX = ADCvar3 / 8
ADCvar4FIX = ADCvar4 / 8
ADCvar5FIX = ADCvar5 / 8

hserout [$90, 60, ADCvarFix]
hserout [$90, 61, ADCVAR1FIX]
hserout [$90, 62, ADCvar2FIX]
hserout [$90, 63, ADCvar3FIX]
hserout [$90, 64, ADCvar4FIX]
hserout [$90, 65, ADCvar5FIX]

Pause 100

goto main

got one knob working so far

DEFINE OSC 20
define HSER_RCSTA 90h ‘ enable the receive register
define HSER_TXSTA 20h ‘ enable the transmit register
define HSER_BAUD 31250 ‘ set the baud rate
DEFINE ADC_BITS 10
DEFINE ADC_CLOCK 20
DEFINE ADC_SAMPLEUS 50
VELVar VAR WORD ‘velocity value for noteout
ADCvar VAR WORD
ADCvarFIX VAR WORD
ADCvar2 VAR WORD
NOTEvar VAR WORD
TRISA = %11111111
ADCON1 = %10000010

Pause 500

output portb.7

main:
‘ADCIN 2, ADCvar2
ADCIN 0, ADCvar
ADCvarFIX = ADCvar / 8

hserout [$90, ADCvarFIX, VELVar]
Pause 100

‘ noteoff channel 1, middle A
‘hserout [$80, $45, $000]
goto main

got all my potentiometers soldered yesterday. also assembled a breadboard with a MIDI configuration. today after my classes i’ll resurrect my old PIC code and try to adapt it to a pot analog readout. the math is going to make my ears bleed, but the mission is to try and convert the pot readouts to a 127 note spectrum of midi data for a nice smooth knob-twisting experience. i’m not sure how this will work with 6 such spectrums, but i’ll find out.

i don’t want to disassemble the breadboard containing my physical computing final from last year, because chances are good that i’ll never be able to reassemble it. so tomorrow i’ll go to the computer store and buy a fresh new breadboard. i’ll set it up for MIDI as fast as i can, and then i’ll start plugging things into it. this afternoon i sifted through my box of junk and found some good knobs. i hot-glued one of the knobs to a potentiometer and it seems to be working pretty well… i’m not sure about the permanence of it though, so in the future i might need to use something a little stronger than hot glue to attach the knob to the pot.

still need to think about what it will all look like put together. right now i’m just focusing on getting the components built and working, but i need to keep the overall structure in mind too.

in terms of buttons i’m not sure what i’m going to use yet. i really wanted to use the car radio component, but it’s ridiculously rusty and i’m not sure i’ll be able to salvage any of the buttons. the boombox has some good buttons that i might be able to use. and also, the boombox’s radio tuner is really cool…. it works with a knob and a thread running through a a system of little tiny pullies. remarkably it still works, and i’m gonna try to use that for one of my analog inputs.

the patch way more simple than i thought it would be, and a lot of fun to play with. so that’s a good sign. one thing i need to figure out: how to stop the layers from compositing over one another and just show one or the other.

that’s it for now.

i’ve been working on my patch for the last week or so, and i’m pretty happy with the way it’s looking. the scary part, however, is the impending doom of all the physical computing required to complete this project.

i think i’m going to drop down from 3 or 4 video/sound layers to 2. why tom? hey, i’ve got my reasons. more than two composited layers of video become basically illegible, and while this oftentimes looks pretty cool aesthetically, it kinda defeats my idea of creating a documentary experience. but two layers are a good balance of image dynamics while avoiding a cacophony of image/sound.

also, the sound is much more interesting when there are only two sources, and it will also provide the user with a more controllable interface.

as of now it’s looking like i’ll have 18 inputs… 6 analog and 12 digital. it breaks down a little something like this:

each video layer will be controllable by
an analog rate knob (-2.0 to +2.0)
an analog volume knob (0.0 to 1.0)
an analog loop scrubber (x + 2000)
digital button (rate 1 – start)
digital button (rate 0 – stop)
4 digital buttons with preset looppoints

multiply this number by 2 and you’ve got yourself 18 inputs to program into the PIC chip. in the words of my friend scott… “holy balls!”

max v2;
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#P origin 1 0;
#P window setfont “Sans Serif” 9.;
#P newex 19 35 45 196617 loadbang;
#P newex 875 124 39 196617 / 127.;
#P newex 875 104 44 196617 ctlin 18;
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#P message 86 579 125 196617 read church_jitTest1.mov;
#P newex 240 197 44 196617 r metro;
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#P newex 9 110 44 196617 s metro;
#P newex 1046 35 44 196617 ctlin 23;
#P newex 1000 35 44 196617 ctlin 22;
#P newex 954 35 44 196617 ctlin 21;
#P newex 907 35 44 196617 ctlin 20;
#P newex 861 35 44 196617 ctlin 19;
#P newex 815 35 44 196617 ctlin 18;
#P newex 769 35 44 196617 ctlin 17;
#P newex 723 35 44 196617 ctlin 16;
#P newex 677 35 44 196617 ctlin 15;
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#P message 723 55 22 196617 -1.;
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#P message 152 179 84 196617 looppoints \$1 \$2;
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#P message 725 183 84 196617 looppoints \$1 \$2;
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#P message 960 155 135 196617 looppoints 130000 145000;
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#P message 989 236 60 196617 getduration;
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#P newex 333 35 44 196617 ctlin 20;
#P newex 287 35 44 196617 ctlin 19;
#P newex 241 35 44 196617 ctlin 18;
#P newex 195 35 44 196617 ctlin 17;
#P newex 149 35 44 196617 ctlin 16;
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#P message 103 55 22 196617 -2.;
#P message 149 55 22 196617 -1.;
#P message 195 55 29 196617 -0.5;
#P message 242 55 35 196617 -0.25;
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#P message 380 55 23 196617 0.5;
#P message 472 55 17 196617 2.;
#P message 426 55 17 196617 1.;
#P message 287 79 43 196617 rate \$1;
#P message 419 216 72 196617 getmovie_dim;
#P message 419 197 43 196617 gettime;
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#P message 418 151 135 196617 looppoints 130000 145000;
#P message 418 129 132 196617 looppoints 200000 230000;
#P message 418 92 102 196617 looppoints 0 446200;
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#P newex 124 649 40 196617 key;
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#P connect 91 0 78 0;
#P connect 45 1 52 0;
#P connect 92 0 76 0;
#P connect 93 0 77 0;
#P pop;

max v2;
#N vpatcher 33 44 1213 817;
#P origin 1 0;
#P window setfont “Sans Serif” 9.;
#P newex 359 471 63 196617 jit.op @op +;
#P message 851 508 72 196617 getmovie_dim;
#P message 785 508 43 196617 gettime;
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#P message 852 397 135 196617 looppoints 130000 145000;
#P message 852 375 132 196617 looppoints 200000 230000;
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#P newex 1397 425 42 196617 + 2000;
#P number 1384 396 36 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P message 1282 489 84 196617 looppoints \$1 \$2;
#P newex 1283 451 45 196617 pack 0 0;
#P newex 1297 426 42 196617 + 2000;
#P number 1284 397 36 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P message 1189 491 84 196617 looppoints \$1 \$2;
#P newex 1190 453 45 196617 pack 0 0;
#P newex 1204 428 42 196617 + 2000;
#P number 1191 399 36 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P message 1093 490 84 196617 looppoints \$1 \$2;
#P newex 1094 452 45 196617 pack 0 0;
#P newex 1108 427 42 196617 + 2000;
#P number 1095 399 36 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P message 791 423 43 196617 rate \$1;
#P flonum 791 403 35 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P message 725 389 40 196617 rate 0.;
#P message 727 298 45 196617 rate -2.;
#P message 727 316 51 196617 rate -1.5;
#P message 725 335 45 196617 rate -1.;
#P message 726 354 51 196617 rate -0.5;
#P message 726 372 55 196617 rate -0.25;
#P message 725 408 52 196617 rate 0.25;
#P message 725 427 45 196617 rate 0.5;
#P message 726 485 45 196617 rate 2.;
#P message 726 466 45 196617 rate 1.5;
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#P button 1151 350 27 0;
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#P button 1083 350 27 0;
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#P number 1083 295 123 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
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#P message 725 445 40 196617 rate 1.;
#P message 720 548 60 196617 getduration;
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#P message 682 567 27 196617 stop;
#P message 656 509 125 196617 read church_jitTest1.mov;
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#P comment 781 473 100 196617 rate control : knob attached to pot;
#P comment 664 527 100 196617 duration 446200;
#P newex 637 592 44 196617 ctlin 23;
#P newex 586 592 44 196617 ctlin 22;
#P newex 536 592 44 196617 ctlin 21;
#P newex 486 592 44 196617 ctlin 20;
#P newex 435 592 44 196617 ctlin 19;
#P newex 385 592 44 196617 ctlin 18;
#P newex 339 592 44 196617 ctlin 17;
#P newex 287 592 44 196617 ctlin 16;
#P newex 234 592 44 196617 ctlin 15;
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#P message 266 617 22 196617 -2.;
#P message 294 617 22 196617 -1.;
#P message 324 617 29 196617 -0.5;
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#P message 534 617 17 196617 2.;
#P message 491 617 17 196617 1.;
#P message 326 657 43 196617 rate \$1;
#P message 205 267 72 196617 getmovie_dim;
#P message 139 267 43 196617 gettime;
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#P message 206 156 135 196617 looppoints 130000 145000;
#P message 206 134 132 196617 looppoints 200000 230000;
#P message 206 97 102 196617 looppoints 0 446200;
#P message 206 115 120 196617 looppoints 40000 50000;
#P toggle 97 683 16 0;
#P newex 97 661 35 196617 sel 27;
#P newex 97 640 40 196617 key;
#P message 97 705 69 196617 fullscreen \$1;
#P newex 80 728 205 196617 jit.window decay @fsmenubar 0 @floating 1;
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#P newex 145 141 27 196617 – 2.;
#P newex 145 120 45 196617 / 31.75;
#P newex 145 99 44 196617 ctlin 24;
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#P newex 751 184 42 196617 + 2000;
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#P number 638 156 36 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
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#P newex 448 211 45 196617 pack 0 0;
#P newex 462 186 42 196617 + 2000;
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#P message 81 57 45 196617 rate -2.;
#P message 81 75 51 196617 rate -1.5;
#P message 79 94 45 196617 rate -1.;
#P message 80 113 51 196617 rate -0.5;
#P message 80 131 55 196617 rate -0.25;
#P message 79 167 52 196617 rate 0.25;
#P message 79 186 45 196617 rate 0.5;
#P message 80 244 45 196617 rate 2.;
#P message 80 225 45 196617 rate 1.5;
#P message 346 249 84 196617 looppoints \$1 \$2;
#P newex 347 211 45 196617 pack 0 0;
#P newex 361 186 42 196617 + 2000;
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#P button 575 109 27 0;
#P button 542 110 27 0;
#P button 505 109 27 0;
#P button 470 109 27 0;
#P button 437 109 27 0;
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#P number 437 54 123 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
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#P message 79 204 40 196617 rate 1.;
#P message 74 307 60 196617 getduration;
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#P message 36 326 27 196617 stop;
#P message 10 268 125 196617 read church_jitTest1.mov;
#P toggle 2 24 15 0;
#P newex 1 43 45 196617 metro 2;
#P newex 80 341 104 196617 jit.qt.movie 720 480;
#P comment 135 232 100 196617 rate control : knob attached to pot;
#P comment 18 286 100 196617 duration 446200;
#P connect 4 0 3 0;
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#P pop;

pics
potentiometers (2 or 3) —-> volume, rate, other knob controls