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What You Talkin' Bout, Willits? Part 11

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 – running time 13:36
Further adventures in controlling Jitter video with Ableton Live

Guitarist and electronic musician Christopher Willits continues his monthly series from SoundArts studio. In this episode, he expands on what he began last episode: integrating video footage with live performance using Ableton Live and Max/MSP/Jitter. Tune in once a month as Christopher shows us some of the ways he produces his own music, as well as the many cool things you can do with recording software. According to Christopher, "I simply want to excite people's imaginations and creative processes so they can more easily create the sounds and music and art they love."

Highlights
jenner ( 3:11, 3:11 ) sequence ( 5:02, 5:25, 8:08, 8:15, 10:06, 10:31, 10:33, 5:02, 5:25, 8:08, 8:15, 10:06, 10:31, 10:33 ) record label ( 12:58, 12:58 ) jenner ( 3:11, 3:11 ) sequence ( 5:02, 5:25, 8:08, 8:15, 10:06, 10:31, 10:33, 5:02, 5:25, 8:08, 8:15, 10:06, 10:31, 10:33 ) record label ( 12:58, 12:58 )

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" War."

" Payments of -- man meniscus for Willis and we're back here and sound cards. And then going to be continues to mind is ammunition less of -- about controlling video and there. What -- able to month. Steve always do this. But -- way -- sides want to give you some some more basics Apollo like to control stuff on the fly and a bunt situation. And obviously picking up and and a ball -- first let's talk about. Just the -- side. Of one piece. That I'm showing -- this is the p.s that myself -- Scott Madonna have been working on for a couple years. And the -- they usually play in this this -- it's like a long slow droning keys and the map controls to make this stuff feedback unto itself and I can change the rate of these. Plan images so it's got that as he took a bunch of plan images and ended slowed twit scene like -- between them. And then real time I'm controlling. The raid and then also on the feedback -- in this pat we have. A raid controller here right now outset really -- those in this thing and barely barely moving yet I have -- midi controller hooked up to this. And this is coming from my USP. Controller trigger finger. And from here can they control the rate amount so I just. This -- controlling the rate. Concerning moved faster and then also have feedback from on this is how much that image is an -- announced. Glory into itself from TV back onto itself what that the feedback turned down and the rate this is moving really really fast. Since the image on the screen there and it changed the raid really slow. Pork and that ruling -- February or can be. What -- and that's just controlling the texture and and the rate of the video building on what we were talking about. Less than listen but just kind of take a step further and how you can map audio. Into some of these index seen. Two points or strategies. And then also. How you can and control what is being mapped from Eagleton into jitters. So it's going to be able to -- person you are so I have a series of midi tracks are here. That are then controlling different plug ins and also different parameters -- with title of this woman previous episodes like for instance this here. Media is being sent to. A plugin. That constructed. So folding plug in it's indexing different points that's being recorded that same pattern. There's also and this many track and that many track. Is going to Hugh max in this. Both of these mid eclipse of the same time. And there are essentially the same exact pattern of one of them is going to use the plug and and the one who's gonna Jenner so I get a nice. Overlapping process that's -- now want to guns. Volume was going to jitters yet we see the connection between the two doing something also have another wants that appeared this is a -- plugin it's another kind of holding plug in is taken something and cutting into different. Little pieces grains. Sections and no one's going to do. A plug in over here and and then this other me channel which is just a duplicate of the plug in control. Me track is going to you again. -- missed you too. And then I had this on channel one let's play some sounds and we'll get an idea of what was happening in terms of plug and in the look at intend. A couple of that. It's using the Bloomberg that's in lively now. We've talked about this another of some -- I'm asking you need going to -- we're gonna send it to cobble these plug ins and you hear the results from the -- in the video motion attorneys on off."

" Some. Let the -- controlling. The record time. So we're Gordon."

" It's."

" So."

" we got it already having."

" But. Diamonds are going to -- going. And now we're here in the dry signal but we're here and the buses here. The difference in dry -- I'm gonna bring the dressing down. Were only digital signal commitments. Now it's."

" So this -- patterns. Here's a basic sequence it's. Creating and his cousin and then also that same thing bizarre here. The plug and resides NA news briefing here and just seeing the media and there's blinking it's getting information. Coming down in the they have control over here."

" Consider the same. Sequence can answer coming and to control this so I can also so I just love being here of this. And get a different feel -- ones and it's going to bring the sound -- in here somethin'. And you can hear how. So efficiency this. And also. The -- sequences put an excellent team. Now we want to make sure that this committee track is on him. And this is also going to give us a way that we can turn control room on and off from -- from the dinner every time an -- like triple any sequences mean. Sent degenerates triggered a new random the next point bigger. Circus of a lot of ways yes sometimes to constrain it. To a certain like few plants. And I can switch between those right now let's keep it simple and known and information going to randomized it's random rising based on the size of the Clinton."

" And that's. They sent to frame frame isn't going into agenda kicking me so this is a result we have. -- it. Looks as if they access. Do you copy that over to the chair. More as well major of that and so I just got busier because."

" Every single time there's a head. There's going to be your greens and noon and makes fun with the movie and support to play with the stuff because that's a you can see here like a bunch of information. Is being sent to video switching all these images. But you're not necessarily going to have a perceptual changes in the -- every single one of those pistons within an indexing to these different points. An audio because it depends and I played -- there are not. So. All this could mean there's a lot of ways to -- stuff that you had finally win the mapping feels good between audio and video in Atlanta. Massage is a little bit. Because -- having a mapping by itself yeah you can have -- and it's really really tight and that's wonderful and we can do that with all these great tools but in the end is that really makes sense in terms of like the content. And in the sound the content of video and sound your -- sometimes I'm actually found a seeker this structures are more interest in McCain is. You're not trying to like. Always like connect this one to one relationship justice like something is drifting over here and it's moving him into a similar proportion. And then. Other work like the music or something this kind of moving against that kind of you know -- counterpoint as opposed to something that's true type. But it's nice and that you can have this type this so then you can start to -- drift away from if you want and you know you can always go."

" Back -- that connection. So let me just show us again so we have this. Meeting sequence. I mean -- similar CBS can really see how they're connected. To them in this case sequence both of them are being triggered the same time. Right here at this -- slot. And then pinch hitter not only to note information coming in but we're taking it. We're seeing when there's zero velocity and then we're seeing -- that zero loss in -- the random. So then we get to have a really hype over obvious on the nose out a loan you're gonna get. Some extra information that makes it seem more busy than it actually yeah. Because plane back it can also add. They make the -- faster. This is gonna add another layer of -- information too because as movie. They do slow -- there's also going to be cutting."

" So that's one for the process is not to video to this one is recording the sound and hence forward granular so this is idea words McCain days. An envelope around the sound -- so. But we. Sample would be up and down and then time. Would be left and right. So we're we're essentially index seen different locations in the sample. -- just media notes and then this is time so we have the exact same pattern over here. And remember we're duplicating these mini tracks so we can go both the plug in and then also injured some got Maximus. And I map this to a button on my trigger for -- I've also done that over here. But the other. -- sequence. That we're using. And -- from the Obama this -- to take -- many mapping mode. And this is -- then turn on and off. The control of the video snuck off and then my original slow kind of transition and fades. Manual controls are there are non sync with the audio. And then if I want to -- with the audio I can either turn on the sequence you're just using the in this new sequence right here. And then you get the cutting so it -- on. -- has again turned off so all this is not to a cutting process."

" I just made it very steady rhythm -- guessing here. -- Even if you map both clintons together so again mini map mean and then both the the channel that's going to plug in and to dinner. Guilty beyond being controlled. Your finger. Then it's one button. You can turn them both solve. It's all us. It's. Dinner. --"

" And this."

" And able -- and then with done. This is not both of these to you both so we have. Both of folding sequences on this button right now. And would -- be in sync like that okay so then this would be."

" Yeah it's. And yeah yeah yeah."

" All right so hopefully this is really helpful to you guys this is an incredibly inspiring to me because. For the first time I'm actually able to work of one computer and have more taxing so there's a bunch of stuff going on some -- this June that lets you. Share with you guys as well have tons of new classes for loading up the schedule so just about every weekend -- new class. We have my kidneys classes. Some as an audio post production classes. On music production classes classes on. Electronic music composition and making beats we have on. Analog pedal ruling classes as well so tons of stuff please take us on our -- org. Also in June I'm gonna be in Europe on king yes and check -- it's at my website Christopher Willis dot com. And then as well. The organization that I found indirect -- org which is that record label on the massive a production we're -- stuff. Here engines blow -- some love to get you guys involved reach out connect spread the word. Thanks a lot."

" Yeah. --"

" War."

" Payments of -- man meniscus for Willis and we're back here and sound cards. And then going to be continues to mind is ammunition less of -- about controlling video and there. What -- able to month. Steve always do this. But -- way -- sides want to give you some some more basics Apollo like to control stuff on the fly and a bunt situation. And obviously picking up and and a ball -- first let's talk about. Just the -- side. Of one piece. That I'm showing -- this is the p.s that myself -- Scott Madonna have been working on for a couple years. And the -- they usually play in this this -- it's like a long slow droning keys and the map controls to make this stuff feedback unto itself and I can change the rate of these. Plan images so it's got that as he took a bunch of plan images and ended slowed twit scene like -- between them. And then real time I'm controlling. The raid and then also on the feedback -- in this pat we have. A raid controller here right now outset really -- those in this thing and barely barely moving yet I have -- midi controller hooked up to this. And this is coming from my USP. Controller trigger finger. And from here can they control the rate amount so I just. This -- controlling the rate. Concerning moved faster and then also have feedback from on this is how much that image is an -- announced. Glory into itself from TV back onto itself what that the feedback turned down and the rate this is moving really really fast. Since the image on the screen there and it changed the raid really slow. Pork and that ruling -- February or can be. What -- and that's just controlling the texture and and the rate of the video building on what we were talking about. Less than listen but just kind of take a step further and how you can map audio. Into some of these index seen. Two points or strategies. And then also. How you can and control what is being mapped from Eagleton into jitters. So it's going to be able to -- person you are so I have a series of midi tracks are here. That are then controlling different plug ins and also different parameters -- with title of this woman previous episodes like for instance this here. Media is being sent to. A plugin. That constructed. So folding plug in it's indexing different points that's being recorded that same pattern. There's also and this many track and that many track. Is going to Hugh max in this. Both of these mid eclipse of the same time. And there are essentially the same exact pattern of one of them is going to use the plug and and the one who's gonna Jenner so I get a nice. Overlapping process that's -- now want to guns. Volume was going to jitters yet we see the connection between the two doing something also have another wants that appeared this is a -- plugin it's another kind of holding plug in is taken something and cutting into different. Little pieces grains. Sections and no one's going to do. A plug in over here and and then this other me channel which is just a duplicate of the plug in control. Me track is going to you again. -- missed you too. And then I had this on channel one let's play some sounds and we'll get an idea of what was happening in terms of plug and in the look at intend. A couple of that. It's using the Bloomberg that's in lively now. We've talked about this another of some -- I'm asking you need going to -- we're gonna send it to cobble these plug ins and you hear the results from the -- in the video motion attorneys on off."

" Some. Let the -- controlling. The record time. So we're Gordon."

" It's."

" So."

" we got it already having."

" But. Diamonds are going to -- going. And now we're here in the dry signal but we're here and the buses here. The difference in dry -- I'm gonna bring the dressing down. Were only digital signal commitments. Now it's."

" So this -- patterns. Here's a basic sequence it's. Creating and his cousin and then also that same thing bizarre here. The plug and resides NA news briefing here and just seeing the media and there's blinking it's getting information. Coming down in the they have control over here."

" Consider the same. Sequence can answer coming and to control this so I can also so I just love being here of this. And get a different feel -- ones and it's going to bring the sound -- in here somethin'. And you can hear how. So efficiency this. And also. The -- sequences put an excellent team. Now we want to make sure that this committee track is on him. And this is also going to give us a way that we can turn control room on and off from -- from the dinner every time an -- like triple any sequences mean. Sent degenerates triggered a new random the next point bigger. Circus of a lot of ways yes sometimes to constrain it. To a certain like few plants. And I can switch between those right now let's keep it simple and known and information going to randomized it's random rising based on the size of the Clinton."

" And that's. They sent to frame frame isn't going into agenda kicking me so this is a result we have. -- it. Looks as if they access. Do you copy that over to the chair. More as well major of that and so I just got busier because."

" Every single time there's a head. There's going to be your greens and noon and makes fun with the movie and support to play with the stuff because that's a you can see here like a bunch of information. Is being sent to video switching all these images. But you're not necessarily going to have a perceptual changes in the -- every single one of those pistons within an indexing to these different points. An audio because it depends and I played -- there are not. So. All this could mean there's a lot of ways to -- stuff that you had finally win the mapping feels good between audio and video in Atlanta. Massage is a little bit. Because -- having a mapping by itself yeah you can have -- and it's really really tight and that's wonderful and we can do that with all these great tools but in the end is that really makes sense in terms of like the content. And in the sound the content of video and sound your -- sometimes I'm actually found a seeker this structures are more interest in McCain is. You're not trying to like. Always like connect this one to one relationship justice like something is drifting over here and it's moving him into a similar proportion. And then. Other work like the music or something this kind of moving against that kind of you know -- counterpoint as opposed to something that's true type. But it's nice and that you can have this type this so then you can start to -- drift away from if you want and you know you can always go."

" Back -- that connection. So let me just show us again so we have this. Meeting sequence. I mean -- similar CBS can really see how they're connected. To them in this case sequence both of them are being triggered the same time. Right here at this -- slot. And then pinch hitter not only to note information coming in but we're taking it. We're seeing when there's zero velocity and then we're seeing -- that zero loss in -- the random. So then we get to have a really hype over obvious on the nose out a loan you're gonna get. Some extra information that makes it seem more busy than it actually yeah. Because plane back it can also add. They make the -- faster. This is gonna add another layer of -- information too because as movie. They do slow -- there's also going to be cutting."

" So that's one for the process is not to video to this one is recording the sound and hence forward granular so this is idea words McCain days. An envelope around the sound -- so. But we. Sample would be up and down and then time. Would be left and right. So we're we're essentially index seen different locations in the sample. -- just media notes and then this is time so we have the exact same pattern over here. And remember we're duplicating these mini tracks so we can go both the plug in and then also injured some got Maximus. And I map this to a button on my trigger for -- I've also done that over here. But the other. -- sequence. That we're using. And -- from the Obama this -- to take -- many mapping mode. And this is -- then turn on and off. The control of the video snuck off and then my original slow kind of transition and fades. Manual controls are there are non sync with the audio. And then if I want to -- with the audio I can either turn on the sequence you're just using the in this new sequence right here. And then you get the cutting so it -- on. -- has again turned off so all this is not to a cutting process."

" I just made it very steady rhythm -- guessing here. -- Even if you map both clintons together so again mini map mean and then both the the channel that's going to plug in and to dinner. Guilty beyond being controlled. Your finger. Then it's one button. You can turn them both solve. It's all us. It's. Dinner. --"

" And this."

" And able -- and then with done. This is not both of these to you both so we have. Both of folding sequences on this button right now. And would -- be in sync like that okay so then this would be."

" Yeah it's. And yeah yeah yeah."

" All right so hopefully this is really helpful to you guys this is an incredibly inspiring to me because. For the first time I'm actually able to work of one computer and have more taxing so there's a bunch of stuff going on some -- this June that lets you. Share with you guys as well have tons of new classes for loading up the schedule so just about every weekend -- new class. We have my kidneys classes. Some as an audio post production classes. On music production classes classes on. Electronic music composition and making beats we have on. Analog pedal ruling classes as well so tons of stuff please take us on our -- org. Also in June I'm gonna be in Europe on king yes and check -- it's at my website Christopher Willis dot com. And then as well. The organization that I found indirect -- org which is that record label on the massive a production we're -- stuff. Here engines blow -- some love to get you guys involved reach out connect spread the word. Thanks a lot."

" Yeah. --"