The name of this sketch can be slightly misleading, here we are controlling much more than just the arpeggio, but the arpeggio is so sonically dynamic that we named this sketch as such.
This is our most detailed performative sketch. For this we created an arrangement that progressed in a chronological order. It was formed by a number of scenes where different sections of the music as well as visuals were being manipulated by the dancer. At various points, the sensor was controlling the intensity and brightness of the chord's sound, while in another scene the dancer was controlling or playing the bass pattern, or even manipulating the arpeggio’s complex chain of effects and automations.
The sensor was also used to automate various characteristics of the arpeggiator and sound, for example, the roll motion of the left hand sensor was connected to the arpeggiator rate, which created a very dynamic palette of sound, even more so when the acceleration motion was connected to it's cutoff.
The visuals for this composition were designed after the progression of the track was finalized. Here we find a number of data feedback loops that were explained in more detail in another blog post. For example at the beginning, the bass LFO rate and cutoff frequency are controlled by the sensor, consequently the sound’s amplitude and pitch are driving the warping effects of square matrix in the backdrop. Similar feedback loop controls are being used in similar manner with other sounds and visual element combinations like the synth chord sound with the bright white noise texture being layered over the rest of the graphics, and the arpeggio sound with the increase in the number of lines displayed and the line width according to the timbre of the arp.
Another different visual approach was the random generation of red moving squares that are generated by the punching gesture in tandem with the triggering of the bass punches. This visual accompanied the bass perfectly.
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