Audiovisuals with SC - Example20 - starfield
See /f0blog/audiovisuals-with-sc/
//Example20 - starfield
//using a mask for non-square screens. more abstract MIDI control
(
s.latency= 0.05;
s.waitForBoot{
//--window setup
var width= 640, height= 480;
var w= Window("Example20 - starfield", Rect(99, 99, width, height), false);
var u= UserView(w, Rect(0, 0, width, height));
//--variables
var index= 0;
var indey= 0;
var syn= SynthDef(\av, {|freq= 400, amp= 0.5, pan= 0, q= 0.1, a= 2pi, b= 400, c= 0|
var x= (1..10)*20;
var z= SinOsc.ar(c, BPF.ar(BPF.ar(LFSaw.ar(freq*x, 0, a), b), x, q), amp);
z= Limiter.ar(Mix(z));
Out.ar(0, Pan2.ar(z, pan));
}, #[0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05]).play(s);
s.sync;
//--interface
~layers= 4;
~balls= {|i| [width.rand, height.rand, ~layers.rand]}.dup(200);
~dir= [1, 0];
~radius= 2;
//--main loop
u.drawFunc= {
Pen.moveTo(Point(width*0.05, height)); //trapezoid mask
Pen.lineTo(Point(width*0.25, 0));
Pen.lineTo(Point(width*0.75, 0));
Pen.lineTo(Point(width*0.95, height));
Pen.clip; //comment out this line to see mask
~balls.do{|ball, i|
var r= ~radius*(ball[2]+1/10);
var x= ball[0]+(index*(ball[2]+0.1))%width;
var y= ball[1]+(indey*(ball[2]+0.1))%height;
Pen.strokeColor= Color.grey(1, (ball[2]+1/~layers).clip(0, 1));
Pen.strokeOval(Rect.aboutPoint(Point(x, y), r, r));
};
index= index+~dir[0];
indey= indey+~dir[1];
syn.set(
\freq, ~balls.size,
\q, ~dir[1].atan2(~dir[0])+pi, //map direction to filter q
\a, ~radius.linlin(0, 50, 2pi, 0), //size to modulator amp
\b, ~dir[1].hypot(~dir[0])*400+200, //speed to cutoff freq
\c, ~layers-4
);
};
//--window management
u.clearOnRefresh= true;
u.background= Color.black;
w.onClose= {syn.free};
w.front;
CmdPeriod.doOnce({w.close});
Routine({
var nextTime;
while({w.isClosed.not}, {
nextTime= Main.elapsedTime+(1/60);
u.refresh;
(nextTime-Main.elapsedTime).max(0.001).wait;
});
}).play(AppClock);
};
)
( //use MIDI input to control the program
MIDIIn.connectAll; //or MIDIIn.connect(device:1); to select input device
//MIDIdef.trace(true); //to debug MIDI in
MIDIdef.cc(\radius, {|val| ~radius= val.linlin(0, 127, 0, 50)}, 2); //ctrl number 2 sets the size
MIDIdef.cc(\dir0, {|val| ~dir= ~dir.put(0, val.linlin(0, 127, -pi, pi))}, 3);
MIDIdef.cc(\dir1, {|val| ~dir= ~dir.put(1, val.linlin(0, 127, -pi, pi))}, 4);
MIDIdef.cc(\layers, {|val| ~layers= val.linlin(0, 127, 1, 50)}, 5);
MIDIdef.noteOn(\root, {|vel, num|
~dir= [
num.linlin(0, 127, -pi, pi), //note affects horizontal speed
vel.linlin(0, 127, -pi, pi) //velocity vertical speed
];
if(vel>115, { //very high velocity rearranges
~balls= {|i| [i*num%640, i*7%480, i%~layers]}.dup(400);
});
});
)
//change these while the program is running
~balls= {|i| [i*10%640, i*12%480, i%~layers]}.dup(500);
~balls= {[640.rand, 480.rand, 20.rand]}.dup(50);
~dir= [0.1, 0.1];
~dir= [-0.2, 0];
~dir= [0.3, 0.5];
~dir= [0.5.rand2, 0.5.rand2];
~balls= {|i| [i*5%640, i*7%480, i%~layers]}.dup(500);
~radius= 5;
~radius= 10;
~radius= 40;
~dir= [1.0.rand2, 1.0.rand2];
~layers= 1;
~layers= 40;
~balls= {|i| [i*5%640, i*7%480, i%~layers]}.dup(100);
~dir= [1.0.rand2, 1.0.rand2];
~dir= [1.0.rand2, 1.0.rand2];
//close the window to stop or press cmd+.