Captation and Max: interactivity, programming and project implementation

Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th March 2022

Goals

The workshop aims to:

• handle interactive equipment, become familiar with its capabilities and limitations, and master connections and computer integration;
• discover and implement real-time event management software by approaching it simply through the use of sensors; and
• program devices to easily process sensor data.

Prerequisites

Day 1: No prerequisites.

Day 2: Basic knowledge of Max (optional on Day 1) and motivation are required.

Participants may bring their own computers, especially for Day 2, provided they have Max installed beforehand, ideally a demo version less than one month old.

Compatible Max versions: 5 to 8.

Material

The room is equipped with PCs and MIDI-USB interfaces. Sensors and interfaces are provided.

Content

Day 1:

• Overview of simple sensors and examples of artistic installations or performances.
• Capture themes (example: breath) and analysis of solutions.
• Manipulation of various sensors, triggering and modulation of sounds/images/lights/movements.
• Connecting sensors, setting up a data acquisition chain using the MIDI protocol.
• Receiving data in Max.
• Optional, depending on the participants' level: Basic principles of modular programming in Max, object/message/number distinction, introduction to some simple objects, order of execution of objects.

Day 2:

• Programming exercises linking sensor data to sound or visual actions.
• Introduction to sensor data processing: analysis.
• Implementation of state machines in Max.
• Practical application to an example of an interactive device traversing several phases.

Duration

2 days [The two days are independent of each other.]

Hours: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Prices

Day 1: 50 euros

Day 2 + book "Sensor Data Processing in Art": 70 euros

The 2 days + book: 115 euros.