Comments on: Library: SoniaHelper http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2006/05/10/soniahelper-library/ Computational aesthetics and programming for artists and designers. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:10:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: peersmall_4 http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2006/05/10/soniahelper-library/comment-page-1/#comment-68960 peersmall_4 Wed, 07 May 2008 16:26:32 +0000 http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2006/05/10/soniahelper-library/#comment-68960 thanks marius thanks marius

]]> By: Emre http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2006/05/10/soniahelper-library/comment-page-1/#comment-24038 Emre Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:07:56 +0000 http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2006/05/10/soniahelper-library/#comment-24038 Hi, I think I'm going to use Minim, the new sound library for processing. It is quite simple and I managed to do a couple of things really easily, compared to ESS and Sonia. I don't think there will be a big problem incorporating soniahelper's functions into sketches using minim library. I'll let you know how far I can get. Thanks, Emre. Hi,

I think I’m going to use Minim, the new sound library for processing. It is quite simple and I managed to do a couple of things really easily, compared to ESS and Sonia. I don’t think there will be a big problem incorporating soniahelper’s functions into sketches using minim library. I’ll let you know how far I can get.

Thanks,

Emre.

]]> By: marius watz http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2006/05/10/soniahelper-library/comment-page-1/#comment-23002 marius watz Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:01:49 +0000 http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2006/05/10/soniahelper-library/#comment-23002 Hi Emre, SoniaHelper doesn't actually deal with how the spectrum is generated, i.e. whether it's coming from a live input or a WAV. All you need to do is use the appropriate array of FFT values generated by Sonia or ESS. I've never used ESS myself, but the <a href="http://www.tree-axis.com/Ess/FFT/FFT_setupFFT.html" rel="nofollow">FFT example</a> should get you going with how to get a FFT from a sound file. Then you just pass FFT.spectrum array to SoniaHelper.update(), and you should get the same effect as you would by passing in Sonia's LiveInput.spectrum. Hi Emre, SoniaHelper doesn’t actually deal with how the spectrum is generated, i.e. whether it’s coming from a live input or a WAV. All you need to do is use the appropriate array of FFT values generated by Sonia or ESS.

I’ve never used ESS myself, but the FFT example should get you going with how to get a FFT from a sound file. Then you just pass FFT.spectrum array to SoniaHelper.update(), and you should get the same effect as you would by passing in Sonia’s LiveInput.spectrum.

]]> By: Emre http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2006/05/10/soniahelper-library/comment-page-1/#comment-22957 Emre Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:44:35 +0000 http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2006/05/10/soniahelper-library/#comment-22957 Hi, I've been playing around with the SoniaHelperVisualTest sketch, its really nice. I want to use a .wav file instead of a line in or mic input, but I couldn't manage to do that. I somehow couldn't convert the sketch to use ESS rather than Sonia, and I couldn't make the connectLiveInput() function of the Sonia library work for this purpose. Would you care giving some simple advice and pointing a direction for a beginner in processing? :) Thanks a lot. Hi,

I’ve been playing around with the SoniaHelperVisualTest sketch, its really nice. I want to use a .wav file instead of a line in or mic input, but I couldn’t manage to do that. I somehow couldn’t convert the sketch to use ESS rather than Sonia, and I couldn’t make the connectLiveInput() function of the Sonia library work for this purpose.

Would you care giving some simple advice and pointing a direction for a beginner in processing? :)

Thanks a lot.

]]> By: r-echos » Blog Archive » Visuals at Lovebytes07 http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2006/05/10/soniahelper-library/comment-page-1/#comment-20115 r-echos » Blog Archive » Visuals at Lovebytes07 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:03:27 +0000 http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2006/05/10/soniahelper-library/#comment-20115 [...] The visuals were built with Processing, using Sonia and my own SoniaHelper for sound input and analysis. My laptop lost its ability to output to an external monitor before the show, which added an extra bit of tension but allowed me to experiment with running Windows on a Mac. Someone lent me a MacBook running Bootcamp and Windows XP, and it turned out that simply exporting my files using Fat Jar and copying them over to the MacBook was all it took to migrate. [...] [...] The visuals were built with Processing, using Sonia and my own SoniaHelper for sound input and analysis. My laptop lost its ability to output to an external monitor before the show, which added an extra bit of tension but allowed me to experiment with running Windows on a Mac. Someone lent me a MacBook running Bootcamp and Windows XP, and it turned out that simply exporting my files using Fat Jar and copying them over to the MacBook was all it took to migrate. [...]

]]> By: everybody.is-a-cyb.org » Archive » Problem 2 - Solved http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2006/05/10/soniahelper-library/comment-page-1/#comment-3363 everybody.is-a-cyb.org » Archive » Problem 2 - Solved Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:42:56 +0000 http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2006/05/10/soniahelper-library/#comment-3363 [...] One is ESS and the other one is Sonia. I tried Sonia first but I found out that it reads the signal but has no maximum value, so you can’t really measure the percentage of the volume or of the peaks of a certain frequency band because you don’t have any fixed point to compare your values against. There is an addition to this library which is called Sonia Helper. [...] [...] One is ESS and the other one is Sonia. I tried Sonia first but I found out that it reads the signal but has no maximum value, so you can’t really measure the percentage of the volume or of the peaks of a certain frequency band because you don’t have any fixed point to compare your values against. There is an addition to this library which is called Sonia Helper. [...]

]]> By: marius watz http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2006/05/10/soniahelper-library/comment-page-1/#comment-1164 marius watz Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:19:29 +0000 http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2006/05/10/soniahelper-library/#comment-1164 Hi Claudio, unfortunately I haven't really had time to document it very well. The examples show how the library is intended to be used. Basically you use the spectrum[] array from the SoniaHelper instead of the one provided by Sonia. The relevant parameter for SoniaHelper is the damper value set by setDamper(). When set close to 0 this slows down the rate of change in the data, closer to 1 it changes the values immediately. Hi Claudio, unfortunately I haven’t really had time to document it very well. The examples show how the library is intended to be used. Basically you use the spectrum[] array from the SoniaHelper instead of the one provided by Sonia. The relevant parameter for SoniaHelper is the damper value set by setDamper(). When set close to 0 this slows down the rate of change in the data, closer to 1 it changes the values immediately.

]]> By: Claudio Midolo http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2006/05/10/soniahelper-library/comment-page-1/#comment-1145 Claudio Midolo Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:18:40 +0000 http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2006/05/10/soniahelper-library/#comment-1145 Hi Marius, is there a reference to understand better the methods of SoniaHelper? Thanks and gr8 work! ;) Hi Marius, is there a reference to understand better the methods of SoniaHelper?
Thanks and gr8 work! ;)

]]> By: oli http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2006/05/10/soniahelper-library/comment-page-1/#comment-897 oli Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:27:20 +0000 http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2006/05/10/soniahelper-library/#comment-897 Very helpful. Thanks Marius. Very helpful. Thanks Marius.

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