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[Paul Perry]

>To: "Roel Das" <Roel.Das at student.groept.be>
>From: Paul Perry <pfperry at melbpc.org.au>
>Subject: Re: The sherman endwork project revealed...
>
>At 12:39 AM 23/05/00 +0200, you wrote:
>>Hello all,
>>
>>I talked to one of the guys that did their endwork for Sherman today. Their
>>assignement was: programming of a floating point DSP: videosynthesizer. The
>>DSP should take video images and get some audio out of it. (The other way
>>around is also possible, and would be a really cool show, I think...) They
>>didn't had the hardware to get in the video images, so they only finished
>>the software for the conversion of one still image, programmed in the DSP
>>memory with the computer.
>>
>>The way it sortof works: the image is divided into pixels. There are 180
>>lines. Each line represents a frequency, and the color sets the amplitude.
>>For example, a black line (max amplitude) on the bottom of a white page (min
>>amplitude) would result in a wave at the lowest frequency.
>>
>>>From what I understand, this means that the conversion goes from one side of
>>the image to the other side, and each line is a momentary image of the
>>frequency spectrum of the signal...
>>
>>It doesn't have alot of musical possibilities, but the sound could be very
>>inspiring, said the man. Maybe a nice random noise source, but quite
>>expensive, right?
>>
>>I've also moved the midiCV project site. The same address will now lead you
>>to a more complete site of my work. However, it's still under construction,
>>and there's nothing but a link to the midicv rpoject at the moment... One of
>>these days, I'll be putting pictures on it... Next week maybe...
>>
>>I'm putting together a working version of the midiCV for my presentation
>>next week. A working version of the software still has to be written. This
>>shouldn't be much of a problem, I've had every bit of the board working,
>>just need to put the parts together, and have the midi messages correctly
>>handled...
>>
>>Anyway, now you all know what sherman is up to. Last year I talked to
>>Sherman on the phone about a possible project for me, I could do the video
>>synth in Java if I wanted. I'm really glad I did the MIDI CV. And ytou've
>>all been a great help...
>>
>>And a good friend of mine is looking for an endwork project too (for next
>>year)... If anyone of you has a great idea, a project he can do for you, or
>>on his own, let me know!!
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Roel
>>
>>
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