Communicating Processing with Ableton Live???

oli1214

Communicating Processing with Ableton Live???

in Integration and Hardware • 1 year ago

Hi,

I'm an interaction designer and am currently working on an audio visual installation called 'Beautiful Pollution.' I'm using the output from a gas sensor controlled by an arduino to create algorithmic patterns over time within processing- this is the visual side which I have no problem with.

The problem is that I also want the readings from the gas sensor to activate clips and audio effects I have within ableton live, though after some research I have found this is more difficult than I first anticipated.

Could anyone tell me the best/easiest method for achieving this??

Much appreciated, Oli

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jbum

Re: Communicating Processing with Ableton Live???

1 year ago

In general, I would use either rwMidi or midiBus (I prefer rwMidi) to send midi noteOn/Off and midi control messages to Ableton.

If you are using a Mac running Snow Leopard or earlier, you will also need the Mandolane MIDI SPI.

gaelll

Re: Communicating Processing with Ableton Live???

1 year ago

Hi,

You can try OSC, too.
Using the library OSCp5, you can send messages to Ableton Live...
I've never tried that link Processing > Live, but it works for me with Processing > Max/MSP and Max/MSP > Live, for example...

Gael

oli1214

Re: Communicating Processing with Ableton Live???

1 year ago

thanks very much for getting back to me so quickly guys!

I'm using lion so i'll be which method works best and let you know how I get on.

cheers, oil

oli1214

Re: Communicating Processing with Ableton Live???

1 year ago

Hello again jbum, I've had a look at both the miniBus and rwMidi websites and don't have no idea what I'm looking for. I know I'm being ignorant but I have no music background and am totally new to midi.

If you could give me a step by step guide to getting started it would be greatly appreciated!!

thanks again, oil

brianlucid

Re: Communicating Processing with Ableton Live???

1 year ago

We have done this using OSC (via the OSCp5 library ) and a little program called Osculator (http://www.osculator.net/) that translates the OSC messages into MIDI that Live can understand.

Alexandre..

Re: Communicating Processing with Ableton Live???

1 year ago

Hi Oli,

I've done with The MidiBus ( http://smallbutdigital.com/themidibus.php), sending slider values to Ableton Live (MIDI 0-127 scale).

Alexandre Rangel
www.quasecinema.org

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