We've finished our second full day at the Underbelly Public Arts Lab, and are preparing for another day of experimenting with the program Nick created - Smokescreen. Our aim at the end of the arts lab is to create a tactile mixing surface that accepts commands from Ardour and displays that information visually on a projection screen.
When we first arrived, the skeleton of the Figure Eight geodesic dome had already been erected - a commanding structure in an already huge space - our home for the next 2 weeks. It will house a PA and up to 250 people. Five projectors will be used to display images throughout the dome.
On Monday we managed to get a display and controller going for live vocal effects, which will enable me to control my own effects easily while singing, rather than having to lean over equipment and twiddle knobs. Now all I need to do is wave my arms around in front of a webcam.
Yesterday we tested the display for the mixing surface, feeding the visual output into a projector. All the basics seem to work, but now we need to build a durable physical control surface and moveable objects with inbuilt LEDs. There's a workshop at the venue, so hopefully we can do some construction today.
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