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'''Yalp''' - Fun with Audio |
'''Yalp''' - Fun with Audio Sampling |
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== Features == |
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*Record your voice - or anything - and play it at various speeds |
*Record your voice - or anything - and play it at various speeds |
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*Reverse it, mix it, warp it. Without having any experience editing audio. |
*Reverse it, mix it, warp it. Without having any experience editing audio. |
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== Concepts: == |
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Encourage Creativity |
=== Encourage Creativity === |
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*Experimentation! |
* Experimentation! |
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*It should be designed so that a user can just start clicking stuff, fun stuff will happen, and |
* It should be designed so that a user can just start clicking stuff, fun stuff will happen, and |
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*The user should not have to know what they are doing. |
* The user should not have to know what they are doing. |
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*Stimulate thinking of how to specify notes to make a tune. |
* Stimulate thinking of how to specify notes to make a tune. |
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Simple, organic interface |
=== Simple, organic interface === |
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* It's a toy, make it fun |
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* Shouldn't have menus/lists/boring stuff |
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* Visual |
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== Notes: == |
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*The XOs have mics, which is cool. |
* The XOs have mics, which is cool. |
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*I have written much of the audio-processing code. It just needs a good interface. |
* I have written much of the audio-processing code. It just needs a good interface. |
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*It is currently written in Python. If necessary, the core engine can be written as an extension in C. |
* It is currently written in Python. If necessary, the core engine can be written as an extension in C. |
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*Collaboration and/or sending sounds to friends? (Think about this later) |
* Collaboration and/or sending sounds to friends? (Think about this later) |
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*For the curious, YALP is play backwards |
* For the curious, YALP is play backwards |
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Latest revision as of 16:47, 21 October 2007
Yalp - Fun with Audio Sampling
Features
- Record your voice - or anything - and play it at various speeds
- Reverse it, mix it, warp it. Without having any experience editing audio.
- Play a song - with your sound effect as the instrument
- Write a list of notes (a b c) and play your own song
- Combine several of these "songs" into a cacaphonus masterpiece
Concepts:
Encourage Creativity
- Experimentation!
- It should be designed so that a user can just start clicking stuff, fun stuff will happen, and
- The user should not have to know what they are doing.
- Stimulate thinking of how to specify notes to make a tune.
Simple, organic interface
- It's a toy, make it fun
- Shouldn't have menus/lists/boring stuff
- Visual
Notes:
- The XOs have mics, which is cool.
- I have written much of the audio-processing code. It just needs a good interface.
- It is currently written in Python. If necessary, the core engine can be written as an extension in C.
- Collaboration and/or sending sounds to friends? (Think about this later)
- For the curious, YALP is play backwards