B.O.O.L.E.A.N.
Balloon Orchestra Of Little Excitable Anthropomorphic Nymphs
(aka Harmonicamera 3.0 aka 'Loonmen aka Inflatotron)
Andy Doro, Tim Stutts, SoYoung Park
Andy Doro, Tim Stutts, SoYoung Park
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web camera version
BOOLEAN 0.9 beta - standalone version
for Windows - 463 kb
for Mac OSX - 485 kb
source code only
BOOLEAN 0.9 beta - 235 kb
requirements:
- firewire webcamera
- Processing
- Ess
non-webcam version
We have also created a version which does not require a webcamera,
and which can run in the web browser.
BOOLEAN no-cam 0.2 beta - launch web browser version
source code only
BOOLEAN no-cam 0.2 beta - 235 kb
requirements:
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_what is it ? / how does it work ?_
BOOLEAN is a program which uses a webcamera to generate music. It was written in Processing using the Ess library.
The webcamera image is filtered, creating a black and white image. The image is divided into 12 rows and 16 columns, creating 192 boxes. A balloon floats over each box. The balloons rate of inflation depends on the amount of dark pixels in its box. When the balloon reaches a maximum size it pops, triggering a percussive sample. A new balloon of a different color takes the place of the popped balloon.
Each row is associated with a different note. BOOLEAN scans through each column from left to right. The size of each balloon determines the amplitude of the note being played. Different colored balloons produce different sounds; teal balloons produce no sound, pink balloons produce a triangle wave, and orange balloons produce a square wave.
Like the Theremin, BOOLEAN is a musical instrument which does not need to be touched in order to be played.
_sample video_
BOOLEANsmall.mov - 6.30 mb
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