Minim Processing Library (Pachube + Arduino)

Posted on | June 27, 2010 | No Comments

I’ve been experimenting today with the Minim sound library for Processing (www.processing.org) (http://code.compartmental.net/tools/minim/).

So far i’ve managed to incorporate a few elements with the data streams received from Pachube (http://www.pachube.com), using the SineWave Signal example (included with processing). I’ve managed to get the frequency of the sinewave to be controlled by the wind direction in Osaka (Japan). It works quite well, the values change almost in realtime, and its definitely got me thinking about how i can control more parameters with other Pachube feeds.

I downloaded the new Minim 2.1.0 beta library, which includes a new framework called UGens. I hope to experiment with more of the features over the next few days, but i’m pleased with the progress i’ve made so far.

The Minim library looks excellent, i hope to look into controlling more parameters such as the LFO, Delay, Pan, Bit Crush, Wave Shaper, and others.

I hope to incorporate this with other physical interactions, such as motors/local sensors and lights (using my arduino) for my university performance next year.

Will update again soon…

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