CREATING A RESPONSIVE VISUALIZATION THAT REACTS WITH MUSIC IN REAL TIME: INTEGRATING ABLETON LIVE 9 AND CYCLING ’74 MAX FOR LIVE INTO A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

摘要

Over the past three semesters, I have been working on refining my Honors Thesis to meetudexactly what I wanted to study. This is why when looking at what I wanted to focus on it, it wasudobvious that I wanted to integrate musical performance with a visual performance—similar toudwhat a Video Disc Jockey (VDJ) might incorporate into a live set. Currently, there are a quite audfew percussion pieces that use Max patches that process the sounds, or use pre-made visuals thatudplay along with the music. My goal with this Thesis was to find a way to use a patch with theudmusic that reacts to the visuals in real time. What makes this different from other performances isudthat each performance will be slightly different than the one before it or after it. To me, this isudsomething that I find very exciting about music and technology. Throughout this essay, I willudexplain how I approach composing a piece specifically for this as well as my learning process toudintegrate a Max patch with the Music.