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MooDi - Musical Object Oriented Drawing Interface

What does a square sound like? How do its sonic qualities compare to those of a circle? What about a line? Can you draw a C#? MooDi is an animated, sonified drawing palette which explores the boundaries of the audio-visual frontier. Manipulating an interface much like the traditional Etch-a-Sketch device of the pre-Information Age, MooDi allows users to paint any shape imaginable and hear how such a shape sounds. With MooDi, users are able to see their music and hear their paintings as notes transform into shapes and vice-versa. Originally developed for PLOrk, MooDi is intended as an alternative to conventional musical instruments for use in any electronic musical performance setting. The soundscape of MooDi is further manipulated by the built-in tilt sensors (SMS) on the laptop, which control the harmonic contour and the timbre of each shape. Shaking the laptop vigorously clears the paintings on the screen, allowing the artist to start with a new palette. With MooDi, musicians become painters, and painters become musicians, with a twist — no paint, no chalk, and no manuscript paper required!

1 About the MooDi Wiki
2 Getting Started
3 Resources
4 People
5 Pics
6 Recordings
7 Press
8 Contacts

About the MooDi Wiki

Welcome to the MooDi Wiki. Here you will find a plethora of user-created instruments, players, and other assorted MooDi goodies. If you haven’t already done so, please check out the MooDi Homepage to learn more about MooDi before you move on. Whereas the MooDi homepage houses general background information on MooDi, the MooDi Wiki mostly contains download links to user‐created MooDi Instruments, MooDi PLayers, and other MooDi goodies. All users are encouraged to create and submit their own MooDi Instruments and any special MooDi PLayers they wish using the submission template provided. By simply copying and pasting the MooDi Instrument or MooDi PLayer source code into this template, you will become an instant member of the growing MooDi community. Jump to the Submit page to learn more.

Getting Started

Wanna get your hands on a fresh copy of MooDi? Head over to the Download page of the MooDi homepage where you'll be able to download MooDi and get started immediately. If you're still unsure about whether or not you'd like to download MooDi, you can always try an unsonified version of MooDi as well. But remember, in order to get sound out of MooDi and have the true MooDi experience, you must download MooDi and install ChucK on your computer. Check out the download page for more details.

And while you're at the MooDi homepage, make sure to check out the Documentation page for instructions on how to install MooDi. If you're new to MooDi, you'll find the Tutorial very useful. It covers all the basic MooDi concepts and will introduce you to the intricacies of the MooDi PLayer. After you're done with the tutorial, make sure you continue on to the Performing with MooDi section where you'll learn how to apply the techniques you just learned to a performance setting. And if you're already familiar with MooDi, feel free to jump directly to the Advanced Techniques section, where you'll find some mind-blowing ideas to try out during your next MooDi session. The journey to becoming a master MooDiist has only just begun!

Resources

Thesis — Thesis Project Homepage
MooDi — MooDi Homepage
Etch-a-PLOrk — Etch-a-PLOrk Homepage
Thesis Documentation — Documentation for Thesis Project
MooDi Reader — Lots and lots of reading relevant to MooDi. Please add as you see fit
Check out the Processing website to learn the basics of the language
ChucK homepage. 'Nuff said
If you download ChucK, you'll probably want to run it in the miniAudicle
The SMELT page is great for general wackiness
Check out the proceedings from past NIME conferences (New Interfaces for Musical Expression) for some wild ideas
Perry's Human-Computer Interfacing course is where the idea for the whole project started. Go check it out, it will inspire you. Also check out his homepage for more cool stuff.

People

MooDi is made possible by the continued help from the following people!

Pics

**MooDi Images — Click on any image to expand**
Adding new Musical Object	Clearing All Musical Objects	Switching Gestures to Move Mode	Switching Gesture Time Modes	Drawing out words — MooDi!
Five cool shapes on palette...	Drawing out words — MooDi...attempt 2	Changing the colors of Musical Objects	Typical MooDi Interface	PLOrk performs with MooDi