Jan Kees van Woesik and Patrick Brouwer have made a system to control Flash with audio.

Jan Kees writes:

We have created an alternative approach for this (worldwide) known problem. We made a MaxMSP patch that does the FFT analysis and sends a OSC package to flash (with the help of a small java application). MAX/MSP sends the Amplitude and the pitch of a stereo signal (left and right). So, now we could use the input of the microphone to make a two-player game. If you only have one input they will both send the same data. In fact you will only get four parameters in flash, you can do whatever you want with it (be creative)!

James Howard Young’s modified Pong, using microphone input and live video tracking

Check 6 Angry Men for more information and a link to download the source files (Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0 License).

Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on February 28th, 2008:

• Syntrax - a free mobile music studio - a sample editor, synthesizer and sequencer for Windows mobile and Symbian smartphones.

• Charting a song - Chris Glass charts Take a chance on me by Abba.
• Free DIY Pac-Man Sampler-Step Sequencer Game (PC) - Hayden Bursk aka CDMer ohtravioso, has built a brilliant free game-slash-step sequencer for Windows, downloadable free.
• Tin 1 - DIY tin can speakers. They actually look quite classy.
• How to add multiple samples into one piano roll in FL Studio - Lovely FL Studio tips & tricks at The Fruit Tree website. This post is about using the layer channel to play multiple samples from one piano roll, just what I was trying to figure out!

Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on February 21st, 2008:

• 909 and Amiga Sounds in Flash; Teaser for New Flash Music Environment - Andre Michelle is working on a music environment. He put up a teaser with his Flash TR-909 and some stompboxes.

Check Hobnox - Andre’s online entertainment and rich media publishing platform.

• * casperelectronics.com » Modular synth - Casper finished a lovely modular synth with modules based almost entirely on circuits designed by Paia electronics and Ray Wilson.
• Radio 1 DJ Grooverider jailed for four years - for cannabis possession in Dubai… That’s pretty sad.

Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on January 1st, 2008:

• Tony-b Machine - Have fun with this flash synth box.
• IVY - manipulability & customization - When you purchase IVY, it appears to be a normal hard disk, but when you start using it by storing data, it will alter its skin visualising the content of the hard disk, using an OLED screen
• DRAGONAUT - The Paper Titan - Dragonaut is a cardboard robot that uses an Arduino kit to give him life
• New York Times - Radiohead - In Rainbows - Radiohead talks about In Rainbows with NYT

Oh, and happy new year to you!