[Tutorial] Transforming Video into a MIDI Sequencer – TouchDesigner + Ableton Live

Been working for quite a bit in a way to transform image into sound, and came up with a hopefully-interesting idea.

In this tutorial you’re going to learn how to transform RGB data into MIDI in TouchDesigner, and feed it to Ableton Live.

I’ve also uploaded both project files and the final Ableton session for all my patrons: https://linktr.ee/uisato

Enjoy! 😀

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00:00 – Introduction
01:10 – Capturing RGB data
04:02 – Peak activity detection
05:53 – Feeding the “Note Maker”
08:05 – Transforming our data into MIDI
(“chopexec” taken from this amazing tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvoJWdKCt68)
13:02 – Making it more musical
15:24 – Adding a second chain (2nd synth)
17:26 – And a third one (Drums)
21:35 – Video to FX
23:37 – Making use of Ableton tools
26:28 – Apologizes (?)
27:18 – Final demonstration (with only Ableton stock plugins)
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