For my final assignment I investigated WiiJing. My submission consisted of using a Wii controller and nun-chuck midi mapped to Ableton Live. OSCulator was used to connect the Wii controller and output as midi.Files available: My write up, saved OSCulator files, saved ableton files. You should be able to load up OSCulator save, then the Ableton Live save. From this point you should be able to control Ableton via your Wii controller and nun-chuck, as the midi mapping has already been done on both peices of software. I hope this helps someone, as this could have saved my days of banging my head against the wall.Ableton Live OSCulator home writeup.pdf Project   

I have been having a nightmare getting software to work at home, and in the university labs, but finally I think I’ve cracked it. After about 20 hours of researching and going around in circles, I think that I’ll be able to produce a good final sound project with my Wii controllers, connected to OSCulator which converts the signals to Midi, and then sends that information to Ableton Live.

 I know that OSCulator works on the university mac’s in the labs, now all I need is Ableton Live re-installed (systems gets wiped ever week), then I can start mapping the Midi to functions in Ableton.

Final issue then is that the labs will only have the demo version, which means – NO SAVES.

Hopefully the setup won’t take very long, and maybe I’ll be able to sort something out at home, so I could load a file for the presentation.

Sticking to using the Wii controller for my final sound project and final year project I have discovered that:

 I have 3 means available for allowing my 2 Wii controllers to communicate with Flash.

 FlashServer (allows bidirectional communication between MaxMSP and Flash)

http://www.nullmedium.de/dev/flashserver/

 Wii Remote API (flash api)

http://labs.wiicade.com/remote/docs.html

Glove Pie and FWiidom

http://www.fwiidom.org/?page_id=10

At the moment

MaxMSP allows both controllers to be paired but the flashserver software is currently not installed on the university mac labs.  (MAC)

My PC at home does not pair the devices for MaxMSP

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The Flash API works on my PC and MAC laptop, however I’ve currently only been able to connect 1 Wii controller, and the data transfer rate seems poor. Also only half of the buttons are mapped correctly.

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Glove Pie and FWiidom does work on my PC at home, but again currently with only 1 controller, and with poor transfer rate. At least all the buttons are mapped.

For our second sound assignment the task is to make an application that either creates/generates, transforms, controls sound or to make/integrate an interface and interact with sound dynamically.Due to the Wii controller being a major part in my Final Year Project, I felt that the experience I could gain from this assignment might help me further down the road.  For this assignment we had to use MaxMSP as a major part of the project. In order to get the Wii controllers working with MaxMSP you will need the Wii object for MaxMSP.(aka.wiiremote for the mac) (tk.wii for the pc)Once this object has been loaded into MaxMSP (not run-time) you will be able to open the help file which will eventually allow you connect to your Wii.Note: For the Mac I did not require an extra bluetooth 2.0 dongle, the standard bluetooth service will be sufficient. Once I was able to get measurable inputs, I just needed to link that action directly to sound manipulation. I used two different types of sample patches from the examples in MaxMSP and cannibalized them to my needs. I was able to link 1 axis to the pitch, and another to the tempo of a long sample. This long sample also activated the vibrate in mirroring the standard 4/4 beat. The Wii lights activated due to the tilt amount. The directional button controls if the long looop was i full mode, or half loop mode. One button simply placed a second sample (like a scratchin sound)Video and Downloads to come……     

Right, my plan is to use a Wii controller to minipulate sounds, record this sound as a loop, and send it to Ableton live to mix as a live sample.
MaxMSP will be the software used to create this interface.

I’ve made some progress in the respect that I have my Wii controller, and I can connect it to a mac using Darwiinremote, however my demo version of MaxMSP has expired, to my work will have to continue in the university labs………..

This is my hand-in for my first assignment. Sotware used: Adobe Premiere 3.0                          Adobe SoundBooth 3.0                          Total RecorderVerdict:Intriguing full orchestra tune up over sixties electro acoustic abstraction. This is really well observed. Tight integration of events to spot effects without allowing this obvious mapping to drive the mix, good range of textures with carefully placed elements defining the soundstage. A dramatic treatment that could be seen as too rich for the grainy black and white source material but ties it together very effectively by the cunning intergartion of spot effects and orchestral elements to avoid the obvious gaff of mapping a 90’s or 00’s sound over a 50’s aesthetic. A detailed and well balanced approach.