hey guys found this program on http://barcodebeats.hobye.dk
i just started to get some info from it, but right know i am totally impressed by the idea!
you should check it out for urself.
little explaination on their site:
“The barcode system was programmed in Multimedia Fusion 2 (Clickteam). The system consists of 3 basic components: The Scanning, The Music Generation and the Music Modification. To reach the final state of the system, it had gone through about five major alterations , and countless minor iterations. The system has a number of modes which each apply a certain behaviour; we will explain the workings of standard and the DJ mode.”
just downloaded it and now iám playing a little bit with it. lets what it can do…
haha well i´m working at a skateshop and we always have some barcode scanner left over! and guess what they are usb! great. i will try it out with some other samples i have tomorow at work…going trough our shop sound system…this will be fun!
it was damn fun today at the shop…i can tell. everybody was looking and trying it out. my boss said we could maybe install an old laptop-hook it up to the soundsystem…for the guys to play around…
looks like it simply uses a string of numbers to work out a rhythmic pattern. i have a scanner at work that would do it. just need the algorithms. honestly, not worth the money i think.