
Advanced Audio Visualization Using ThMAD
Creating Amazing Graphics with Open Source Software
Peter Späth(Author)
APress
Published on 29. March 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVII, 229 pages
978-1-4842-3503-4 (ISBN)
Description
Learn advanced techniques and improve your audio visualization skills with Thinking Machine Audio Dreams (ThMAD). With this book, you can concentrate on advanced examples and usage patterns, including using shaders in a more profound way, and how to incorporate ThMAD into a tool chain using the professional sound server JACK.
Advanced Audio Visualization Using ThMAD provides advanced techniques for generating graphics, improving performance, and providing readers with the skills needed to create more interesting visualizations. You will also learn professional setups with highly developed visual and aural art tool chains.
What You'll Learn
Artists and developers already familiar with ThMAD and looking to enhance their projects. In addition, readers primarily interested in using shaders or the Jack audio server for graphics generation can benefit from the book as well.
Advanced Audio Visualization Using ThMAD provides advanced techniques for generating graphics, improving performance, and providing readers with the skills needed to create more interesting visualizations. You will also learn professional setups with highly developed visual and aural art tool chains.
What You'll Learn
- Use the ThMAD software for advanced setups in their personal and professional projects
- Gain a pragmatic introduction to using shaders
- Use JACK sound servers with ThMAD
- Control the timing ThMAD
- Work withadvanced configurations
Artists and developers already familiar with ThMAD and looking to enhance their projects. In addition, readers primarily interested in using shaders or the Jack audio server for graphics generation can benefit from the book as well.
More details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkeley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
7 s/w Abbildungen, 100 farbige Abbildungen
XVII, 229 p. 107 illus., 100 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
388 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4842-3503-4 (9781484235034)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4842-3504-1
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
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Peter Späth
Advanced Audio Visualization Using ThMAD
Creating Amazing Graphics with Open Source Software
E-Book
03/2018
APress
€34.99
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Person
Peter Späth graduated in 2002 as a physicist and soon afterwards became an IT consultant. In 2016 he decided to concentrate on writing books on various topics, but with the main focus on software development. Throughout his career he always preferred to work with open source tools and also favored operating system independent platforms like Java. After using various audio visualization programs, he designed his own visualization suite, ThMAD, to overcome deficiencies for important functionalities, quality documentation, and bug fixes of existing visualization suites.
Content
Chapter 1: Program Operation.- Chapter 2: Insight in Meshes And Particle Systems.- Chapter 3: Timing.- Chapter 4: Shaders.- Chapter 5: Advanced Stories.- Chapter 6: Stories II.- Chapter 7: ThMAD and the Jack Sound Server.- Chapter 8: ThMAD and ALSA.- Chapter 9: Controlling ThMAD From Outside.- Chapter 10: Configuration.