For my second project, I created a video and sound remixing drum machine using Pure Data, and using the “meme of memes” on the internet: cat videos. I chose 5 viral cat videos, some of the most popular on Youtube, and used Pure Data to create a drum machine that \u00a0would remix them together and incorporate sound.<\/p>\n
I primarily used the ‘switch’ function in Pure Data to change between the five different videos, and I made the drum machine interactive in different ways to produce different remix effects. Using the space bar starts the video remix, which begins simply just switching between two videos with a cat-meow drum beat. The user can then use the bracket keys [ ] to increase or decrease the tempo, which also increases and decreases the speed of the video switching. The s, d and f keys are linked to three other videos, and when pressed activate a different cat meow sound and cause the new video to be remixed into the visuals. Finally, pressing the a key starts a random function that randomly adds the three s, d and f videos into the remix.<\/p>\n
The result is a remix of cat meme videos, with accompanying drum-machine like cat meow sounds to provide a beat. It’s somewhere between amusing and obnoxious, which is somewhat like the overabundance of cat videos themselves!<\/p>\n
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