Artists Statement

Shape Composer is an application that is developed to control acoustic instruments with freehand drawings and algorithmically generated patterns. Sort of visual notation editing software. It is based on MIDI, each instrument that has midi capability can be controlled by drawing. For this special occasion, it is designed to control all the parameters, registers and nuances that a Church Organ has. Müpa has a really special instrument in terms of flexibility and size, this project was truly inspiring from the beginning.
The project is an application that can be used by musicians, visual artists, music theorist or any kind of audience that is interested in shaping audible sounds with visible forms.
The software is developed using Processing (with native java interfaces & midibus library), Pure Data (using libPd for parameter mapping & test sound generation).
binaura.net/shape-composer

Video: Shape Composer

• Ágoston Nagy & Bence Samu form a collective called Binaura, with a studio based in Budapest (H). Binaura is making creative coding, algorithmic art, experimental interfaces, sonic toys and other, reactive environments. The collective regularly gives international workshops and lectures on these topics. The Binaura collective is building software based interfaces, physical installations using free and open source tools. They have several ongoing collaborations with creatives, individuals and institutes such as Eduard Sik, Glowing Bulbs, Artus Contemporary Art Studio, Mome Tech Lab, XORXOR, Dániel Huszár, Loránd Szécsényi-Nagy, Budapest Music Center, among others. binaura.net