For the Servo Motor “Gesture” assignment, I chose to use the servo motor/potentiometer as a LED “light” instrument. I attached an LED to the end of a cardboard plank which was attached to the servo motor (so I could move the light from side to side). I then used a Max MSP patch which Robert Ramirez provided us in class regarding color tracking. I credit Rob as an important resource for the Max patch programming.
The Max patch makes use of the X-position (horizontal position) of a color, and with that position describes the intensity level of distortion and delay. I have also added two different frequency outputs which provide different sounds when tracking the LED. The color is the light from the LED.
This is a short performance using this setup:
Here is a screen-shot of the Max patch:
