PHOTOMAT
Image-to-MIDI Translator
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Photomat converts pixel values of any image into musical information. Play with image settings such as color balance, hue, brightness, contrast, and saturation and watch your MIDI change accordingly. Solo a specific color channel, try luminance mode for extreme values, or use polyphonic mode to generate chords by harnessing each color channel simultaneously. Adjust resolution, then zoom in and drag the image around to explore different patterns in different sections of an image. Try a video file and scrub through to find a new melody in each frame. Finally, switch to notes mode to access all the sonification range controls found in Dataforge and Typewriter. Explore the endless patterns hidden in every image.
Already comes included with our Sonification Bundle
Requires Live 12 running Max 8.6.x
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Photomat converts pixel values of any image into musical information. Play with image settings such as color balance, hue, brightness, contrast, and saturation and watch your MIDI change accordingly. Solo a specific color channel, try luminance mode for extreme values, or use polyphonic mode to generate chords by harnessing each color channel simultaneously. Adjust resolution, then zoom in and drag the image around to explore different patterns in different sections of an image. Try a video file and scrub through to find a new melody in each frame. Finally, switch to notes mode to access all the sonification range controls found in Dataforge and Typewriter. Explore the endless patterns hidden in every image.
Already comes included with our Sonification Bundle
Requires Live 12 running Max 8.6.x
Now supports video formats with automatic frame selection scrub control
Info View Annotated
Learn all you need to know directly in Live - just open the Info View and hover your mouse over any parameter.
Scale Aware
Natively integrated with Live 12's scale and key for seamless workflow.
Theme Adaptive
Device colors automatically adapt to your preferred Live theme.
Supported image formats: BMP, JPG, JPEG, MOV, MP4, PNG, TIFF
Please note: MIDI Tools in general are not yet supported on Push 3 or Move — even Live 12’s included MIDI Tools do not work on them — but as soon as they are supported, we will work to ensure ours are compatible.