How are you pulling Midi guitar into Isadora?  I see the AU version is not available unless you purchase.

Thanks.. I have created some random note generating synths in PD.  It is cool.  Finding the time to go deeper is always the challenge.  I work with lots of software.  That said, here is an amazing book on Pure Data (lots of tutorial I've found online) but mainly on creating sound via computers.  I found the book on Amazon.

Thanks as always for a robust and helpful forum.  I'm hoping to work on some of these suggestions this week.  Back with results when done.

http://www.amazon.com/Designing-Sound-Andy-Farnell/dp/0262014416

I strongly suggest to try to study PD(PureData). It is really rewarding to create something with it. There is a patch that takes mic input and makes midi notes according to sound frequency. You may need help with getting fiddle to work / I have my question answered on their forum. Pure Fun.

Isadora has actors for that - Sound Level and Sound Freq Watcher.

 http://www.ernestomalaca.com/uncategorized/audio-trigger-a-midi-puredata-ableton-live/

There is one thing I'm trying to understand with the audio conversion to midi.  This is for a live situation? I think I understand the live signal flow.  

Audio streams > gets converted to a binary code that Isadora reads and then can process via Sound Frequency Watcher.  

Yes?  

Also, Vanakura.  Would you happen to have have any patches you're able to pass along for Max or PD?  

 You can handcraft this with Isadora as well: Frequency Watcer for each note(usable voice range is about 2 octaves - 24 notes)

This Max patch looks interesting, I know nothing about max, I assume one would be able to tweak this patch so that is sends data from a live audio feed into izzy, instead of from a synth...

Thank you : )

http://www.widisoft.com/english/mp3-midi-products.html

http://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/9816/audio-to-midi-in-pd

Will Izzy pick this up in the input ports of the midi set up, as it would any piece of midi hardware?

It converts sound to midi.. lots of interesting potential.

It seems SFW only works with Live input?

Where would you insert Voxengo in the signal flow within Isadora?  It is a live capture. Just use Sound Input actor _before_ Sound Frequency Watcher? Problem is live input is coming through channel 1\.  That is not a choice in Sound input but my built in microphone (which is what live input is set to does come up within Sound input).  Problem is there is no "out" for the audio on Sound input.  Must be my signal flow is wrong?

AND how do I "see" the Voxengo's UI in Isadora?

Finally to ALL.  My signal flow currently is:

 Live Input > Sound Frequency watcher.  Movie player > effect (bloom) > Projector.  

Trigger or/ energy out of Sound Frequency Watcher (still playing with this one) going to the effect (bloom) input called "floor" parameter.  

This all works fine.  BUT I want that same singular video to have multiple "effects" getting manipulated by the multiple Sound Frequency Watchers isolating different parts of my frequency spectrum.

Thanks for leben and all in advance!

I'm a bit familiar with both Max and PD but never sent them to Isadora.  How dow I pull in a patch I made in one of them into Isadora via OSC or midi. Midi I understand, OSC is a bit more of a mystery.

Also are you suggesting building a multi band frequency watcher in PD or Max.  Is that what in your conception of this you would use those apps for?  Curious you thoughts.

this plugin is useful to give a visual reference to what the frequencies are doing, and to isolate the range and then set up a frequency watcher for each level

http://www.voxengo.com/product/span/