The project is now finished so now was the time to think about what will become of the project.
Who is it for?
If I had to give my project a 'target audience' it would be for electronic artists, but probably more towards ambient/chilled house artists. This is because the music that is ambient and chilled house is quite mellow, so having something like a visualiser behind them whilst performing would help enhance their performance, much the same way Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto used the visualiser behind them when they did live performances. My original vision however didn't have a particular target audience, I wanted it to be fairly open to whoever wanted to use it. It could even be used by a keyboardist in a rock/metal band.
Will I distribute it?
This blog will act as a distribution for my software, being released as 'Version 1' this gives me a chance to improve on the product and blog, possibly leading to a 'Version 2' or 1.1.
What could have been improved?
What could be improved is it's usability. The patch itself is very easy to use, once it's in presentation mode, so giving the user more control would be a good improvement. This could be features such as having the ability to change the colour of the shapes or change the shapes themselves. It possibly would be nice to have a much more refined look for the patch, however I like how minimal it looks, so it possibly would be good to make it look more professional looking.
Another feature that I would like to add in the future would be creating different ways to control the visualiser. So this could be by allowing a DAW, such as Reason or Ableton, to control the visuals, or even a whole other instrument such as a guitar. From a technical point of view, what could be improved is that in the visuals there are these floating squares for where the 3D strips will be when played. Finding a way to make those invisible would be better for the viewer to look at it, especially in a performance point of view.
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