Forester II more interface ideas

More progress on Forester 2. Another complete redesign! For those of you who don't know Forester, it's a quirky audio software application I made several years ago in which the user imports soundfiles and then navigates through the 'forest' of coloured discs which creates a changing soundscape. It's actually very simple to use and quite mysterious as you never really know what the output is going to be. Forester was actually a big hit, and is still used by lot's of artists and crops up on numerous albums since it's release in 2006.

I've been trying to make a follow-up pice for several years, and have demoed several approaches, which up to now have all lacked the special magic that Forester the first possessed. I think finally I have found a way of making Forester II work so here are a few pictures and a little video of my interface so far.

You'll notice that the main thing about the interface is that there appears to be no interface. I like this idea a lot, and hopefully, when the software is ready, so will you!

NOTE: the audio in the video is not made by Forester II but it is done with Max/MSP and Forester II may (or may not) sound a little like that in the end.

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[steadiworkz]

the interfaceless interface, its the future ! 

[leafcutter]

@steadiworkz "the interfaceless interface ©", ha I like that, might just use it!

[bosdeosfan]

how's the progress coming along? i'm quite curious to see it finished