Processing Libraries Research

Extend Processing beyond graphics and images to enable video, audio & external communication

Listed below you’ll find a Basic collection of useful Processing libraries as well as additional links and resources with a focus on sound output/realtime manipulation, video/vector/pdf export and extensions that enable communication through/between several data protocols and software interfaces like XML, MySQL, OpenSound Control (OSC) and Max/MSP.

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Sound

• Ess by Krister Olsson
  Sound library that allows sound sample data to be loaded or streamed, generated in real-time, manipulated, saved, analyzed or simply played back
• jm-Etude by Daniel Dihardja
  Provides functions to communicate with jMusic for easier music composition programming

Import/Export

• SimplePostScript by Marius Watz
  Writing vector files in the PostScript format
  To understand how PostScript works, take a look at Zach Lieberman’s introduction (see the heading PostScript). Peter Weingarter has written a very useful PostScript tutorial. Download it as a ZIP file or read it online.
• Adobe Illustrator Export by Allan William Martin & Mark Hill
  Writing vector files in the Adobe Illustrator (*.ai) native file format
• MovieMaker by Daniel Shiffman
  Creates QuickTime movies directly from Processing

Data\Protocols

• proMidi by Christian Riekoff
  Allows Processing to send and receive midi information
• proHTML by Christian Riekoff
  Allows Processing to take an HTML document and change it from a linear string to a tree structure
• proXML by Christian Riekoff
  Allows Processing to read and write XML files
• oscP5 by Andreas Schlegel
  An OpenSound Control (OSC) implementation for Processing
• MySQL by Florian Jenett
  Faciliates communication with a MySQL database
• MaxLink by Jesse Kriss
  Enables communication between Processing and Max/MSP

For further information about writing and using external libraries, visit the discourse at Processing.org.

Image source: XFUNS – Processing images by Marius Watz, 2003