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