Seattle Symphony: Octave9 CMS

Built to showcase musicians and music programming in a more intimate setting, I created an immersive generative engine as a visual accompaniment to this state of the art acoustical space.

The Space

Generative visuals are projected onto configurable panels surrounding the performance space.

The CMS

The CMS allows the Symphony to create new show visualizations and signage layouts. The Generative Visual Engine allows the artist to compose a series of visualizations, then save them into a “setlist.” The setlist can be viewed in thumbnail or list form. A preview window allows the artist to load music files and rehearse their visualizations before a performance.

Visualization Presets & Colour Palettes

I curated and refined over 15 distinct visual presets in the dynamic visualization engine, organized into 3 levels of responsiveness: Passive, responsive to sound, and responsive to movement.

Colour selections are organized into two families—vibrant and moody. From there I created a wide range of palettes that were warm, cool, monochromatic, complementary, and full colour.

Designed to be a starting point for the artist, the presets and colour palettes allow them to customize the visualization for each performance.