Tukey Window

This is a quick video demonstrating Tukey Windowing modulating the particle size using age as the input signal. Alpha (from the window function, not rgba) is set to .3 and it's been zoomed in to see the effect easier. Windowing the particle size will help ease transitions from particle birth and death so there's less noticeable pops. Here's some glsl code:

float tukeyWindow(float sig, float alpha) {
 if (alpha == 0.) // rectangular window
  return 1.;
 else if (sig < alpha / 2.)
  return 0.5 * (1. + cos(2.*3.1459265/alpha * (sig-alpha/2.)));
 else if (sig > 1.-alpha/2.)
  return 0.5 * (1. + cos(2.*3.1459265/alpha * (sig-1.+alpha/2.)));
 else
  return 1.;
}

Control

I've started integrating my Arturia Minilab to control various simulation parameters, inputs, and visualization options. Here is a quick video demonstrating the UI I've made that captures the midi signals for all of the knobs, pads, and sliders. Pads 1-4 select a different bank of knob settings, each with their own presets and color indicator. Values can be changed by both the controller and the on-screen UI. The keys work as well, but I'm focusing on these first as they will be the primary way of sculpting the behavior of the system. The keys will likely act as gates and triggers for adding new input (i.e. sound or image data).