var container:Sprite = new Sprite();
var balls:Vector. = new Vector.();
var m:Matrix;
var s:Shape;
var r:Number;
var c:uint;
for(var i:int = 0; i < 10; i++){
r = Math.random() * 100 + 100;
m = new Matrix();
m.createGradientBox(r, r, 0, -r * 0.5, -r * 0.5);
s = container.addChild(new Shape()) as Shape;
c = Math.random() * 0xFFFFFF;
s.graphics.beginGradientFill(GradientType.RADIAL, [c, c], [1, 0], [0x00, 0xFF], m);
s.graphics.drawRect(-r * 0.5, -r * 0.5, r, r);
s.x = Math.random() * 400;
s.y = Math.random() * 300;
moveBall(s);
balls.push(s);
}
function moveBall(s:Shape):void
{
//whatever easing to move the spheres
}
var s2:Shape = container.addChild(new Shape()) as Shape;
m = new Matrix();
m.createGradientBox(200, 200, 0, -100, -100);
c = Math.random() * 0xFFFFFF;
s2.graphics.beginGradientFill(GradientType.RADIAL, [c, c], [1, 0], [0x00, 0xFF], m);
s2.graphics.drawRect(-100, -100, 200, 200);
var bmpData:BitmapData = new BitmapData(400, 300, true, 0x00000000);
var bmp:Bitmap = addChild(new Bitmap(bmpData)) as Bitmap;
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, render);
function render(e:Event):void
{
s2.x = mouseX;
s2.y = mouseY;
bmpData.applyFilter(bmpData, bmpData.rect, new Point(0, 0), new BlurFilter(2, 2, 2));
bmpData.draw(container);
var i:int, l:int;
var aArr:Array = [];
var c:int;
for(i = 0; i <= 0xFF; i++)
{
c = (i - 0x80) << 1;
if(c < 0) c = 0;
aArr[i] = c << 24;
}
bmpData.paletteMap(bmpData, bmpData.rect, new Point(0, 0), null, null, null, aArr);
}


The first night, I had some inspiration, nothing to deal to any of the presentations I saw, but just something that I wanted to test. I couldn’t upload it because I didn’t have internet at the hotel, and at the venue the firewall was blocking me to connect to my FTP.

So, what was my experiment this time?
Gesture!
I think it’s working quite nice for a code I took less than an hour to write. It was much easier than I thought.

Just click and try to draw a Triangle, Circle or Square.

Enjoy!
I’ll post the source code later… let me take a nap now.

http://www.hellokeita.in/presentations/LFPUG/20090827/MakingMusicFP10.pdf

And the source files zipped with the demos I showed.

http://www.hellokeita.in/presentations/LFPUG/20090827/examples.zip
The contents are:
Example01-SineWaveExample: Simple example generating a sine wave
Example02-KeyboardExample: Example of a piano keyboard
Example03-WaveformExample: Changing the waveform of a sound
Example04-TimePitchExample: Changing pitch and tempo of a mp3
Example05-HeliumBalloon: Real time pitch shifting using Java

Enjoy!

UPDATE
LFPUG website uploaded the video of my presentation
http://www.lfpug.com/flash-10-making-music/

Feel free to pop-up there, it’s for free.

Here is the link:
http://www.lfpug.com/27th-august-2009-27082009/

Signing up, you’ll have a chance to get a Flash On The Beach ticket!

Time: 19:00 – 23:00 (doors open at 18:30)
Venue: CosmoBar, 50-54 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5PS (click for map)
Tube: Barbican/Farringdon

I’m just posting some links about Astro and Flash CS4 that I found. I anybody wants more info about it, just google it.

Astro release notes: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/releasenotes.html

Astro demos and videos: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/demos/index.html
Native3D sample code: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/sampleSource/Native3D_Sample.zip

An example using InverseKinematics (Flash CS4 new feature): http://theflashblog.com/?cat=34

Dynamic sound generation in Flash CS4: http://www.kaourantin.net/2008/05/adobe-is-making-some-noise-part-1.html
http://www.kaourantin.net/2008/05/adobe-is-making-some-noise-part-2.html
http://www.kaourantin.net/2008/05/adobe-is-making-some-noise-part-3.html

(update) And, if you want to build a Flash 10 content, you need the last nightly build Flex 3:
http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Targeting+Flash+Player+10+Beta+with+Flex+SDK+3.0.x