Class Tutorial #36: Getting Sound with Spigot
Channel: dearjohnreed
Date: 2013-04-09

So, this week we will be moving forward with combining Video and Audio, whether combining an audio input with the video, or using audio (whether from the video or a separate audio input) to modulate the video. 

Up until now, we haven't controlled the sound portion of a video file, so in Class Tutorial #36: Getting Sound with Spigot we are going to get the sound out of a video source using the "spigot" object.  This is most practical method if you have movies; if you are using a webcam or computer-generating the video, it is probably preferable to use the "MSP" objects such as ezdac~ or adc~ to handle the audio.  "Spigot" is specifically for re-routing the audio portion of a video file. Before using the Spigot Object, we make a patcher that we can re-use for the next few tutorials, and spend a little time becoming familiar with using the "@message" argument for jitter objects that can replace using a message box to send an attribute.