UPDATE

After doing some research I've found someone who has already done this:
http://www.simonbielman.com/2010/08/midi-keyboard-color-projector/

I tinkered with his pd file and came up with these shenanigans.

Enjoy.

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/Color_organ_2.pd

Hi all, I too am new to pd.

I spent many hours searching the internet for some sort of midi triggering color program. This patch (script, code, whatever the native tongue is) is fantastic.

Because I am new to this entire program, I have no idea how to read or write anything, but that last patch was easy enough to play with and looks great.

I have a few requests for someone smarter than I:

• velocity controlled fade-in for the colors (softer/slower)

• maybe some sort of legato control to fade the colors between each other.

I am not sure how easy either of those would be to program, but it make some really great effects possible in a live scenario.

Cheers