1893 Columbian Exposition, Chicago, and Vikings — basically a convergence of things I take geeky historical pleasure in. Reproduced from Stanley Applebaum’s The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, p. 51. Snagged by Karla Kaulfuss, via Flickr. Daedelus remains one of my favorite electronic music personalities. A virtuoso of his hand-built Monome (the early prototype) dressed […]
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Cheap Live Video: 16 CMOS Security Cameras Arrive from Hong Kong
We covered a source for cheap visualist miscellany last week. It included cheap NTSC CMOS cameras, but unfortunately DealExtreme doesn’t seem to stock much PAL gear. I had gone looking and placed an order with another site, but didn’t want to recommend it until that order had arrived intact. That order has arrived intact. The […]
Gorgeous DIY MIDIBox64, MIDI Controller for Live, Traktor, Max
"DIY project" may conjure up images of something hacked-together and rustic, but then you see projects like this one from William "Logo." Cheap-looking, mass-produced controllers, begone — behold the luxury US$400 and some construction talent can produce! Logo shares the project on EM411: After being dissatisfied with a dozen or so controllers, and due to […]
Feedback, Lights, Music: Cut Copy Video by Krozm
Some beautiful projection and feedback effects in this video for Australian electro indie bleepsters Cut Copy. This was put together by Melbourne collective Krozm, who have produced work for Midnight Juggernauts and Van She, and are also at the helm for Cut Copy’s live visuals. More: Showreel, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Krozm.com, Myspace.
Visualist Touring Kit: Gear and Organization Overview Video from Deepvisual
UK touring visualist Deepvisual (who is currently kicking around the UK with The Orb) has posted a 3-minute overview into his touring rig. There’s a lot of great tips packed in to 3 minutes of video, so pay attention. I wish someone had told me “take some chocks along to help angle your projectors” before […]
Monday Inspiration: Hand-Animated Paintings on Walls by Blu
Via the wonderful San Francisco-based culture blog of Scott Beale, Laughing Squid, comes this incredible hand-animated series of graffiti animations: MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo. blublu.org Prediction: we’ll see lots more innovation in future mixing code-based, digital artwork and physical media. And since that’ll take some time, and we, […]
Fix for Mac Audio Dropouts: Roll Back Tiger AirPort Support
Background: Many laptop-based Mac OS X users are experiencing significant audio issues on Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard. On Tiger, the culprit appears to be the AirPort Extreme Update 2008-001 released earlier this spring. One workaround on Tiger is to simply turn off AirPort. On Leopard, the problem appears to be slightly more complex, […]
Weekend Inspiration: Control Ableton Live with Your iPhone
While we’re having a weekend of Live tutorials, here’s another one for you, this time using your iPhone / iPod touch. Now, I’m not sure I’d want to do a whole set like this, necessarily — but here’s a thought: you could use this to do some sound checks out in the house instead of […]