The iPhone and iPod Touch have big, pretty screens, plenty of space for touch control, and fit in your pocket for lots of other useful things (like, you know, calls or music or whatever these things were invented for). So, why not put them to use in performance? Just this week, Create Digital Motion has […]

Critter and Guitari, creators of the aforementioned DIY hardware Critter boards have released their PCB design files. Is it everything you need to make your own Video Critter? I don’t know enough about circuits to be sure, but it’s exciting that the information is now freely available. [via Make]

Click to play Mrmr is an open protocol for mobile devices. It is used to dynamically create user interfaces on your iPod Touch or iPhone which respond to client apps in a multi-user performance environment. Okay, that sounds awfully dry. Let’s try that again. Mrmr lets you control Quartz Composer applications (or really , any […]

Just a quick note to say, keep those late entries coming for the circuit bending challenge! We know that, ahem, circuit bending doesn’t always go as planned. And we still want to see your stuff — even “casualties.” (We’ve already got a couple of documented dead instruments. Part of the process.) Comments on that post […]

Pioneer have broken new ground in overstatement with the announcement of their upcoming Video/Audio mixer, the US$6000 SVM-1000. World’s first mixer for 4-channel audio and video. I guess they completely missed the AVM02 then? I’m not sure how, it’s rather big and heavy. Does anybody actually believe marketing people? Do they even believe themselves when […]

Ever miss 1995? In 1995, this passed for online entertainment: static web pages, some 20-somethings hanging out in casual- and swim-wear, and the ability to talk back to the “cast.” Welcome to the Spot. We’re a bunch of friends sharing a beach house in Santa Monica, California. Everyday we put up this website and tell […]

It’s on! The Circuit-bending challenge is officially underway! A quick review of the guidelines: 1. Bicycle, walk, or swim to your nearest secondhand store. 2. Locate and purchase a cheap electronic noisemaking device. 3. Take it home and bend that thang! 4. Document the process and end result, then upload it to the internet in […]

Native Instruments and MOTU have each posted compatibility update pages for Mac OS X Leopard. There’s not a whole lot of information yet (particularly form MOTU), but now’s the time to bookmark those pages! Be sure to watch comments from readers for other helpful compatibility information — much of it positive at this point. Native […]

For a little inspiration, it’s Famea’s bent toy piano. Looks quite playable — nice. Los Angeles readers, Surya Buchwald aka Momo the Monster writes to let us know he’s taking on the Circuit Bending Challenge live and in person, with a workshop. So if you were feeling squeamish about the challenge and want some assistance, […]