Music Music tech
Sound in Space, Visually: Spatium Are Free, Open Source Spatialization Tools
Human perception is capable of astounding feats of sensitivity in localizing sound – it is very likely an evolutionary trait. Yet musicians rarely tread beyond simple stereo, perhaps because it’s tough to be creative in space without something that’s visual and intuitive, something that looks like what you’re hearing. Spatium is an extraordinary set of […]
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Tunes, in Drops of Color: Design Project Mixes Minimal Notes with Audible Hues
Perhaps it’s the sense of detachment that comes from long hours spent staring at screens, peering into pixels and abstraction. But whatever the reason, when experimenting with design and music, creators seem increasingly drawn to simple, physical interaction. Somewhere in the mysterious play between senses, between seen color and unseen sound, they look for intuitive […]
Peter Kirn - July 5, 2012
Music Music tech
A LEGO Step Sequencer, Made with a Camera and Code [Video; Open Source Code]
Beat Bricks – A LEGO Step Sequencer from superquadratic on Vimeo. There’s something about that feeling of snapping a LEGO brick in place, a tactile connection to childhood memory. So, while it’s perhaps neither necessary nor terribly practical, this rig that turns a LEGO board into a step sequencer is somehow irresistible. And, like any […]
Jer Thorp on Data as a Medium, in Full Talk from a Visualization Artist
Peter Kirn - January 24, 2012
Archive Motion Music tech
Face Substitution, Face Scrambling, Straight Out of Sci-Fi
Peter Kirn - September 21, 2011
Archive Motion Music tech
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