Make doodles in Ableton Live, then animate them, with Klottra

Were you the type to draw elaborate doodles in your math class margins? Well, great news: Science now says that letting your mind wander is good for you. And indie Swedish design studio Henrik & Sofia went and made a Max for Live device that brings back your freedom to doodle and animates and exports your drawings. It’s a fabulously whimsical break from staring at colored rectangles and waveforms.

Looom for iOS makes animating like playing a musical instrument, now with major update

It’s exactly how musicians would want to think about animation. Time loops, free or bpm-synced, and you explore visual rhythm through lines, shapes, colors, and improvisatory gestural doodles. Looom is a total gem of an app – and this summer’s update transforms it into a serious and approachable pro tool.

Peter Kirn - August 5, 2022

Free book traces the revolutionary link of graphic to sound, in Xenakis, UPIC, and legacy

Electronic sound is in theory a limitless blank canvas. Iannis Xenakis and his work imagine what image of sound could fill that page – and leaves a legacy that’s still radical today.

Peter Kirn - April 17, 2020

fluXpad is an insanely immediate music drawing tool for iPad

Peter Kirn - September 6, 2016

Robots, Mimicking Bees, Cover a Room in a Drawn, Unbroken Line

Peter Kirn - January 14, 2013

Light + Shadow Meet Drawing in Sougwen’s Chiaroscuro; Music Meets Design with Ghostly [Videos]

Peter Kirn - October 5, 2012

Light + Shadow Meet Drawing in Sougwen's Chiaroscuro; Music Meets Design with Ghostly [Videos]

Peter Kirn - October 5, 2012

Skateboard + Lit Sparklers + Computer Vision = Flaming Light Drawing

Peter Kirn - August 31, 2012

With ‘This Exquisite Forest,’ Animations That Evolve, Collaboratively

Peter Kirn - July 19, 2012

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