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Playdate is an indie game handheld with a crank from Teenage Engineering, Panic
Playdate is a Game Boy-ish gaming handheld with a hand crank on it, wired for delivering indie and experimental games weekly. And it comes from an unlikely collaboration: Mac/iOS developer Panic with synth maker Teenage Engineering.
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Unreal game engine’s modular sound features explained: video
Unreal Engine may be built for games, but under the hood, it’s got a powerful audio, music, and modular synthesis engine. Its lead audio programmer explained this afternoon in a livestream from HQ.
Peter Kirn - May 24, 2018
DIY + Unusual Music tech Software
MIDI Piano Roll Turned Into Platformer: Adventures of General MIDI
It turns Logic Pro into a game level editor. It makes a standard MIDI file into a terrain of platforms to explore. As you navigate, your footfalls on piano roll-visualized notes procedurally generate sound effects and music. And it turns General MIDI — and Super Midio, and my personal favorite, the SysExorcist — into heroes. […]
An Exquisite Corpse Game Jam, Made with OSC, Starts this Week
Peter Kirn - August 13, 2013
Archive Motion Music tech
A Grand Piano of Light, Illuminating Rachmaninoff [Arduino+LEDs]
Peter Kirn - May 9, 2013
Archive Motion Music tech
In Bad Hotel, Addictive iOS Game, Composing Music to Tapped Interactions [Behind the Scenes]
Peter Kirn - August 20, 2012
Music Music tech
Animation for Games, Fanciful and Surreal, by Mario von Rickenbach [Unity]
Peter Kirn - August 2, 2012
Archive Motion Music tech
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