Music Music tech
The Monolith is a huge synth powered by Teensy, shown at Maker Faire
The Monolith is a “ginormous” music making machine, powered by a tiny chip and tiny code – the Teensy and one single Arduino sketch. And what you get is a completely non-portable synthesizer with flashing lights, controls for sequencing and synthesis, and the ability to make beats and melodies. It won accolades at this year’s […]
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Robert Henke, finding beauty in ever-iterating work with lasers
Robert Henke in his post-Ableton life has continued to see his stock rise on the media art scene. But in some ways, that’s a funny thing. You’ll very often see Robert in one of two guises – as club act, or large-scale AV event. Yet the very thing that makes his style so distinctive is […]
Peter Kirn - May 5, 2017
Motion Music Music tech
Enter the wondrous world of Walter Giers’ electronic sound art
Few people could make circuits into art quite like Walter Giers. He made them into visual objects, into aesthetic and design statements, into loud and even “annoying” performative constructions, into instruments. They aren’t simply utilitarian means to an end, but imaginative medium. Electronic Beats takes a look into Walter Giers’ mind this week in a […]
Peter Kirn - February 13, 2017
Motion Music Music tech
Meet Eurorack modules with literal dirt, radiation, coded viruses
Peter Kirn - September 28, 2015
Music Music tech Stories
Silk is a giant string instrument that makes Bitcoin into music
Peter Kirn - September 16, 2015
Music Music tech
The Dazzling, Futuristic Lighting of Licht.Pfad, Transforming Clubs and Beyond
Peter Kirn - March 19, 2014
Archive Motion Music tech
Wander a Garden of Light, Shape, and Sound, with ANTIVJ's THE ARK
Peter Kirn - February 11, 2014
Archive Motion Music tech
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