Therminator, with a curvy abstract glyph of a box with cables and a dot in the center engraved into the 3D-printed case, USB-C and jack connections

Ther’minator by Eric Singer transforms LIDAR to modular, CV

Eric Singer is back. The interactive artist and inventor helped the idea of robotics and alternative interfaces break out to wider audiences over the past decades – and now he’s gearing up to put LIDAR in your modular rig or other devices with analog CV inputs.

maxess screenshots overlaid on one another, showing help pages: maxess.element, maxess.file, maxess.keyboard, and maxess.speech running in Max with help commentary.

Maxess, free externals for Max and Max for Live accessibility, available now

Iftah Gabbai has delivered his Maxess Max/MSP External Collection, a set of tools that interface patches with the native accessibility features of macOS and Windows. They’re a must if you’re making tools with Max and Max for Live – and worth examining for inspiration even if you focus on other platforms.

Peter Kirn - March 13, 2025

Moog’s Animoog Galaxy now supports complete immersive Spatial Audio

Moog’s own “multisensory” synthesizer now has full Spatial Audio support so that the sound-producing comets you see in immersive mode can synthesize sound live in space. The app is exclusive to Apple Vision Pro and visionOS, but it could be a sign of things to come.

Peter Kirn - March 4, 2025

Noise Surround System makes spatial audio kinetic, mechanical

Peter Kirn - February 27, 2025

Ableton Move is a hit for blind and low vision users; more like this, please

Peter Kirn - February 10, 2025

Play around with miniature, interactive Rooms – now with Actions

Peter Kirn - November 28, 2024

Learn to make animated Max and Max for Live UIs: jsui, Figma

Peter Kirn - July 9, 2024

Hand gestures for music: GECO 2.0 for updated Leap Motion is already here

Peter Kirn - July 14, 2023

Leap Motion is back, so you can add 3D gestures for $139 – with or without a VR headset

Peter Kirn - June 6, 2023

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