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NAP, a free, high-performance data-driven visual and audio platform, is now slicker than ever
Secret sauce? Hardly. It’s more like a hot sauce competition with everyone sharing recipes. Naivi’a NAP Framework, if you missed it, is an open-source, high-octane toolset for digital artists that’s ready to plug into your data, any protocol (OSC, MIDI, Artnet, serial, Web), and push graphics to the edge. And it keeps getting better.
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A massive free crash course in visual powerhouse TouchDesigner, including RTX goodies
The Interactive & Immersive HQ has launched a beginner series focused on making expressive media with TouchDesigner. It’s a chance to focus on all the power of that tool while getting over the intimidation. Oh, yeah – and they even cover the latest-and-greatest magic of NVIDIA’s RTX platform. Put that new GPU to work.
Playtronica’s Orbita explores sequences on physical, kinetic turntable, launching soon
Inspired by objects like wall clocks and reel-to-reel tape machines, Orbita is a sequencer whose interaction is physical and kinetic, via small discs placed on a turntable. The twist is, it’s not just a design demo – you’ll be able to buy one yourself.
Peter Kirn - August 30, 2021
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Worlds as instruments, as artists collaborate in VR using modular metaverse Patch
Peter Kirn - August 19, 2021
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The Guthman competition is looking for futuristic instruments – and you can apply
Peter Kirn - September 2, 2020
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Learn synthesis basics in your browser, free, with Ableton
Peter Kirn - June 26, 2019
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