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What if You Could Make Timelapse Out of Sound? Free Mac+Windows App, Made with Max
“Timelapse” usually refers to the process of sampling small bits of video or film and piecing them together to form a sped-up version of reality. (Actually, that’s not entirely accurate. Any recording involves sampling small bits of time. Timelapse simply plays back those samples at a rate faster than reality, so that instead of playing […]
Read moreKinect-Controlled, 4-Story Pipe Organ, a Phantom of the Organist
When we last caught up with the touch-less, gestural music-making of composer Chris Vik, the Australian musician was sharing his own Kinectar software and playing both dubstep and ambient scores for modern dance. Now, Vik is back playing a very substantial physical instrument: Melbourne’s four story-tall, MIDI-retrofitted Town Hall Organ. Here, the Max-powered software takes […]
Peter Kirn - April 9, 2012
Music Music tech
Auvi, Amazing Set of Video Processing Objects for Max-Jitter, Now Free
There are many tools for visual patching, but the real gems come along only so often. One of those sets of gems was the Auvi objects for Max/MSP/Jitter, developed in the early years of the last decade. The objects were assumed to be abandonware, until just this week, they resurfaced – entirely free to download. […]
Peter Kirn - June 24, 2010
Archive Motion Music tech
Processing Meets Max, Max for Live
Peter Kirn - December 7, 2009
Archive Motion Music tech
Fun with OSC: Step Sequencer for Resolume
Peter Kirn - July 17, 2009
Archive Motion Music tech
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