Houdini 19.5 pours on visual features, from liquids to light to fire

This summer is bringing a slew of motion graphics updates. Late last week, we got a first preview of the latest in visual effects powerhouse SideFX Houdini – another studio-grade tool now available for a song. Houdini 19.5 should get a full reveal this week, but here it is in all its liquid-y, firey goodness: […]

Explore the visual wonders of TouchDesigner: Summit, free workshop video

Few software tools have proved as expressive in generative visuals or audiovisual performance as TouchDesigner. Get introduced to its AV powers in a new, free video – or if you can make it Montreal, get the full experience live. TouchDesigner is a dataflow tool – a graphical, patchable development environment – uniquely suited to squeezing […]

Peter Kirn - July 3, 2019

Watch Myriam Bleau’s beautiful work with glass and discs

The beautiful thing about performance life in the post-digital age is that it opens up what musical practice itself can be. It means an AV artist might draw as much on the tradition of painting or sculpture as on music. It might blur the boundaries in such a way that it’s hard to say which […]

Peter Kirn - November 7, 2016

Starting music is the theme of a Novation product launch next week

Peter Kirn - September 23, 2015

New Animoog for iPad Fixes Everything; Hear it Go Indian, Do Improv

Peter Kirn - May 28, 2015

This Is What Happens When Vintage Robot Voices Make an Album

Peter Kirn - January 15, 2015

The Original Speech Chip Is Coming To A New Plug-In

Peter Kirn - January 12, 2015

Staying Mobile, Imperfect; Music and Talk from Robert Lippok, To Rococo Rot

- June 3, 2014

Singing Circuits: Who Needs Synths When a No-Input Mixer Sounds This Gorgeous?

- October 14, 2013

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