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ISF’s visual magic for Metal and macOS is now open source
Interactive Shader Format (ISF) code for working with Metal and rendering on macOS, plus an underlying Metal framework that powers live visual app VDMX6, are now free and open source. That’s great news even if you’re just toying around with shaders or working with visuals, as it opens up lots of possibilities to come.
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NAP 0.5.0, free realtime visual tool, adds GPU computation, Web, RasPi support, new look
NAP, the free and open-source live visualization toolkit, has an all-new look, powerful GPU computation capabilities, a Web portal … and it even runs on a Raspberry Pi. Your next installation is calling. Let’s check it out.
Live coders from all over the world are playing music and visuals live online, right now
It’s just business as usual for the live coding scene and algorave movement. From every corner of the globe, freely-coded performance is happening for four days straight – now. They come from Brasilia. They come from Detroit. They come from Indonesia and Antwerp, Ukraine and Mumbai, Rome and Miami and Japan. They’re running free software […]
Peter Kirn - March 19, 2020
DIY + Unusual Motion Music Music tech Software Stories Tech Web
Free sound and music code environment SuperCollider is adding Ableton Link support
Peter Kirn - March 17, 2020
Music tech Software Tech
All about Mutable’s Marbles random sampler – and a clever, just-released update
Peter Kirn - March 7, 2020
Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
Hear Jan Wagner’s intimate piano electronics, before they enter a planetarium dome
Peter Kirn - February 5, 2020
Music Music tech Stories Tech
Blackhole routes audio between Mac apps, even on Catalina, as ideal Soundflower alternative
Peter Kirn - October 28, 2019
Music tech Software Tech
What are all the synths hiding in Mutable’s modules (and their free VCV ports?)
Peter Kirn - October 2, 2019
Modular-Analog Music tech Software Stories Tech
LiveCore is a free low-level, live patching for Reaktor
Peter Kirn - September 20, 2019
DIY + Unusual Music tech Software Stories Tech
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