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GIMP 3.0, free and open source image app, looks brilliant
The culmination of seven years of open-source development, GIMP has reached its milestone 3.0 release. GIMP was always powerful, but this feels more like the mature, usable release to take on the proprietary heavyweights.
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Music Thing Modular Workshop System: patch, hack, code, mic, jack in
Tom Whitwell and Thonk have revealed their latest: a complete modular system ready to be tote in its own hard case. The Workshop System has all the modular, patchable goodness you’d expect—contact mics and guitar/stereo line inputs—but it’s also got a computer inside, with unique programmable cards.
Peter Kirn - October 8, 2024
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Isadora 4 updates the deep media tool for artists – now with remote powers
Isadora, the node-based, open-ended live performance and media tool especially loved by theater and dance, gets a major update this summer. There’s a lot in there, but the biggest is something called IzzyCast, a remote functionality that lets you run any video, audio, and data in full resolution around the world. Here’s what’s new in Izzy 4.
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Peter Kirn - November 20, 2023
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Bitwig Studio and TouchDesigner can now play one another
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Playing the space of Kraftwerk: Rabon Aibo’s sound art at Atonal
Peter Kirn - September 14, 2023
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Make your own MIDI-to-CV adapter in a skull, with a 3D printer and CircuitPython
Peter Kirn - August 10, 2022
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