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Send MIDI messages faster than ever, right from the command line
Quick! Send a MIDI control change message! Or some obscure parameter! Well, sometimes typing something is the easiest way to do things. And that’s why Geert Bevin’s new, free and open source tool SendMIDI is invaluable. Sorry to nerd out completely here, but I suspect this is going to be way more relevant to my […]
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Make DJ Charts from Traktor, and More Free Playlist Tricks
If DJing with vinyl leaves traces in our memory, recollections of physical handling of album sleeves and crates, then for digital DJing, we must rely on data. Traktor DJ is quietly noting everything you do as you play – at the gig, in the studio. The key is how to do something with that data. […]
Need a Tempo, Fast? Grab Your Web Browser
It’s the little things. This just got added to my bookmarks; maybe it’ll be on yours. http://www.tempotap.com Press the spacebar repeatedly, and you get an accurate BPM count for a song. It’s actually useful to help learn to recognize BPM, as well, if you listen frequently when at your computer. (The trick used to be […]
Robotic Mapping Pulls a Model Building, Tron-Like, Into the Virtual
Peter Kirn - July 27, 2012
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Augmented Reality, Inside Jitter
Peter Kirn - July 1, 2011
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An Augmented Tree, and Free Tools Power 3D Voxel Projection — on Leaves
Peter Kirn - May 24, 2011
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Coding for Artists: Visual Thinking and Sketching with Kaleido, Processing
Peter Kirn - May 4, 2010
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ProFORMA Model Acquisition: "Passive" 3D Scanning
Jaymis Loveday - January 4, 2010
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