DIY + Unusual Motion Tech
Optical analog video feedback in a massive, rotating 4K machine
It’s digitally controlled optical goodness: a humble Teensy translates analog knob turns into control of 4K displays, all built into beautiful mahogany enclosures and giant cranks. The result: elegant, precise fractals blossom out of 4K displays by literally tweaking the knobs on the units. Behold, The Light Herder!
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Lucinate video synth animates and live-codes visuals on Mac and iOS
From the makers of the utterly indispensable iPad app AUM (among other things), Lucinate is a real-time visual environment for macOS and iOS, based on Apple’s Metal technology. You can approach this as a ready-to-play, Ableton Link and Link Audio-enabled video synth. And when you want to hack or make your own shaders, you can live-code those, too.
VDMX 6.3 adds expressions, plugin templates to beloved Mac visual tool
Here’s another live visual icon with some welcome updates. Vidvox promised lots of quality-of-life refinements with VDMX6 as a platform, and VDMX6.3 adds just that. So it’s a good excuse to mention VDMX again, in case you’d tuned out for a bit.
Link Audio, now in Max, Pd, VCV Rack, TouchDesigner, oF, and plug-ins, free
Peter Kirn - May 3, 2026
Motion Music tech Software Tech
Visuals in Ableton Live: Unreal-powered SenSei update, EboSuite sale on now
Peter Kirn - March 23, 2026
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