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Free pack connects Ableton to the physical world, Internet
You can already connect your music software to MIDI devices. But why not Internet data, video, the weather, or physical worlds of Arduino and LEGO Mindstorms, too? With a new pack released today, making connections is a matter of adding some building blocks.
Read moreA LEGO Step Sequencer, Made with a Camera and Code [Video; Open Source Code]
Beat Bricks – A LEGO Step Sequencer from superquadratic on Vimeo. There’s something about that feeling of snapping a LEGO brick in place, a tactile connection to childhood memory. So, while it’s perhaps neither necessary nor terribly practical, this rig that turns a LEGO board into a step sequencer is somehow irresistible. And, like any […]
EMS Synthi, Recreated in Max, then Controlled with a Webcam
The headline says it all. Oh, sure, as if it isn’t enough to recreate the legendary EMS Synthi synth – one of the most creative vintage analog instruments ever devised – this artist takes it one step further, controlling parameters with a piece of colored paper tracked by a webcam. It’s an achievement of sheer […]
Weekend Inspiration: Live Blender and Processing Experiments from Poland
Jaymis Loveday - September 12, 2009
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An Abstract Visual Interface, Made of Light and Gestures, and Full-Body Virtual Exercise
Peter Kirn - August 21, 2009
Archive Motion Music tech
Minority Report Interface, Implemented in Flash + FLARToolkit, and Why it Rocks
Peter Kirn - August 19, 2009
Archive Motion Music tech
Trick Out Your PS3 Eye Webcam, Best Cam for Vision, Augmented Reality
Peter Kirn - August 6, 2009
Archive Motion Music tech
People as Pixels: Coordinated YouTube Choreography in Sour
Peter Kirn - July 22, 2009
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