Billaboop Studio has introduced vidibox – a new video remixing app for iPad that lets users create real-time music and video projects, using a drum pad interface. vidibox is sort of like an MPC for audio & video remixing. It uses a transparent drum pad interface, and you can assign audio or video samples to each… Read More New Audio + Video Remixing App For iPad – vidibox
Programmer/module designer Darwin Grosse let us know that analog video superstar Liz Larsen is featured on the latest episode of his Art + Music + Technology podcast. Liz Larsen is a multimedia programmer and owner/designer of LZX Industries, a company that specializes in Eurorack format synthesizer modules designed for video. Here’s what Grosse has to say about… Read More Interview With Analog Video Visionary Liz Larsen Of LZX Industries
Kosada has introduced a beta version of Vuo, a modern visual programming language for ‘multimedia artists and creators’. Vuo is designed for the type of people that might use Quartz Composer, vvvv, Max/MSP/Jitter, and Pure Data. But the company says that Vuo is designed to be a modern graphical programing tool that’s simpler to understand,… Read More Kosada Vuo A Modern Graphical Programing Environment For Multimedia
Z Vector is a new visualization tool that lets you use depth sensors, like the Microsoft Kinect and PrimeSense Carmine, “to sample reality in real-time, visualize it the way you like and explore it in 3D with Full HD resolution.” Designed to be a live performance tool, rather than a programming environment, Z Vector can animate nearly… Read More Z Vector + Microsoft Kinect Lets You ‘Sample Reality’ In 3D HD
Daniel Rowland has a new video demonstrating how to convert video to audio (and how to convert audio to video) using the iOS app, PixiVisor: “Using a stock GIF playing in Pixivisor from an iPad and a Mac. This is converted to audio and run through effects in Ableton Live and filters on an iRig… Read More Video to Audio and Back with PixiVisor
Algoriddim has updated their iOS vj/dj app, vjay. The app provides users with tools that allow them to “seamlessly mix and scratch” video content, just as a DJ would with music.
PixiVisor – an iOS app that lets you treat video as audio – is now available as a free download. PixiVisor is a tool for audio-visual experiments. It consists of two parts: Transmitter converts the video (static 64×64 image or 10FPS animation) to sound, pixel by pixel (progressive scan). This lets you listen to the sound of… Read More Free App, PixiVisor, Lets Your Use Audio Effects On Video
Developers have announced the release of Processing 2.0, the latest incarnation of the free and open source programming language designed for electronic arts and new media art. Processing is free and open source, and runs on the Mac, Windows, and GNU/Linux platforms. Here’s what the developers have to say about the new release:
Special Stage Systems has introduced Ming Mecca, a new Eurorack modular system described as a ‘voltage-controlled videogame console’. Here’s what they have to say about the new Euro video synthesizer: With the heart of a video synthesizer and the brain of a videogame console, Ming Mecca is the first of its kind: an ontological toy,… Read More New Modular Video Game Synthesizer, The Ming Mecca
Developer Alexander Zolotov has released PixiVisor for iOS, a new app that lets you treat video as sound. Why would you want to treat video as sound? Transmitting video as sound lets you use your complete toolkit of audio-mangling tools on video. And, at $1.99, PixiVisor is a cheap option for experimenting with video synthesis.
