• MicroView Demos

    Happy New Year!  I’ve been playing around with the MicroView over the holidays.  It’s an amazing little Arduino-compatible thingee with built-in OLED display. It was launched on Kickstarter last year (to runaway success).  After numerous delays, I finally got mine (actually, Sparkfun sent me a whole extra set for my trouble, so kudos to them).  You can…

  • Ghostbusters Costume + Proton Pack for Halloween

    Ghostbusters Costume + Proton Pack for Halloween

    This summer was the 30th Anniversary of Ghostbusters, and the movie was re-released in theatres for a limited 1-week run.  I took my son Andreas (age 8) to it, and he loved it!   Mind you, he had heard of Ghostbusters plenty of times before from me, and had even played the games (PC and Commodore…

  • Schema Factor live performance at Burning Chrome

    Originally posted on Synescape: If you’re a total cyberpunk nerd this should immediately ring a bell: I could crash your whole (beat) from here man! Leif Bloomquist AKA Schema Factor performed at Burning Chrome using a Leap Motion controller for his hardware and a unique visualization engine. The result was mindblowing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWN5hufwWRQ Leif crits with Digital…

  • MIDI Goes In, Fire Comes Out!

    I’ve been pestering Seth Hardy of Propane and Electrons and Site 3 Fire Arts to make a MIDI version of his solid-state relay flame effects controller board.  This will allow you to create flame effects (or lighting effects or what have you) under MIDI control so you can synchronize the outputs to music! The prototype boards are in and…

  • My New C64 Network Game is Ready for Playtesting!

    I got a lot done on my new network game “Vortex 2” as presented at ECCC 2013 during the long winter, and I’d like to unveil it as a playable work-in-progress to get help with testing and feedback. You can’t do much in the game yet. Enemy ships will fly around and chase you and each other,…

  • Using The LEAP Motion as a MIDI Controller

    I’ve been captivated by the possibilities of the LEAP Motion as an input device ever since it was announced.  It’s still finding its niche, but I feel an area of huge potential is for interactive electronic music. So, how to turn your gestures into MIDI data with the LEAP?  I’m especially interested in using it with…

  • It’s Alive!   Ultimate C64C Motherboard Swap

    A couple of years ago I put together my “Ultimate Commodore 64” with multiple kernels, dual SID chips for stereo sound, reset button, USB, Ethernet, a 16GB flash drive, 4 Joystick Ports, and painted blue!  You can get more details from my presentation at World of Commodore 2011. However, I accidentally killed the motherboard recently when messing around…

  • MIDI Mapper X 2.0 Released

    I’ve released the full version 2.0!  Check out the details at KVR.

  • Using SoMo by SonicWear as a MIDI Controller

    I’ve been working with the SoMo by SonicWear, a cool little device that generates sound through movement, and I had some input into its design.  SonicWear is a Toronto-based startup, and the project itself originated with Loretta Faveri at OCAD University’s Social Body Lab. The main target platform for SoMo is Max/MSP on a Mac, but I was…

  • MIDI Mapper X 2.0 RC2 Released

    When working on Organic Evolution, I ran into the issue of not being able to send custom MIDI messages  to the pipe organ controller for controlling the stops and other effects – FL Studio and other DAWs hide the protocol details from you quite effectively.  Sending custom messages would also be handy for other custom…