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Happy Holidays from Tellart

12/20/2008
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Try it yourself:

1. Download this PDF, then print it. We recommend printing on heavy cardstock.2. Cut out the eight different cards3. Plug in your webcam. Skip this if your webcam is part of your computer
4. Click here to play!

What is going on here?
That was recorded live, including the falling snowflakes. Flash can “see” the pattern on each card–depending on the pattern, the computer plays a different note. The result is that you can use pieces of paper like instruments.

How did we make it?
We put this together using FLARToolkit and Papervision3D.

Read on for more of the technical details.
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Making Music

11/20/2008

Let the sequencing begin

Things have not been quiet around the Oakland office. One reason is the recent epic recording session to get some urgently needed musical material finished. As a non-musician, I find it pretty inspiring that people are doing this here. The tracks can be heard in various Tellart projects, including some of the videos elsewhere on this site.

Digital audio interface

Drum kit

Jasper Speicher eating a guitar.

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