Afterglow’s ecosystem expands

I gave a presentation exploring and demonstrating Afterglow and related projects for the Madison Clojure Meetup on June 14. If you’re curious, the recording turned out halfway decent, especially once I added captions (a chore which gave me far more

beat-link: Synchronize with Pioneer gear

If you want to synchronize a light show, sequencer, or visuals with the beat grid established by Pioneer nexus club gear (using their DJ Link protocol), I have just released an open-source Java library which makes that very easy. You

Afterglow 0.2.1

This weekend I pushed out the most feature-packed release of Afterglow yet. It incorporates a bunch of lighting effects I created in preparing for an all-night Psy-Trance show, as well as everything I learned in preparing for and running that

Wayang: Draw on the Push 2 from Java

If you are interested in using the Push 2 from Java, Clojure, or another JVM language, there is some good news. Last week Ableton finally released documentation on how to control the Push 2 hardware, both from MIDI for the

Afterglow update and a performance video

I just released version 0.2.0 of Afterglow, adding some nice interface elements for controlling effects, cue variables, and picking colors, both from the embedded web UI, and compatible grid controllers. Speaking of which, the Novation Launchpad Pro has joined the Ableton Push as

Afterglow, live coding for light shows

Version 0.1.1 of Afterglow was recently released. Inspired by Overtone, and incorporating elements of it, Afterglow aims to be an environment supporting the live coding of immersive light shows in Clojure, using the Open Lighting Architecture to communicate with lighting hardware. Beyond being designed to allow you