A new sequencer in progress

I’m working (hard) this day to design/build a new sequencer for max for live / Ableton Live

It means I’m working a lot for Design the Media part of me.

The Uncanny Sequencer is already a huge success only 10 days after its release.
And especially people enjoys it A LOT. This is my best award!

I hope you’ll like the next.

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Some SX70 old photographies

I used photography media a lot from 2000 to 2006-2007
Some of my photographies have been exhibited & published here & there.

Photography is a really powerful media to express yourself.

Here are 3 old photographies shot with my Polaroid SX70.
I’ll probably post other photographies on this blog and I’d really like to have your feelings, your words here as comments.

BIG Max5 installation Musee de la Buzine

Design the Media & I have been targeted & approached about a big Max5 installation project for a permanent exhibition (check this post)
This work has been featured on the cycling 74 website too:

For newbies, I used the Max5 framework provided & edited by those gurus at Cycling 74
Big up to them!

Now, I can name the place/museum.
The Museum is: Musée de la Buzine – Maison des cinématographies de la Méditerranée

It involves:
- 24 systems with OS Windows 7 64bits + 1 server with Windows 2008 server.
- 1 Gigabit Ethernet Network
- 7 touchscreen
- 10 video-projectors
- 20 rfid readers
- 7 arduino boards with 8 buttons + 8 ultrasonic sensors
- 2 multichannel (>4) sound system

I designed the whole system, integrating visuals from a graphic designer, videos from footage makers, sounds from sound designers.

I had to create several tricky systems like:
- a dynamic subtitler for video (using basic .srt files for easy maintenance & change by the customer)
- a scheduler (using UDP datagrams to shutdown the whole exhibition at particular hours all along the years & using Wake On Lan UDP datagrams to wake up all in the morning too)
- a database integration (it provides a system to make Max5 patches knowing what is the language of the visitor’s RFID Card)
- full network connections to remote control all patches with UDP datagrams (put the installation stand by mode to save energy, etc)
- specific Arduino firmwares (input reading + output writing)

This Museum has been inaugurated by the french Ministry of Culture, 2 days ago.

You can see more about this museum and about what we made on this video:

I’m proud about this big project.

I hope to make & build systems like that in a (close) future but actually, I’m on many other amazing projects and probably more personal projects.
Indeed, on my own, I wrote and sent a state of intent for a personal installation system.

A big max5 permanent installation supporting Meditteranean Cinema

Design the Media & I have been targeted & approached about a big Max5 installation project for a permanent exhibition.

I made it!

Now, I can name the place/museum.

The Museum is: Musée de la Buzine – Maison des cinématographies de la Méditerranée

It involves:

• 24 systems with OS Windows 7 64bits + 1 server with Windows 2008 server.
• 1 Gigabit Ethernet Network
• 7 touchscreen
• 10 video-projectors
• 20 rfid readers
• 7 arduino boards with 8 buttons + 8 ultrasonic sensors
• 2 multichannel (>4) sound system

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Huge interactive installation project with Max5

I have been targeted and chosen to develop a big interactive installation in a new museum in Marseille.

It will involve a lot of technology and I’ll develop a “kind of” client/server application using the Max5 framework.

It will involve RFID tags, database connections and probably more stuff we’ll figure out on the road.