SmackTop 0.2 Drops! Ignite Philly 3/2/10!
SmackTop 0.1 was broken by the most recent OS X 10.5 and 10.6 Java update, which now supports native MIDI. Smacktop 0.2 fixes this and a number of other bugs. As well, the user setup is simplified: Chuck is now distributed and run entirely within the program package, ... read more.
SmackTop 0.1 Demo
Here's a walkthrough to help you get SmackTop running: SmackTop 0.1 Demo from Altitude Sickness on Vimeo. read more.
Monomeet Performance
Check out this video of my performance at the recent Monomeet: Altitude Sickness @ Monomeet 10/3/09 from Altitude Sickness on Vimeo. There is a bit of information on the Vimeo page...but I thought I'd explain a more about what's going on here, as it may not be immediately obvious to the first ... read more.
SmackTop 0.1
SmackTop 0.1 seems an appropriate jumping off point for this blog. Its an open-source application written in Processing and Chuck which allows the user to send MIDI + audio by tilting + smacking their Mac laptops. SmackTop can be downloaded here. There is also a reasonably well-documented wiki. Here's my first demo ... read more.
