Mark Mosher started off the evening with a presentation on Percussa Audio Cubes.  Here’s a little video via David Henderson.

Percussa Audio Cubes are essentially a reactable physical world interface for controlling data. They play very well with Ableton, but the control can be ported to any digital information.

They sense light, each other, and orientation.  So the possibilities are endless. Feel free to contact Mark via Modulate This for info or to learn more (he has written extensively on the topic and the archives include an interview with the creator of the cubes.

They are a fantastic interface and well worth the $200 per cube (pre-discount).  Do NOT pass these by as a viable interface!

As for Cache Flowe, well, Justin did a total kick ass job on presenting.  He will be back. I also see him joining us in teaching an intro class on Processing.org usage.

I could go on and tout the presentation but instead I thought I would tell you what I did when I got home after the meet up.

I downloaded the software here is the flow(e):

1. Download – 57 mb zip file – a few minutes, went to bathroom
2. Un-zipped – 1 minute
3. Opened software (clicked on icon) – seconds
4. Copied sample code into Processing and hit go – 10 seconds

And we have visual. Granted that was a straight line. But it really was that easy.

The day job for me is programming, so I understand what they are doing.  The integration with Ableton – well, that is another thing all together.

That is where the class comes in! Stay tuned for details on that adventure. Our intro to processing will be a free class and happen at our Lab down south.

There is a gallery from the evening here. Or you can see it locally here.

Justin / Cache Flowe is an infinitely talented musician and programmer. But you DO NOT need his level of knowledge to make the magic happen.  This stuff will be blowing up – video integration is already here, we just need to get all the various elements talking. Cache Flowe did all the leg work already – we can learn form his experiences.

–M