Final mixing can be an intense process. For brain breaks while maintaining clinical attitude and creative levels, I occasionally switch into Max/MSP/Jitter and work on my current obsession in that domain: developing an app called Pirate Video for the creation of live atmosphere. I'm connecting control ranged by MIDI and frequency input now, to guide the algorithmic and chaos formulae.

The goal of Pirate Video is processing live video feeds from audience and stage, point of focus and effect parameters determined by the songs being played. At present I have a nice mix of generative and processing, with limited control.

The stills above can't convey the pure hypnosis of these patterns in motion. It's amazing how swiftly complexity can be built from basic forms and a little recombinant math.