Owen Kirby

TouchDesigner Bullet Physics and Audio Synthesis

Salutations Everyone! Welcome to the first video in a series on how to integrate my TouchDesigner modules in a broader interactive/real-time set-up. The module in question (SimpleSynth) along with a project file can now be purchased here: https://www.patreon.com/OwenKirby/shop/simplesynth-touchdesigner-module-and-132278?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=productshare_fan&utm_content=join_link We’re starting with a pretty simple example but I hope gets your imagination going on how it […]

Reverb in TouchDesigner: Discussion and Demonstration

In this video I present an overview of my TouchDesigner reverb component; its pros and cons and some of the difficulties I’ve been experiencing in this pursuit. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

ELECTRONIC APE FRIENDS – Episode 6: Bitcrushing and Pixelization Effect

Salutations Ape-Friends! In this tutorial I go over how to make a bitcrushing type effect along with it’s video counter-part. It’s pretty easy but effective! Leave a like or a comment! I’m gonna be putting up some pretty dope components up on my Etsy store soon so either check out the DubDelay I’ve got on […]

ELECTRONIC APE FRIENDS – Episode 5: Midi File Playback

Salutations Ape-Friends, Today I’m going to be looking at the wacky process I use to play back midi files in my TouchDesigner projects. It’s definitely less obvious than you would think but here’s a solution I’ve come up with. Let me know if you’ve got any comments or questions! If you feel so inclined, you […]

ELECTRONIC APE FRIENDS – Episode 4: TouchDesigner Audio Delay Effects

Salutations Ape-Friends! In this tutorial I go through how to build an audio delay effect with variable speed and pitch in TouchDesigner. Building a reliable variable pitch type delay effect component has been one of my biggest TouchDesigner sound-design objectives for awhile now and I’m glad to report I’ve finally figured it out. While achieving […]

ELECTRONIC APE FRIENDS – Episode 3: Building a Midi Sequencer in TouchDesigner

Salutations ape-friends! I had a visit at the office today by someone who suggested I put up more tutorial videos on my TouchDesigner audio-visual workflow so here’s a quick one I decided to pump out at the end of my day. My applogies for the bad audio on this I haven’t set up my screen-cap […]

ELECTRONIC APE FRIENDS – Episode 2: Building a Simple Drum-Machine Component in TouchDesigner

Salutations Ape-Friends, Today I’ll be showing you how to build an extremely simple drum-machine in TouchDesigner. Hopefully it’ll give you a basic idea on how to get started and inspire you to incorporate some of these techniques in projects of your own. Drop a comment if you’ve got any questions!

ELECTRONIC APE FRIENDS – Episode 1: Creating a Monophonic Synth in TouchDesigner

Salutations Ape-Friends, In this first episode of Electronic Ape Friends, I will show you how to build a simple monophonic synthesizer in TouchDesigner. My favourite software. It’s fun! Leave a comment if you have any questions.