Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.
— Malcolm Gladwell
This started as play. A custom TouchOSC layout on an iPad, talking wirelessly to Resolume via OSC — clip triggering, effects, transitions, all from a tablet held in one hand. No cables, no mouse, no keyboard.
At the time it was a proof of concept, built out of curiosity. What happened later is the more interesting part: the same technique found its way into professional work at Tonijn bv. A tool that existed because I wanted to see if it could exist became something genuinely useful in a live production context.
That pattern — play first, application follows — has repeated itself enough times to feel like a method. The things built without a brief tend to be the ones that open unexpected doors.
Setup
Custom TouchOSC layouts designed to match Resolume's parameter structure, connected wirelessly over OSC (Open Sound Control). Full performance control from the iPad — clip triggering, effects and transitions — without any physical connection to the computer.
Tools
- TouchOSC
- Resolume 3
- iPad