dotJS 2016
A talk about A/V performances to Europe's largest JavaScript conference.dotJS asked { live : js } to perform at their 2016 conference and we also proposed a talk on how we use the web to create our A/V shows.
The main topics of the talk are:
- Use the web to create live visualisations
- Use MIDI devices to control software
- Control LEDs & DMX512 from the browser
- Perform live for meet-ups & conferences
- Provide simple to use tools for everyone that loves music visualisations
Tim and I hadn't met before a short hack-day, prior to the talk in 2016, of which the goal was to combine Tim's software, NERD DISCO, and my own audio visualiser, modV.
The resulting software was a bridge known as nerdV, which could convert modV's output into colour values to control WS2812 LED strips and DMX512 lighting. We also added a "FOG" button to a special modV module type which triggered a Hazer (fog machine).
This was my first conference presentation. To speak to an audience so large about something I love to do so much, it was a real honour - but still quite intimidating.
Thanks to everyone involved at dotJS - the conference was perfect.