{"id":17020,"date":"2019-08-05T11:15:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T11:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=17020"},"modified":"2019-08-05T11:15:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T11:15:11","slug":"paint-a-masterpiece-with-midi-on-dr-dot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/paint-a-masterpiece-with-midi-on-dr-dot\/","title":{"rendered":"Paint a masterpiece with MIDI on Dr. Dot"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">MIDI devices open up millions of possibilities in the world of music creation, maybe it&#8217;s time to explore their possibilities in other arts.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n<p>Dr. Dot is a fascinating piece of painting software that, using the power of a MIDI controller, allows you to experiment with dot painting for incredible results. It&#8217;s basically next level spiral art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Created by Jeffrey Alan Scudder, the program works with MIDI Fighter Twister controllers to paint and select colours and the movement of your paintbrush. See it in action and you&#8217;ll see just how crazy and beautiful the possibilities are with Dr. Dot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paint with your MIDI controller? 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Then painting away with your controller is as simple as heading to this link: <a href=\"http:\/\/dr.dot.justanothersystem.org\/\">dr.dot.justanothersystem.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/djtechtools.com\/2019\/07\/30\/dr-dot-paint-with-a-midi-fighter-twister\/\">DJ Tech Tools<\/a>, Scudder says: &#8220;I built\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Dot\u00a0to demonstrate\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ndz-co7Xpn8&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;t=2993\" target=\"_blank\">my own theory of picture resolution<\/a>\u00a0and to build an animated painting called\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tumpin.left.gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumpin<\/a>, but quickly realized that it was also an impressively expressive instrument for live painting and spiral art.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more about why and how Scudder created this unique software in his article for <a href=\"https:\/\/djtechtools.com\/2019\/07\/30\/dr-dot-paint-with-a-midi-fighter-twister\/\">DJ Tech Tools<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIDI devices open up millions of possibilities in the world of music creation, maybe it&#8217;s time to explore their possibilities in other arts. Dr. Dot is a fascinating piece of painting software that, using the power of a MIDI controller, allows you to experiment with dot painting for incredible results. It&#8217;s basically next level spiral art. Created by Jeffrey Alan Scudder, the program works with MIDI Fighter Twister controllers to paint and select colours and the movement of your paintbrush. See it in action and you&#8217;ll see just how crazy and beautiful the possibilities are with Dr. Dot. 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