toxi toxi http://www.toxi.co.ukhttp://soundtoys.net/artists/toxi 2006 2006-01-10T19:12:45Z 2006-03-01T13:24:31Z http://toxi.co.uk/emitter/ http://soundtoys.net/collection/thumbs/t431.gif http://soundtoys.net/collection/thumbs/ui431.jpg
One of its key points, the redesigned backend opens up the database to anyone interested to re-interpret the available information via an XML API and so build new ways of browsing the existing collection in a much more artistic way than a flat website navigation can offer. Several of such new interfaces have been commissioned by Stanza as part of this redesign project.

Other main focus areas of the restructuring included adding support for tags (bits of metadata to logically group and navigate any type of site content), clean URLs and data feeds for each artist and the news section etc.]]> 2003 2003-05-09T00:00:00Z 2006-01-12T15:00:14Z http://soundtoys.net/collection/legacy/2003/toxi/index.html http://soundtoys.net/collection/thumbs/t57.gif
also available as offline standalone:

os9: macronaut.sit.bin

osx: macronaut_osx.sit.bin

win: macronaut.zip]]> 2002 2002-05-22T00:00:00Z 2005-10-21T11:14:34Z http://www.toxi.co.uk/thewell/ http://soundtoys.net/collection/thumbs/t70.gif
imagine you're inside a very deep & dark well, near the water surface. everything is calm until you start making noises/screaming for help etc... the water surface suddenly starts coming to live by your reactions, ripples or tsunamis appear, strange objects and sounds, voices, whispers emerge from underneath, surrounding you, then slowly floating towards the daylight far above you...

so far i only managed to do the mesh deformation based on the sound input, but i'm quite impressed about it myself and think this will actually work as installation... objects and sounds will be triggered by certain frequencies and amplitude peaks of the input. the user will be able to control the view with the mouse (e.g. looking up towards the light). ideally, the piece will need a dark and initially quiet environment. speakers (rather than headphones only) are needed too, so that the triggered sounds will feedback into the input... any chance to get a small projector? ;) sooo, - the idea is, even though the initial situation seems quite creepy, one might actually have some fun and start enjoy staying in this place... i'm also thinking to record random bits and use these sounds later on - so the whole thing becomes like a "well of memories" - depending what people are going say...]]>