This Week I Did

Building an Audiovisual Synth #5: Physical Interface with ESP32 and I2C

Adding buttons, potentiometers, and encoders to the Raspberry Pi using an ESP32 and I2C connection.

Oct 5 • 

Matthias Meissen

September 2025

Building an Audiovisual Synth #4: OLED Screen and Spritesheets

Connecting an OLED screen to the Raspberry Pi over I2C and displaying app state with custom spritesheets.

Sep 28 • 

Matthias Meissen

Building an Audiovisual Synth #3: Architecture and First Prototype

This one is about sharing data between threads, deciding on an architecture, and building the first prototype.

Sep 21 • 

Matthias Meissen

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Building an Audiovisual Synth #2: The Audio Foundation

Setting up a DSP graph, connecting it to the audio output and controlling its parameters with mouse, keyboard and MIDI input.

Sep 13 • 

Matthias Meissen

Building an Audiovisual Synth #1: The Graphics Foundation

Learning how to create a window, draw shaders that react to user input, and run the program on a Raspberry Pi.

Sep 6 • 

Matthias Meissen

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August 2025

I am building an audiovisual synthesizer

Using my two month sabbatical to learn Rust by building a custom audiovisual hardware synthesizer.

Aug 29 • 

Matthias Meissen

November 2023

TWID #37: From Text to 3D Models

Trying out Genie from Luma AI and convert their models to Pointclouds in Houdini.

Nov 19, 2023 • 

Matthias Meissen

October 2023

TWID #36: Patch Battle at Deadline

Attending my first demo party to participate at a patch battle using TouchDesigner.

Oct 3, 2023 • 

Matthias Meissen

September 2023

TWID #35: Design for Scientists

Building a website to teach scientist the basics of visual design.

Sep 24, 2023 • 

Matthias Meissen

TWID #34: Learning Csound

Stepping into Csound and using Cabbage to build an AU plugin with it.

Sep 12, 2023 • 

Matthias Meissen

TWID #33: Scanning Objects in France

Going to France, where wine tasting meets 3D scanning.

Sep 5, 2023 • 

Matthias Meissen

August 2023

TWID #32: Building a Synth with Cmajor

Going from setup to sound with Cmajor and audio programming.

Aug 21, 2023 • 

Matthias Meissen

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