KeyWorx 0.9 (KeyWorx Classic)
KeyWorx 0.9 is a Multi-User Cross Media Synthesizer - a distributed application that allows multiple players to generate, synthesize
and process images, sounds and text within a shared realtime environment. As an instrument it allows communities of players to dynamically
control and modify all aspects of digitized media in a collaborative performance.
The premise of the KeyWorx Project is to
contribute to the emerging genre of telecommunications art. It is an instrument and a communications tool - a vehicle for sending and
receiving commands, pushing and blocking choices, negotiating and dictating experiments, improvising and rehearsing the realization of a
sensory display - a simultaneous realtime interchange with live and formatted media.
A new KeyWorx Realizer is under development
KeyWorx 0.9 is the original Mac OSX application of the KeyWorx platform targeted to the media/performing artist user group. This application began development in 1998 and completed development in February, 2004. Currently a new Realizer is under development as an open source project. New thoughts about the KeyWorx architecture and the protocol made us decide to start all over again. The most important conceptual difference is that the realizer now is a pure server, receiving commands and data streams. At the moment the new Realizer is running in the ScratchWorx console with a custom build hardware interface.
Transition period
Artist/programmer participation in the OSS project will bring added value to the platform and increase its overall use through third party development of interfaces and Realizer plugins. Artist participation is vital to the continuing innovation of the platform. Current KW0.9 user group and beta-testers will need guidance through the transitional process. It is hoped that members of the community will design personal interfaces and that those with limited programming skills, will use the interface designed by the Waag Society team. The main goal of the transitional period and beyond is to create an awareness among old and new KeyWorx users that they share responsibility for the maintenance and growth of the community. Waag Society will assist and support by maintaining mailing lists, offering tech support and providing educational workshops.
KeyWorx 0.9 is still availbale from our development server:
For new users of KeyWorx 0.9 there is a KeyWorx Quick Start F.A.Q. [pdf-file] and a tutorial movie [quicktime-movie]. In addition there is a short introduction to using KeyWorx in multiuser mode.