zuggamasta

Alexander | Pixel Pusher and Lead 3D Artist

I explore audio visual worlds with hardware synthesizers and real-time graphics, often web based.

#b3d | #modularSynths | #midiTracker | #bike

website: https://zuggamasta.de/

Last Notes

2026-08-24 19:37:02 UTC

A colleague of mine was intrigued to help with one of the midi controllers I build. They are good with woodworking and have the right tools. So this is a first test with a cheap leftover. The plan is to make this from walnut and oil + prep it right. 🥰
( I might need to need to fix the proportions a little. They did a few tweaks to make the manufacturing easier, so there is some differences to the original.)
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/117/152/161/546/506/262/original/5232001034f726c8.jpeg

2026-08-10 19:44:12 UTC

https://www.twitch.tv/zuggastream
#eurorack #miditracker #modular synth
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2026-08-02 17:48:45 UTC

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😭 It’s working – but now that I do have other modules connected the USB power is not perfect anymore and I get “under voltage” messages on the #raspberrypi 4b (which is picky with power anyway).
Maybe I can just suppress the warning text, and use the correct USB PSU for gigs and recordings… 🫠
It all went fine for this quick test session, but the text does mess around with the #miditracker interface…
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/117/027/165/203/906/699/original/bdb2f0c1729902a3.mp4

2026-08-02 09:11:36 UTC

When in stress - rearrange your #eurorack
Two strong contenders: happy to hear any thoughts, suggestions or questions, that keep me busy in the quiet before next work week.
Left:
Raspberry pi integration in the case with 12hp of modules stored away in the 1U section. Full #miditracker support
Right:
Full Eurorack configuration, similar to what I had before with small updates, neat central silver panels and the full 3U row free for new things.
#synthDIY #modularSynth
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/117/025/078/548/511/630/original/8676eeac62ca9e62.jpeg
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2026-02-28 19:53:04 UTC

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took me longer than I want to admit, as it has been a while sice I last touched ronin. But this is fun and quick. Nice!
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/116/149/997/496/592/574/original/70660c9dad5eb753.png

2026-02-28 19:13:05 UTC

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:moomin_yes: Of course! Part of 'import' is imagemagic, it seems. Somehow I did not think of looking that way.
funnily enough: I just downloaded your ronin as I remember there was also some import/export things available.

2026-02-28 19:09:15 UTC

What is a simple image editor you would reccomend to load crop and export images and is maybe extendable? Best would be something that works on linux and macOS with a nice UI.
I really dispise the interface of Gimp interface and look for something nice and simple.
(adding the thumbnail I want to crop a scquare out of just for fun.)
#foss
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2025-12-16 20:11:25 UTC

Not the most amazing #mixxx but something in the direction I was going for. Hands on mixing live modular noodles with dance music.
Progress before perfection.
#midiTracker #synthDiy
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/115/731/055/071/537/504/original/92ab10e6af74a353.mp3

2025-11-29 22:12:27 UTC

Tonight was good.
[@denoised_cas](https://pixelfed.social/denoised_cas ) #midiTracker #modularSynth
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2025-10-28 06:11:41 UTC

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I think that can be crowdsourced and then just pasted underneath as comment on the yt version. Might do that on the commute in a bit.
(All tracks are approximately 2:17 so that should be easy enough)

2025-08-22 19:00:55 UTC

Clean install day 🧼 what am I missing? What’s something you install on the first day?
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/115/073/945/907/417/091/original/6c3663f9a82c2abb.jpeg

2025-04-15 19:34:02 UTC

I can’t believe how simple and powerful #faircamp is. It has taken a while for me to understand that I can just have this running on the Webserver I use and build the pages there, which is really comfy.
Thank you to @npub1zx5…d279 for the tool and @npub1nuu…gjr3 for the great documentation.
Now I just need to decide WHAT I want to put there, and some minor quirks that I have with my very unstructured discography.
#foss #music
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/343/633/563/200/580/original/33db7b5ce814f34f.jpeg

2025-04-04 08:45:59 UTC

Submitted my #flickgame to the #flickjam! I quickly threw together a way to switch between the animated transitions and the static scene changes. Making this was fun, I hope ya'll have some fun playing this, too!
https://zuggamasta.itch.io/flickspace
#gamedev
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2025-03-31 17:03:20 UTC

Oh no! @npub1z8r…mrq6 what have you done! I tried to "just give it a quick spin, see what this is about" and now I just have three empty panels left!
https://zuggamasta.de/flickgame/
#gamedev #flickgame
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/258/110/336/159/583/original/b28e1552b90ef78c.mp4

2025-03-29 21:14:01 UTC

Next gig is up in 2 weeks already! I'll once again using [@cables_gl](https://mastodon.social/@cables_gl ) #cablesGL for live rendered visuals. Control via repurposed game controller works fine on MacOS which is a real treat (and surprise)
https://youtu.be/yb6z_07wp8U
#vj #modularSynth #webGL

2024-10-29 14:57:42 UTC

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As soon as I have something that does UV maps I can do projection mapping 😀 I'm just not sure how well it deals with multiple output devices, if that's what you mean.
👀

2024-10-29 14:04:51 UTC

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I'm not affiliated with them but love https://cables.gl/ it renders everything to a webGL (browser) context so it's pretty cross-plattform.

2024-09-02 16:59:44 UTC

Pondering whether I remove all non-essential parts from my old bike to make a cute minimal setup.
Now I’m even considering if it would be practical to convert it to a single speed 😀