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2026
Chromagnon Update: Late October 2026
Hi all! A short one with good news: the RevK Chromagnon boards are done. RevK is done I finished the RevK main board on Sunday, October 25, along with RevB of the rear IO board. RevK…
Videomancer Community Library 1.1.0: 121 Programs
It has been incredibly rewarding to watch developers in the community push Videomancer's FPGA processing to the limit over the past year with custom programs. I'm very happy to present the first big…
Teletect Toolkit: Six New Videomancer Programs
Hi all! Videomancer firmware 1.0.1 builds in six programs from Phil Baljeu's Teletect Toolkit, for color mastering and glitch art. One photograph through all six programs. Phil and Teletect Phil does…
Chromagnon Update: October 2026
Hi all! Here's October from the workshop, mostly in pictures. Chromagnon Core testing on the RevJ prototype is going extremely well. RevJ prototype under test. The plastic parts and enclosure samples…
Chromagnon Update: Hardware Bits
Hi all! I want to share some progress on the enclosure and plastic parts for Chromagnon. This is a short check-in between the September update and the October post. LED window film Film…
Chromagnon Update: September 2026
Hello video friends. Sorry this is late! August was a scramble, with multiple projects rolling here, and a family trip back to Texas to meet my first grandchild. Both assembled Chromagnon RevJ…
Artist Feature: Tristan Bres
Tristan Bres is a French musician, composer and visual artist. After starting in 2018, he began creating vector based video art for personal artistic projects. Currently he creates images from sound…
Artist Feature: Gabriel Freed
Gabriel Freed is a Film-maker, multi-medium artist, and owner of the production company “Fuzzy Pictures”. Gabriel was always intrigued by the blend of film making and video art as a young film maker,…
Artist Feature: Glitschen
Glitschen is a glitch and musical artist from Canada. As a classical bass player, Glitschen found themselves intrigued in new video modular when an old tech guy introduced them to analog video from…
Chromagnon Update: Prototype Boards Ordered
Hello video friends: and sorry this July update is late. I aim for the first week of the month; the milestones I wanted to hit landed later than that. Chromagnon's prototype boards are on order.…