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A DJ’s sample


Zach Kaiser’s Sampler is a platform that lets the user explore the connection between content.

Although it’s still in the development stage, the idea came about from a DJ sample machine, which can mix and transform music from multiple mediums, creating new music. Kaiser, a DJ and educator, says his Sampler platform can be used in other medias other than music.

Without getting too technical, Sampler would allow people to pursue deeper inquiry. For example, the user can input information into the software such as text, video or music. After the data is mixed, what is displayed could yield something thematic or abstract.

The platform can be used in a wide array of disciplines but, as an educator, Kaiser looks to use it as an educational tool that would allow students to dig deeper into projects or take a more creative approach with the data to develop a different thesis.

This DJ approach allows people to use algorithms, but in a way that give a sense of humanism to the content.

“Samples are things to think with,” Kaiser said.

- Valentino Lucio

Categories: SXSW 2013

Valentino Lucio

Valentino Lucio