kott® · live

live visuals that lock to the beat.

Dither, halftone, ASCII and glitch on a live camera, locked to the music.

01/ RANGE

see what it does to real photos.

Real photographs run through kott, untouched: dither, halftone, riso, xerox, moiré and engraving at print resolution. Drag the divider to compare.

Pick a subject — or drag the divider.

Snow leopard, the untouched studio photograph.Snow leopard, run through kott into print-grade art.Originalkott01 / 22 · Snow leopard

Real photographs → real kott output, unretouched. Not the studio UI — the result.

Browse every effect, one page each →

02/ CHAIN

one instrument, one signal chain.

Real-time, at 60fps on a GPU canvas. Drop something in and the output is already moving — everything below is live kott running on video, not a pre-render.

SRC
FX
OUT
SRC01

source

  • Live camera, video, or a still
  • Audio in: onset, downbeat, 60–180 bpm
  • MIDI clock in at 24 PPQN
  • On-device cutout and detection
  • Frames never leave the device
FX02

look engine

  • Dither, halftone, ASCII, riso
  • Pixel-sort, VHS, RGB-split
  • Every knob at 60fps on a GPU canvas
OUT03

output

  • Layers and a type engine
  • Still export up to 4K
  • Video capture with synced audio
  • Projector mode, MIDI, audio-reactive
The kott studio cockpit: the effect grid on the right, the virtual nanoKONTROL2 console below, and live output on the canvas.
01 the cockpit — live on the canvas, 60fps
02 clean full-screen — for stage & projector

03/ SPEC

specification.

EngineEffect familiesdither · halftone · ascii · riso · glitch · pixel-sort
Processingreal-time · 60 fps · GPU canvas
InputSourceswebcam · video · stills
OutputStill exportup to 4K · png / jpg / webp
Video capturemp4 (h.264) · webm fallback · audio in sync
ControlHardwareMIDI (Korg nanoKONTROL2 class)
Full spec ↓
InputVisionon-device segmentation + detection (WASM)
OutputPerformanceprojector mode · clean fullscreen out
ControlClock inMIDI clock · 24 PPQN · start / stop / continue
Beat trackingspectral-flux onset · downbeat · build / drop
Tempotracked 60–180 bpm, or slaved to the clock
Modulationaudio-reactive · lfos · modulation nodes
PrivacyData100% on-device · nothing uploaded
PlatformRuns onany modern browser
DesktopmacOS app · fully offline
Made forUsersVJs · designers · video artists

04/ PAID

what paying adds.

Free is the whole engine, not a trial. One payment, once, covers the web studio and the Mac app and adds these three.

01

every effect, 4K out

Export every effect, including the deep cuts the free set holds back: the VHS and glitch suite, slit-scan, the audio-reactive visualisers. Still export up to 4K in every format.

See pricing
02

projector mode

Clean fullscreen output to a second screen or a projector, panels stripped away, while the controls stay on your laptop. It is the difference between showing someone the tool and playing it at a room.

03

the mac app, included

Native, fully offline, no account — the build that still works when the venue wifi does not. Same licence, no second purchase.

05/ OUT

start free.
pay when it earns it.

No card, no trial clock. Open the studio and use it; the licence is there when the free set starts getting in your way.

$59, once. Web studio and the Mac app on one licence. No subscription, nothing expires.

Open the studio

free forever · no card required

Compare free and paid →
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