TouchDesigner is great for building interactive art projects with a variety of sensors. In this video, artist Lake Heckaman covers aspects of his workflow focused on interactivity, using different sensors at the same time, and using a beautiful particle emitter scene as an example.
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In this post, we walk you through a beginner-friendly, step-by-step guide for getting started with audio reactivity in TouchDesigner using built-in tools. To continue reading this post, click here.
Beginner's Guide to TouchDesigner Audio Reactive Visuals
From 3 to 15 June, 2025 ONLINE VIA ZOOM in English Language Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays 6-9 PM, CET Time 6 modules of 3 hours Book now : https://www.module.paris/vjing-2 Dive into the world of interactive visual creation with TouchDesigner.
Introduction to TouchDesigner in June (6 courses in English online) - Beginner friendly
The Event CHOP is a great tool for generating overlapping events on a trigger input, and is often used in conjunction with a MIDI keyboard. In this video, Jack walks you through using the Event CHOP for instancing geometry.
Instancing with the Event CHOP in TouchDesigner
This article explores some TouchDesigner operators that are worth knowing about but are maybe not as common in our projects. To continue reading this post, click here.
Seven Useful TouchDesigner Operators You Didn't Know About

In this video, Jack DiLaura will walk you through the process of adapting GLSL shaders to function in TouchDesigner by converting “Mouse Spinner”, a fantastic interactive GLSL effect by Dave Hoskins, to run in the program.
GLSL Effect Porting in TouchDesigner

y=f(x) Volumetric cone lights https://vimeo.com/1084622634 https://vimeo.com/1084622634 Introduction This component can be used to render volumetric cone lights, which are especially useful when rendering pre-visualizers.
y=f(x) Volumetric lights
May 20th, 2025 / 6:00-8:00 pm / Public Offering Brewing, Denver This will be the third meeting of the monthly Denver TouchDesigner Jam Session, an informal gathering of TouchDesigner users of all skill levels.
Denver TouchDesigner Jam Session #2
We are very excited to announce our TouchDesigner Event London Summer, taking place at Peckham Audio on June 15th, 2025. This will be our first organized meetup in London, and we're really looking forward to connecting in person with the local TouchDesigner community!
TouchDesigner Event London Summer 2025
We are very excited to announce our TouchDesigner Paris Summer Event, taking place at Point Éphémère on July 9th, 2025. This will be our first organized meetup in Paris, and we're really looking forward to connecting in person with the local TouchDesigner community!
TouchDesigner Event Paris Summer 2025
We are very excited to announce our TouchDesigner Event Dublin Summer 2025, taking place at Flux on June 28th, 2025. This will be our first organized meetup in Dublin, and we're really looking forward to connecting in person with the local TouchDesigner community!
TouchDesigner Event Dublin Summer 2025

We’re excited to announce that we’ll be coming to Europe this summer for three TouchDesigner events—in London, Dublin, and Paris—a little shift in focus this year as we spread the node love beyond our usual Berlin gatherings.
TouchDesigner Events Europe Summer 2025
From July 2 to August 6, 2025 5 online lessons at 3 hours in English Language via Zoom & one in person showcase in Berlin.
Creative Masterclass : FULL DOME PRODUCTION
From July 2 to August 6, 2025 5 online lessons at 3 hours in English Language via Zoom & one in person showcase in Berlin.
Creative Masterclass : IMMERSIVE VJ PERFORMANCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3tlhIBci_k 3 Installations created with Touchdesigner LOVE Letters Parallel Dimension Illoominated 2 DJ: Audiobahn 6PM to 10PM during DTLA ArtNight
11D Gallery presents We LOVE LA
Calling all TD users to join in a night of discussion, project-exploration and networking. 20-30 minute TouchDesigner project shares here in Vancouver, BC.
TouchDesigner YVR - May Edition

Learn about what Tox files are, how (and why) to use them, and get some handy advice for tox-based workflows! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEc_BOQsLGM
TOX Files Tutorial

Philosophical Tools: History of Video Instruments Artists & Toolmakers lecture presented during the Critical Flow Workshop Series curated by Marcos Serafim at the Photography, Video And Imaging - School of Art @ the University of Arizona, on May 9th, 2025.
Philosophical Tools: History of Video Instruments Artists & Toolmakers 1965-Present

tox screenshot A local LLM + RAG system designed to enhance documentation search for beginners, powered by FAISS vector search and an Ollama powered local LLM.
TouchDesigner Wiki RAG Search Tool (FAISS + Ollama)

The new operator family POPs (Point Operators) opens up new possibilities to work with 3D data on the GPU. In this tutorial, we get to know the POPs family more and make use of various attributes to create an interactive instancing field.