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by TKS
Sun Feb 11, 2024 3:54 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: 3 music lyrics videos [update]
Replies: 11
Views: 6901

Re: 3 music lyrics videos [update]

Ah, that's what I ended up doing in W10, screen-capturing and adding movie to MMV, changing background to green to use chromakeyfast to isolate text although that does slightly make the black lyric text slightly lighter (any help with that?) So with having a character limit count of just 50 on www....
by TKS
Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:42 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: 3 music lyrics videos [update]
Replies: 11
Views: 6901

Re: 3 music lyrics videos [update]

Added a similar video but with a nice page-turning effect (realized with ISF) at the start of each chorus: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIZ-s-NRPdE Great work - I enjoyed that, can I ask again in regards to www.calligrapher.ai - how do you add the exported svg file to MMV? Keep the videos comi...
by TKS
Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:59 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: 3 music lyrics videos [update]
Replies: 11
Views: 6901

Re: 3 music lyrics videos [update]

Added a similar video but with a nice page-turning effect (realized with ISF) at the start of each chorus:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIZ-s-NRPdE
by TKS
Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:52 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Why shouldn't a disembodied brain be travelling trough space?
Replies: 1
Views: 656

Re: Why shouldn't a disembodied brain be travelling trough space?

Simple but perfectly supports your song.
I like it.
A lot!
by TKS
Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:43 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: 3 music lyrics videos [update]
Replies: 11
Views: 6901

Re: 2 music lyrics videos

Very good work; Thumbs up from me on YT - do these lyrics actually come from MMV - I would love some advice on how to achieve this... :) Thanks for your feedback here and on YouTube. Unfortunately MMV can't do anything like that, but https://www.calligrapher.ai/ can. Everything else is MMV with GFX...
by TKS
Tue Jan 09, 2024 9:13 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: 3 music lyrics videos [update]
Replies: 11
Views: 6901

Re: 2 music lyrics videos

Thought the talk part of the vocal is great. Thinking it would be great to have magic ingest srt for lyrical songs or poetry. [ Sorry for the late reply, life got in the way in a not so nice way ] Thanks for the positive feedback, Sadler. I would LOVE to have a module for lyrics/text with a simple(...
by TKS
Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:21 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: 3 music lyrics videos [update]
Replies: 11
Views: 6901

3 music lyrics videos [update]

Some of you may remember that I'm always looking for new ways to visualize the lyrics for my songs without having to work on the visuals for weeks. Here are links to 2 songs with lyrics: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vBEgy9WnG8 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IPbPx0mk5E Feedback as always ap...
by TKS
Thu Oct 19, 2023 1:48 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Video Spectrum
Replies: 7
Views: 16316

Re: Video Spectrum

This is amazing, so smooth and really well done.
Care to share some more details on how it's done?
by TKS
Sat Oct 07, 2023 9:20 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: ...and another song visualization...
Replies: 0
Views: 13973

...and another song visualization...

I think it's REALLY quiet around here now, hope you're all doing well.
Here's something new, I hope you like it:
by TKS
Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Midi Piano Tutorial Visualization
Replies: 1
Views: 5328

Re: Midi Piano Tutorial Visualization

A while back I made the video below, but it was quite a bit of work and probably not what you want:
by TKS
Tue Aug 22, 2023 6:15 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Another song visualization
Replies: 0
Views: 13956

Another song visualization

It's pretty quiet here at the moment, so I thought I'd post my latest video.
Nothing too ambitious, but I hope you like it anyway.
Feedback (good or bad) is as always welcome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUNSBgejG-g
by TKS
Fri Apr 28, 2023 11:47 am
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Rock song music visualization
Replies: 2
Views: 7655

Re: Rock song music visualization

Looks great! How do you organize and control your different camera angles? The first time I did this (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7tvbWoWOlg ) I actually rendered as many videos as I had cameras, and let MMV switch cameras during playback (via Input Selector and Multimix), but one render t...
by TKS
Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:15 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Rock song music visualization
Replies: 2
Views: 7655

Rock song music visualization

Another example of my preferred setup with MMV, iClone 8 and Stable Diffusion.
  • animation made with iClone 8
  • animation modified with Stable Diffusion
  • lyrics and extra blink and everything else made with Magic Music Visuals
Enjoy:
by TKS
Sat Apr 01, 2023 12:05 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: 2 different lyrics visualizations
Replies: 2
Views: 7234

Re: 2 different lyrics visualizations

But to answer this finally, the question is perhaps: What do you want to achieve with the lyrics? Should it only be an information, do you want to make a video to a song or a karaoke version of it? Thanks for you feedback! The lyrics are just for information. Before, I made complete music videos, b...
by TKS
Sat Apr 01, 2023 11:59 am
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: First attempt to visualise some music
Replies: 3
Views: 9651

Re: First attempt to visualise some music

I think that's a good start, especially the sequences with the synthesizer in the background look pretty cool.
Simple, but supports your song very well.
Welcome to the forum!
by TKS
Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:38 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: 2 different lyrics visualizations
Replies: 2
Views: 7234

2 different lyrics visualizations

My 2 latest music visualizations to make song lyric videos a little less boring, maybe you like the general idea:

Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYPKKn8ukfo
Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URy3so6fBVo
by TKS
Wed Mar 08, 2023 6:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Upgraded Mac, but performance the same?
Replies: 7
Views: 8644

Re: Upgraded Mac, but performance the same?

I'm not a Mac guy, but under Windows the GPU speed is important. Do you still use the same GPU?
by TKS
Sun Feb 19, 2023 1:16 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Music video with MMV + Stable Diffusion
Replies: 2
Views: 8187

Re: Music video with MMV + Stable Diffusion

Look great! Are you using anything to control image timing? Yep, it's a special program called "Magic Music Visuals" :lol: Of course, when I create the morphs, I already have a rough estimate of how long each morph should be approximately, but the fine-tuning is done with MMV, speeding up...
by TKS
Fri Feb 17, 2023 8:09 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Music video with MMV + Stable Diffusion
Replies: 2
Views: 8187

Music video with MMV + Stable Diffusion

I'm starting to get the hang of this combination. Base images created with Stable Diffusion, morphed and moved with FantaMorph and MMV, and lots of small but effective detail changes with MMV. Skip the first 40 seconds if you have arachna, ahem, anrachno, oops, I mean anarcho ... if you are afraid o...
by TKS
Sun Feb 12, 2023 12:49 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: mp4 audio quality settings
Replies: 3
Views: 13990

mp4 audio quality settings

As discussed here https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2989 it would be nice to have an audio quality setting for mp4 (or other) export formats. I know I can replace the audio later with ffmpeg (or a video editing program of my choice), but it would be much more convenient to...
by TKS
Sun Feb 12, 2023 12:34 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: MMV VS Stable Diffusion - "Real-time" Mixing Demo
Replies: 7
Views: 10879

Re: MMV VS Stable Diffusion - "Real-time" Mixing Demo

The "making-of" part of your video is pretty cool, you do some interesting stuff there. I'll be sure to watch it again later. But, to be honest, the finished video in no way represents the effort you put in, the images change so quickly that a random display, perhaps pseudo-colored by volu...
by TKS
Sun Feb 05, 2023 11:33 am
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: 3D Spectrum w/ Delay
Replies: 3
Views: 10993

Re: 3D Spectrum w/ Delay

This shows once again that less is sometimes more.
Even if there's not much to see, it's fascinating to watch for a while.
Well done!
by TKS
Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Long videos not rendering
Replies: 5
Views: 10622

Re: Long videos not rendering

Magic wrote:I'm pretty sure mp4s can't be larger than 4GB. Maybe try another format?
Just FYI, my longest mp4 rendered by MMV is 12 GB, filesystem is NTFS.
by TKS
Sun Jan 22, 2023 7:54 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Rock/pop song visualization
Replies: 0
Views: 15547

Rock/pop song visualization

New visualization with: Background created with iClone Singers created and animated with Stable Diffusion 2.1 . These are 8 famous singers morphed sequentially into what you see. Rhythmic morphs and warps and lights from MMV. Enjoy, and feedback (good or bad) very welcomed: https://www.youtube.com/w...
by TKS
Sun Dec 25, 2022 3:37 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Another music video with AI generated art
Replies: 0
Views: 15241

Another music video with AI generated art

This is kind of a tribute song for Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan. Since almost all public images of her are copyrighted I generated some anime-like images with Stable-Diffusion and used them for a background slideshow with MMV. Simple, but does the job. Enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
by TKS
Thu Dec 08, 2022 2:59 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Drum and Bass - Are you ready?
Replies: 12
Views: 28498

Re: Drum and Bass - Are you ready?

The important thing for any timed expression is the 'inrange' function - simplifies the conditions for activation greatly. I've never noticed the 'inrange' function, so far I've always used millions of if() statements, which are a bit better readable, but as you said, hard to reuse. Thanks Sadler 8-)
by TKS
Wed Dec 07, 2022 10:42 am
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Music video with some new experiments
Replies: 2
Views: 10180

Re: Music video with some new experiments

A great style that suits the music, singing and sentiment of the song. Constantly expecting her to sing the words though - you should check out first order modelling To be honest, during production I also sometimes expected her to sing the lyrics. :lol: I've tried this model (albeit a different for...
by TKS
Wed Dec 07, 2022 10:36 am
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Drum and Bass - Are you ready?
Replies: 12
Views: 28498

Re: Drum and Bass - Are you ready?

This face is killing me :lol:

Although it fits the genre perfectly, it's a bit too fast-paced (at least for me) to really enjoy because it takes my attention away from the music.
That being said, it's really, really well done with lots of cool effects!
by TKS
Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:25 am
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Music video with some new experiments
Replies: 2
Views: 10180

Music video with some new experiments

A song about someone who is afraid of going crazy, and probably already is.
In line with this mood, the video is also a bit crazy, a lot of new experiments went into it.

Feedback (as always) highly appreciated.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLAMH6dhTWQ
by TKS
Fri Nov 11, 2022 3:41 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Music video with AI generated art
Replies: 2
Views: 10126

Re: Music video with AI generated art

[apologies for hijacking your post] No MMV in this one but this is a recent visual I created for a live gig using stable diffusion. Separate SD sequences spliced together in an regular video editor. No problem. As you already wrote over at YouTube, there's a huge market for those AI generated image...
by TKS
Fri Nov 04, 2022 4:27 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Music video with AI generated art
Replies: 2
Views: 10126

Music video with AI generated art

Another visualization I created for my own music. Ingredients: AI-generated images, created with Stable Diffusion (see https://github.com/CompVis/stable-diffusion). The images are based on the lyrics of the song. Morphing the images into a huge animation sequence (in this case 4320 images) and creat...
by TKS
Fri Nov 04, 2022 2:01 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Another geometric design - pure Magic
Replies: 5
Views: 15248

Re: Another geometric design - pure Magic

I've no chops for music so I rely on others - not blaming others of course. This was my choice. I was looking for something less musical and more Avant Garde All good, after all we are in a "visuals" forum, and with the label "Avant Garde" you are safe :lol: And, BTW, as a kid I...
by TKS
Fri Nov 04, 2022 12:52 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Another geometric design - pure Magic
Replies: 5
Views: 15248

Re: Another geometric design - pure Magic

That's pretty cool...iterators are the coolest thing ever!

The music is nerve racking, though :roll: :D
by TKS
Thu Oct 13, 2022 7:54 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: New music video
Replies: 0
Views: 15839

New music video

Since it's a bit quiet here, I decided to post another music video.
Most was done with iClone, only about 20% was done with MMV. I hope this is ok, if not just let me know and I'll delete this post.

Enjoy:
by TKS
Wed Aug 24, 2022 8:39 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Tribute song with slideshow
Replies: 0
Views: 15947

Tribute song with slideshow

Seems there's not much going on here during vacation time so I thought my tribute song for those who influenced my music but are no longer with us would be a bit of a change. The slideshow is nothing spectacular, but my goal was to not distract from the song too much. Enjoy: Eleanor Lennox: Survivin...
by TKS
Mon Aug 22, 2022 1:05 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: star sower
Replies: 3
Views: 10676

Re: star sower

I agree, that's really, really good. And I like the song :-)
by TKS
Wed Jul 27, 2022 7:12 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Singer singing on stage
Replies: 0
Views: 15743

Singer singing on stage

Next step to get a (more or less) realistic performance of a singer.
Song composed by yours truly, singer animation with iClone8, cut/blend, lights and some blinking stuff with MMV.

Enjoy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7tvbWoWOlg
by TKS
Tue Jul 26, 2022 2:04 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Animated Tribute to "The Flash" theme music
Replies: 2
Views: 8612

Re: Animated Tribute to "The Flash" theme music

I think your video does exactly what it should: support the film score, but does not distract too much from it.
I like it.
by TKS
Mon Jul 18, 2022 12:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: video module start
Replies: 3
Views: 3643

Re: video module start

I think there is a reasonable way to do this, which is to link the Start Time parameter of each VideoFile module to a Global with an Increase modifier. When each video becomes active in the MultiMix, it will therefore start at the correct time (as long as the Scene Start parameter is enabled, which...
by TKS
Wed Jul 06, 2022 1:46 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Video with lip-synced vocals
Replies: 2
Views: 4985

Re: Video with lip-synced vocals

Nice tune and video. You singer has a great voice. Could do with having one of them at hand myself. What software did you use to visualise the vocals? Thank you for the nice feedback :) The software I've used is iClone8 (https://www.reallusion.com/iclone/). Not exactly a bargain, but compared to DA...
by TKS
Sat Jul 02, 2022 9:51 am
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Video with lip-synced vocals
Replies: 2
Views: 4985

Video with lip-synced vocals

Because I now have a good singer at hand and therefore no longer compose so much pure instrumental music, the next logical step was to visualize the vocals. Since MMV is not really suitable for this I had to learn a completely new software, and my first results are quite good. And, of course, MMV is...
by TKS
Tue Jun 07, 2022 10:32 am
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Lyrics visualization
Replies: 1
Views: 4234

Lyrics visualization

Some of you might remember when @Sadler introduced PyTorch to generate videos from texts, see https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2737 One problem we discussed privately was that those scripts often create some kind of graffiti of the text and how to avoid that. This discuss...
by TKS
Mon May 23, 2022 7:23 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Fade stars from starfield
Replies: 2
Views: 8049

Re: Fade stars from starfield

Sadler wrote:This test render was created using a modified version of Particles 2 from IteratorBasicExamples:
This looks even nicer than the Starfield-module, I have to try that.
Thanks a lot for the idea and the video :geek:
by TKS
Sat May 21, 2022 10:19 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Fade stars from starfield
Replies: 2
Views: 8049

Fade stars from starfield

When I create stars with the "Starfield" module with a very low speed some stars suddenly disappear, see the orange one here https://youtu.be/fj-aZ1ZAzIs?t=78 This happens only in the final render, not in the preview, and it's visually not very pleasing. It would be nice (not only for this...
by TKS
Tue May 10, 2022 11:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why can I no longer click on users?
Replies: 4
Views: 2868

Re: Why can I no longer click on users?

Same here, but since I started posting here last year it was always this way.
No idea why, other forums with the same software allow it, so it can't be a security thing...
by TKS
Fri May 06, 2022 9:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Random modifier seems too consistent?
Replies: 2
Views: 2087

Re: Random modifier seems too consistent?

...and see it consistently jump to specific points in the video over and over.... True(!) randomness might even get your project jump to the same point all the time (unlikely, but possible). What you want is pseudo-randomness, means no point is used twice (or only if you want to), possibly all inte...
by TKS
Wed May 04, 2022 8:16 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: First experiments with Iterators
Replies: 0
Views: 13326

First experiments with Iterators

After (re-) watching a couple of videos from the usual suspects (Sadler, Terry Payman, skarabee) who use iterators I decided that I have to learn using them. Boy, you can do amazing and crazy things with iterators, and I barely scratched the surface of them... Here's a first try, more on the calmer ...
by TKS
Thu Apr 28, 2022 11:52 am
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Song Visualization with (audio) copyright issues
Replies: 1
Views: 4590

Re: Song Visualization with (audio) copyright issues

For those who might be interested how the copyright claim from Adrev Publishing has ended: TL;DR: their software to find copyrighted music (in their own words: " Adrev has grown into the industry’s standard bearer for innovation ") completely sucks :shock: I denied their claim and offered ...
by TKS
Sun Apr 24, 2022 4:04 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Human Meters
Replies: 0
Views: 11735

Human Meters

I had this idea for quite a while and finally found the time to realize a first version.
Expect some more when I find the time and a way to make them SFW :lol:

As always, best viewed in HD over at YouTube;
by TKS
Thu Mar 31, 2022 5:22 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Song Visualization with (audio) copyright issues
Replies: 1
Views: 4590

Song Visualization with (audio) copyright issues

Wrote a song for some new visual effects and got me first copyright claim from a company called Adrev Publishing which seems to be one of YouTubes copyrights tests during upload. Funnily enough I couldn't even find the song on YouTube which they claim I copied...it's called "Ode To Zanzibar&quo...
by TKS
Thu Mar 17, 2022 3:09 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: EDM Music Visualized
Replies: 0
Views: 11868

EDM Music Visualized

A simple EDM song to test some new effects I put together.
The sexy girl from my last Giger video was still in town, so here's another collaboration with her :D

As always, best viewed in HD over at YouTube:
by TKS
Tue Mar 15, 2022 7:18 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Audio probe
Replies: 1
Views: 9378

Audio probe

When I modify visuals via the feature "Frequency Range" it would be nice to have a little button which lets me only hear what's actually going on in this frequency range.
Is this possible or is this diametrical to MMVs base architecture, means hard to implement?
by TKS
Thu Mar 10, 2022 8:21 am
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Fractal Flames experiments
Replies: 0
Views: 11260

Fractal Flames experiments

On my search for new visuals I stumbled upon Fractal Flames and think they are quite interesting.
Find below my first experiment with it, maybe you guys get also some inspiration from it.

Works best in HD, so watching it over at YouTube is recommended:
by TKS
Wed Mar 09, 2022 7:36 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: A new video for my latest VCV Rack generative track
Replies: 2
Views: 3548

Re: A new video for my latest VCV Rack generative track

I like it, both the visuals and the music. That's the kind of music I listen to when coding software.
by TKS
Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Can this be done with MMV?
Replies: 1
Views: 2142

Can this be done with MMV?

53 secs into the video: https://youtu.be/SZzehktUeko?t=53 (the black shadows) 244 sec into the video: https://youtu.be/SZzehktUeko?t=244 (generally an amazing scene) I have a basic idea with polygons and iterator frequencies in scale and translate modules and whatnot, but especially with the camera ...
by TKS
Sat Feb 19, 2022 2:26 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Shader layering
Replies: 0
Views: 9490

Shader layering

Some technique I often use for my relaxing/chillout videos is the layering of shaders with various blend settings, where the topmost layer is what you actually see and the hidden layer(s) are just used for coloring the top layer. It's simple, easy on the CPU and gets the job done. Enjoy: https://www...
by TKS
Sat Feb 12, 2022 5:37 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Some more shader experiments
Replies: 2
Views: 4299

Re: Some more shader experiments

Is there a tutorial somewhere on how you are fading between the various shaders in Magic? I suspect this is achieved with playlists, but also, you could be setting keyframes somehow to morph the variables in each shader. The obvious and easiest way are playlists, the next one (with less options) is...
by TKS
Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:48 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Waveforms and EQs
Replies: 4
Views: 5894

Re: Waveforms and EQs

I also like your video a lot, really amazing effects.

I have to confess, I also skipped some parts here or there...but unlike Terry I carefully skipped only in 5 second-steps to not miss any of them :D
by TKS
Tue Jan 11, 2022 4:17 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Psytrance Visualization
Replies: 0
Views: 4148

Psytrance Visualization

Giger's Daydream: the other side of what I think was in H.R. Giger's head when he did NOT create his nightmare biomechanicals...
Technically nothing too sophisticated, but nice to look at :D

As always best viewed in HD over at YouTube:
by TKS
Mon Jan 10, 2022 3:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Idea/help for expression needed
Replies: 4
Views: 3388

Re: Idea/help for expression needed

This seemed to work however: Screenshot 2022-01-10 124243.png Yep, found an okayish solution with the trigger-modifier myself, even when it would be more convenient to have a "TriggerUp" and additionally a "TriggerDown" modifier. Thanks a lot, Sadler! The only thing which still ...
by TKS
Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Idea/help for expression needed
Replies: 4
Views: 3388

Idea/help for expression needed

I have a global with oscillates from 0.3 to 1.3: value := sin(TIME) + 0.3 I would like to increase another global (myTrigger) each time this value hits 1.3 if(value == 1.3, myTrigger++, myTrigger) Problem: with float, you can't compare exact values. Workarounds (if value > 1.299) or using the "...
by TKS
Fri Dec 31, 2021 9:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Increase number of spectrum bars
Replies: 20
Views: 21388

Re: Increase number of spectrum bars

Sadler wrote:There's a much better way to do this now - you can have any number of bars in any shape you want.
What Sadler said, just increase the number of iterations.

Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3mIxcFXT98 I use 128 iterations to display the bass-track at the top of the screen.
by TKS
Sat Dec 18, 2021 12:23 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Newbie's attempt
Replies: 8
Views: 6849

Re: Newbie's attempt

I like it 8-)
Yes, it's different, but in a good way. It's a good song and you tell its story.
I think it's definitely a good start with MMV!
by TKS
Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:00 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Horror Video (kinda)
Replies: 0
Views: 4103

Horror Video (kinda)

Inspired by Sadler's "Dragon daydream" video I decided to give those PyTorch ML scripts a try, but my theme wasn't dragons but the phenomenal art of H.R. Giger, best known for the design of the Alien creature featured in the movie Alien . This is the first time my (base) visuals were creat...
by TKS
Wed Dec 08, 2021 8:18 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Some more shader experiments
Replies: 2
Views: 4299

Some more shader experiments

Nothing too sophisticated, it's more a test for simple visuals for everyday use which do not need lots of time to implement.
Hope you like it:

by TKS
Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:38 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Dragon daydream
Replies: 8
Views: 8538

Re: Dragon daydream

Did you use AdaBins for the 3D effect? I'm just testing Aphantasia, it's cool but doesn't looks like yours. Edit : nevermind, I've used the (official) release v1.2b, which doesn't has illustrip.py. Cloning the master branch did the job 8-) Edit 2: care to share the text you've used? Is it in general...
by TKS
Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:52 am
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Dragon daydream
Replies: 8
Views: 8538

Re: Dragon daydream

The visual is using a PyTorch ML script called Illustrip and the music is composed by AIVA. There are better scripts but I don't have the hardware to run them Being a lifetime fan of surrealistic art I like this a lot. I've never heard of Illustrip before. What hardware did you use and how long did...
by TKS
Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:40 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Add "Start" trigger for JpegFolder
Replies: 2
Views: 8624

Re: Add "Start" trigger for JpegFolder

Goto Start for VideoFiles I knew already, but a video is not an option in my case here.

But, the Restart module is exactly what I need, thanks a lot for this information!
by TKS
Thu Dec 02, 2021 9:46 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Add "Start" trigger for JpegFolder
Replies: 2
Views: 8624

Add "Start" trigger for JpegFolder

[So my findings here https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2731#p11774 won't get lost.] Abusing the "Reload" trigger to restart the images with image 1 works, but who knows if this is still supported/possible in future versions of Magic. A dedicated trigger to start ...
by TKS
Thu Dec 02, 2021 9:20 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Some more Piano Visualization
Replies: 3
Views: 4733

Re: Some more Piano Visualization

So, I've found a (more or less) simple and practical solution if anyone else should have a similar problem: create a for the length of the animation suitable MIDI-clicktrack, here it was every 4th kickdrum trigger the "Reload" parameter of the JpegFolder module with it so every time it's t...
by TKS
Thu Dec 02, 2021 8:04 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Some more Piano Visualization
Replies: 3
Views: 4733

Re: Some more Piano Visualization

My only complaint is that your dancer isn't following the tempo of the music. Kinda distracts me. Can you adjust the speed? I've computed the needed FPS for the JpegFolder with 3 decimal places and it still drifts :( I guess I have to implement an expression which smoothly adjusts the FPS to the ac...
by TKS
Thu Dec 02, 2021 7:22 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Some more Piano Visualization
Replies: 3
Views: 4733

Some more Piano Visualization

I had another Boogie Woogie song laying around, which was a good excuse to re-use my piano and place it into a smokey underground bar. Not extremely sophisticated, but at least it features one of my unavoidable dancers on the piano :D Best viewed in HD over at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
by TKS
Sat Nov 27, 2021 9:45 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Time offset for audio/MIDI sources
Replies: 3
Views: 10826

Re: Time offset for audio/MIDI sources

The option is cleverly hidden I must say :D
I searched for "Offset" in the manual.
Anyway, thanks both for your help, it's highly appreciated!
by TKS
Fri Nov 26, 2021 8:36 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Time offset for audio/MIDI sources
Replies: 3
Views: 10826

Time offset for audio/MIDI sources

In my recent bass drum animation here https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fa1uTDLe9mg the pedal of the bass drum is triggered by the audio of the bass drum itself. Problem: the animation STARTS when the trigger is registered, however the beater needs some time to hit the drumhead and therefore is always t...
by TKS
Wed Nov 24, 2021 5:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Disabled playlist entries
Replies: 3
Views: 3292

Re: Disabled playlist entries

Did the disabled entry have a length of 14.4 sec?
by TKS
Wed Nov 24, 2021 4:58 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Integration by function(renderDream)
Replies: 2
Views: 3484

Re: Integration by function(renderDream)

I like the music a lot, exactly what I listen to to relax.

The shader you've used in the first half of the song, is this one out in the public somewhere or written by you?
It's beautiful...
by TKS
Mon Nov 22, 2021 3:12 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Vocals visualization
Replies: 0
Views: 3524

Vocals visualization

Some more experiments using (pre-rendered) 3D objects controlled by the music, plus some more bling.
No human beings were hurt during the process.

Enjoy (preferably in HD over at YouTube):
by TKS
Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:52 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Hope you enjoy this....
Replies: 5
Views: 5174

Re: Hope you enjoy this....

... I've been writing music for years, but only recently started creating videos for my tracks... Same here, I've written (and still write) tons of music, and since I've discovered Magic producing videos is my second big passion, it's just such an amazing (and addicting) tool to add visuals to the ...
by TKS
Wed Nov 17, 2021 6:09 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Stereo to mono sources
Replies: 3
Views: 11088

Stereo to mono sources

When I use a stereo input as main source (for listening) and also want to completely visualize this input I have to additionally provide a mono-downmix to get the signals from both channel together which makes the project bigger. It would be nice to have a checkbox to be able to have a mono-downmix ...
by TKS
Tue Nov 09, 2021 9:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Benchmarks for various NVIDIA graphics cards?
Replies: 20
Views: 26739

Re: Benchmarks for various NVIDIA graphics cards?

I guess someone has to start to get this rolling 8-) : Benchmark-Results for: Intel Core i7-4790K 4000.0 MHz 32 GB DDR3 RAM NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB DDR6 GLSL default: 2578.3 GLSL grid4: 114.2 GLSL tube5: 59.4 ISF Solid Color: 2533.9 Image: 2824.9 Text: 3430.1 Waveform: 3341.4 Generator: 3490...
by TKS
Mon Nov 08, 2021 12:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Benchmarks for various NVIDIA graphics cards?
Replies: 20
Views: 26739

Re: Benchmarks for various NVIDIA graphics cards?

I think real-time FPS measurement(s), as common used in gaming benchmarks, would give a much more meaningful and repeatable result. I completely agree, but the more accurate (and therefore time-intense to implement) it should be the less likely it will show up at all 8-) (and, BTW, I have tested lo...
by TKS
Mon Nov 08, 2021 11:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Noise/dots when laying transparent .png (+ solution)
Replies: 9
Views: 8575

Re: Noise/dots when laying transparent .png

So, here are the results of my investigations, and I'll add a link to this post as a TLDR; into the first posting. Problem: when you layer lots of .png images with a transparent alpha channel black dots/noise gets visible, especially in the brighter parts of your image Cause: the alpha channel of yo...
by TKS
Mon Nov 08, 2021 11:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Benchmarks for various NVIDIA graphics cards?
Replies: 20
Views: 26739

Re: Benchmarks for various NVIDIA graphics cards?

I guess Eric knows best what modules would be the most representative (processing and memory wise) for a proper GPU test, so maybe he could create a project (maybe from the sample projects which are already there) and as measurement we could use the time it needs to render the project in specific re...
by TKS
Sun Nov 07, 2021 5:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Noise/dots when laying transparent .png (+ solution)
Replies: 9
Views: 8575

Re: Noise/dots when laying transparent .png

Both the black and white key png's have many dots in the alpha, especially on the right-hand side. Hmh, interesting way to make this visible, in the graphic program the alpha-channel is completely clean. At least I can now check myself if it's possible to change the problem at the source (the keys ...
by TKS
Sun Nov 07, 2021 11:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Noise/dots when laying transparent .png (+ solution)
Replies: 9
Views: 8575

Re: Noise/dots when laying transparent .png

I would guess that since the dots increase the more keys you have, that your alpha isn't completely clean... My first guess too. I've loaded the keys into Gimp (graphic software) and verified that the Alpha is completely clean. Try disabling the black png(s) and see if that affects the white key pr...
by TKS
Tue Nov 02, 2021 7:30 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Boogie Woogie Piano Visualization
Replies: 1
Views: 3287

Boogie Woogie Piano Visualization

I decided to expand what I've learned here https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/vi ... f=5&t=2692 a bit and created another more detailed visualization of a piano playing some upbeat song.

Best viewed in HD over at YouTube:
by TKS
Tue Nov 02, 2021 6:45 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: MIDI input sources: ANY channel
Replies: 3
Views: 8820

Re: MIDI input sources: ANY channel

Wouldn't it be sufficient to use a global to add different channels together? Without knowing MIDI internals that would be quite tricky: Let's say channel 1 plays the note C with velocity 50, channel 2 the note D with velocity 40. A VSTi with input "Any" would play both nodes with the cor...
by TKS
Tue Nov 02, 2021 5:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Noise/dots when laying transparent .png (+ solution)
Replies: 9
Views: 8575

Re: Noise/dots when laying transparent .png

white-key.png Thanks for your time to help, I really appreciate this :-) My keys can't have transparent sides because when the neighboring key goes down this would be visible, This is how it looks during play: Update: I've uploaded the video anyway, so you can watch the animation here: https://www....
by TKS
Tue Nov 02, 2021 1:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Noise/dots when laying transparent .png (+ solution)
Replies: 9
Views: 8575

Noise/dots when laying transparent .png (+ solution)

The picture below are piano keys, each key is a .png with transparent background of one single key of a piano. The 88 keys of the piano are added from the rightmost one to the left by directly connecting to the scene's output in this order. The keys are white(!), they are neither grey nor do they ha...
by TKS
Mon Nov 01, 2021 1:42 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Subfolders for "Collect Assets..."
Replies: 1
Views: 8113

Subfolders for "Collect Assets..."

I often use long image-sequences with automatically generated image names, collected in subfolders like "Sequence1", "Sequence2" etc. When I collect all assets, the resulting folder structure is flat with one folder for all the files. The problem: - it gets quite messy in that fo...
by TKS
Mon Nov 01, 2021 1:21 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: MIDI input sources: ANY channel
Replies: 3
Views: 8820

MIDI input sources: ANY channel

I would like to react to any MIDI input independent of the channel, an additional option "Any" in the channel selector would be nice.
Most MIDI software has this option already.

Should be quite easy to implement ;-)
by TKS
Sun Oct 31, 2021 1:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: MDK: get MWT_FILECHOOSER data
Replies: 9
Views: 4443

Re: MDK: get MWT_FILECHOOSER data

Disclaimer: I've never looked into the development kit. But, in general in C++ you don't use 'char' or 'char*'. Use std::string. And whatever comes in in a different, probably standard C format, convert it to std::string. So, in your case this is the way to go: std::string myPath (userData->paramVal...
by TKS
Sat Oct 30, 2021 11:24 am
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Visualised Post-rock
Replies: 2
Views: 3390

Re: Visualised Post-rock

I like your lo-fi approach of your video, it works well with your music (and that's from someone who has the tendency to over-produce things ;-) ) What I would change conceptually is that your video should have some kind of path where it leads the viewer from some starting point (e.g. a distance ove...
by TKS
Wed Oct 27, 2021 7:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: GPU Selection
Replies: 4
Views: 3061

Re: GPU Selection

Probably the worst time to buy a new GPU because the prizes are completely out of control.

So the first question would be what your budget is.
And the second one whether you want a new GPU or a second hand one.
by TKS
Sun Oct 17, 2021 1:40 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: MIDI-Piano - advanced version
Replies: 2
Views: 5254

Re: MIDI-Piano - advanced version

Nice one. I suspect some DAZ here :) Yep :P Did you use an animated model or a previously rendered video file for the vocal? Neither (I first did it with a rendered video file, though...). How it was done: - use a standard DAZ model (Victoria here) and apply makeup to taste - position it to the cam...
by TKS
Sat Oct 16, 2021 8:00 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: MIDI-Piano - advanced version
Replies: 2
Views: 5254

MIDI-Piano - advanced version

I like Magics included "MIDI-Piano" example a lot, so I decided to use it as base for a more realistic piano visualization. I wanted to visualize all 4 instruments groups, so right/left are the drums, top is the bass, and the piano is of course the playing piano itself. I didn't find anyth...
by TKS
Mon Oct 11, 2021 4:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Change the value of a parameter from two or more modules?
Replies: 6
Views: 3522

Re: Change the value of a parameter from two or more modules

Say i have 100 modules using global aGlobalA, and I want 50 of them to now use aGlobalB, is there a streamlined way to do this? Copy those 50, create a new project, paste them there, create aGlobalA (because it's not automatically copied) and rename aGlobalA to aGlobalB. All modules automatically c...
by TKS
Sat Oct 09, 2021 9:23 am
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: New YouTube Channel Trailer
Replies: 4
Views: 6262

Re: New YouTube Channel Trailer

Awesome! I tried someting with buildings and thru windows visuals, but I didn't find a proper image or video to use (too realistic or too toyish). I highly recommend DAZ 3D: https://www.daz3d.com/ The software itself is free, and you can buy 3D models of (almost) everything. When you have a 3D mode...
by TKS
Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:21 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: More inputs for the "Blend" module
Replies: 4
Views: 12952

Re: More inputs for the "Blend" module

Attached is a module that can Add up to 6 inputs. That's actually quite simple to understand and to expand. I think I remember that someone posted tons of different code to mix/average/whatever different inputs, so it should be doable for me to start with your Shader and add the different "Ble...