Magic Music Visuals

My process for exporting from Magic is to make it the highest quality possible. I export at 120 Mbits and then use handbrake or ffmpeg to re-encode it until it is small enough for whatever the project requires. Handbrake is especially effective for getting high quality at a small size.

I would actually recommend using the same machine for development and production as you do for your live shows. Since MMV is running in real time, the specs of the machine have a great affect on the output. It's a lot easier to see what will negatively impact your frame rates etc if you create every...

I can explain my setup if it will help. But, I haven't used Magic to make the LED visuals. Hardware: Four 5 meter long ws2812 LED strips with 300 pixels each. Each strip is separated into 2 universes of 150 LEDs (for a total of 8 universes & 1200 LEDs). One LEDmx4 pro controller. The controller ...

Pretty intense.... I like it.

I think you need an epilepsy warning at the beginning though, it's very strobey

Nice! The piano bits are phenomenal, I love that.

As far as the spider, another option might be to just make the arms travel a lot further? For instance, if they were moving twice the distance per beat, then they would look much faster and match the tempo of the drums better.

If you have Optimus graphics it could be a problem where the DVI output is driven by the Intel graphics rather than NVIDIA. Then you might get the symptoms you describe. Do you see a Messagebox error at any time such as "Cannot create DirectX/OpenGL interop" ? This sounds like the problem...

One of my very good friends, Jon Shlens, was one of the lead researchers on the style transfer project at Google: https://research.googleblog.com/2016/10/supercharging-style-transfer.html He told me that with a very fast GPU it can almost be done at 60fps. But for most users, it would probably be w...

If I may, what's your workflow for Deep Dream? Doesn't it take days for video? Basic Workflow - I dual boot Ubuntu on my laptop and use it to run the Fast-Neural-Style network with my own pre-trained models. As long as you have a good GPU and use the feed-forward process it isn't too bad, but it ca...

One scene, kaleidoscopes all over the place, and one spectrum in the center. Original footage was processed through Google deep dream before insertion into Magic,

ha, I totally bought that Access vinyl when it was released in the 90s. It was crazy popular in Germany at the time. Now I feel old,

One time, I was asked to overlay a bunch of audio reactive effects onto a video of a live performance. I think this is similar to what you initially were trying to do. I couldn't use the original video in Magic because I didn't want to re-render it and degrade the quality which wasn't super high to ...

Originally, I got it from Artnik when he posted it in these forums,

Anyway, here is the file, enjoy!

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Messing around for an upcoming party this weekend, and recorded a quick promo in Magic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYGxRocVQAA The main element is the ISF "80's EQ" put through a quad mirror and masked to a bunch of moving bars. The text is a Fish Eye effect that scales to the bass fr...

Another option would be to look into OBS to do a live-stream of your Photoshop performer on their computer, and then use SpoutToNDI to send it over the network and receive the input in your computer. I haven't tried it with Magic, but it works for Resolume so it should work in Magic too. https://obs...

My current controller of choice is the Livid Base II. I have used a lot of hardware, but never anything that is as bullet proof and easy to transport. You seriously can't break it. It is awesome. http://lividinstruments.com/products/base/ I don't use my controller in Magic though, I only use it for ...

Another option: You can just leave your Magic scenes running in Magic itself and use Spout or Syphon instead of exporting them and loading them in Resolume. That allows you a lot more freedom and on stage improvising. Just set it up in Magic, and then in Resolume, use the SpoutReceiver to pull them ...

I thought the hard drive was 1 terabyte. And from my reseach i saw ppl recommending a SSD. And even some ppl recommended one stronger than 128gb, do you think i would be fine 128gb? also, what is the purpsoe of an SSD? SSD drives read/write data significantly faster than a traditional HD (ssd reall...

Nice and clean, these are all excellent!

Shigudy - It's not a bad setup for the price and the performance should be enough for all the things you want to do. The only issue I see is your HD being 128 gigs. That is going to be eaten up fast, especially if you end up doing a lot of video work. The only other thing to check is that the 4gigs ...

Also, it could be the OS upgrade that is causing you trouble. I had numerous issues when I originally upgraded from Win7 to Win10, although mostly with the graphics. The only solution I ever found was to do a 'clean' install of Win10. Once I did that, everything worked straight away. I would recomme...

Cosmicinsight For 3d rigging, you might want to look into Blender (free 3d modelling software) + Ni Mate (not free). Ni-Mate is a plug-in that allows you to import the Kinect skeletal data directly and it can then be rigged to any model you want. Here's the plug-in address: https://ni-mate.com/ Othe...

I use TouchOSC in Arena, but I haven't used it in Magic. If anyone has a nice setup already, maybe they could share it?

Another solution is to use Resolume Arena as your base software. Magic is a great tool, but it is not a stand alone VJ solution. However, Arena is, and also it will control DMX lighting natively, plus a lot more features in line with what you seem to want to do. And, Magic through Spout to Resolume ...

Can confirm it works in Win 10 with no issues.

Could it be that you installed the 64 bit version into Program FIles (x86) or vice versa? I don't know if the demo is 32 or 64bit, but maybe just move it to the other program files folder and it will run?

Like any electronics, the only way for you to answer your question is to start with how much you want to spend. Then build out or buy the machine with the best specs you can for that price. Just make sure you get SSD hard drives and an Nvidia GPU. Everything else is secondary to those 2 items. Also,...

Update: I grabbed a couple photos from the fest. I ended up rendering the background visuals out as movie clips and just loaded them straight into Resolume. Then I left all the foreground elements in Magic so I could trigger them live. Then, back in Resolume, I put a ton of different effects on the ...

Hey all So I'm doing the visuals for a festival this weekend (Panonica Open Air Fest), and I am using one of my latest Magic projects. I uploaded a 30 minute preview to show the organizers the basic look and I thought I would share here. It's 100% magic, with the only external plugins being edge det...

Follow up question on multimix. What parameters can I use so that the fading between 2 individual scenes is only for a few seconds and not the entire time? Optimally, I'm looking to have a single background scene play for ~30 seconds then fade into the next one over 2-3 seconds and then that one pla...

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Is there any way to crossfade/transition scenes with the input selector? I'm looking for a solution to play a bunch of scenes as a background, but when the input selector switches the change is very abrupt.

Not sure if this is possible already but is there a way to export the project data to a spreadsheet? What I am trying to do is create a list of all my individual scenes and the modules they contain. I'm trying to find an easier way to determine which of my setup scenes are orphaned (*ie not in use a...

The pros use super expensive media servers that utilize LTC timecode to synch lock everything. Check out the Avolite Infinity RX8, a lot of big time performers use them to control their entire stage setup. edit: forgot to add a link to the Ai software that runs on that Infinity server: http://www.av...

Dumb question, but does the starfield effect repeat in a specific way that can be determined? I made a couple cool effects using it lately, but I would prefer to make them into loops and I'm not sure how to calculate / know when the stars will line up again.

Thanks, -_-

That glitch effect Eric posted seems to work fine for me and I am also using the 32 bit latest version of Magic.

Also, you might like a few of these I find them to be very good:

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Hey all I had the opportunity to work with Midnight Social Recordings on a promo video for their forthcoming EP entitled 'Moving Platform'. They had a pretty specific vision of the look they wanted, and it turned that Magic was a perfect solution to implement it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIBp...

Interesting, it does the same here. And, if the transitions are set to none, it changes scenes with no black fade in Resolume.

Some great masks and effects, very nice.

My guess is the issue is on the Vegas side. But to test it, you need to find the exact number of frames in your Magic mp4 output. Assuming you rendered at 60 fps, then that number should be 480. I would use ffmpeg to probe the video for that information. Either of these 2 commands will work: $ ffmpe...

I would say h.264 in an MP4 container is your best bet for most videos. I only use MOV if I need to preserve an alpha transparency (or if I need it to be Resolume native DXV). What encoding settings are you using on these choppy videos, and what program are you using to render them? Maybe the issue ...

Also, you can convert your png sequences to .mov files while maintaining alpha.

I use FFMPEG to do it. That's been my workaround.

Hi David I actually just finished a music video using a Kinect + Magic. I think it turned out really well (I'll post links to it when it's released). Although you can't directly access a Kinect from within Magic, you can use other software to get it into Magic. To access the Kinect data, I used Proc...

Cococool Looks like you forgot to save the cat/bg image from the shadertoy page. It works in Magic: Screenshot (36).png If you are using Eric's converter, just go to the bottom of the page and right click / save both images into the same folder as the shader.fs file. https://magicmusicvisuals.com/ut...

Hey D1gits Magic and Resolume work very well together, but they can be a bit confusing at first. I took a few screen shots that show some different examples. Hopefully, this will help you do what you need to do. It sounds like you want the Magic content to play 'on top' of the vj clips or whatever y...

You're definitely on the bleeding edge if you are doing 4k video on Youtube. Question though, do you actually want to output at 4k resolution, or are you just trying to make your normal uploads look better after Youtube does their processing on your files? Here's how I output Youtube videos for best...

I'm surprised you guys think that just because Magic is so awesome running through Arena. There is no noticeable latency and the audio reactive visuals look even better when they are constrained to the actual output surface you are projecting onto (and you don't have any projector bleeding or warpin...

Multi-projector mapping is a lot of fun, but I don't think Magic is really the software to do it. I would recommend using Syphon/Spout as your Magic Output and then projection mapping from within software specifically for that task (Arena, MadMapper, HeavyM). There are also some free / opensource op...

Buddha, You can probably simplify it pretty significantly so it's less scenes to import. Assuming your music is basically uniform stereo you really only need one of the left/right channels and that cuts out 1/2 of the scenes right off the bat without changing the functionality (just use the left for...

Just curious what other software are you using? Have you tried FFMPEG? FFMPEG runs from the command line and you can use it to do tons of different things. It can easily extract a portion of your video without changing the quality. You just specify the section you want in time or frames and pull a s...

Hey Eric, would it be possible to add PNG to the JpegFolder options? That would give you the ability to export to images with an alpha channel and everyone loves them some alpha.

I like it, I can definitely make a few if you wanna give this a go,

Here are 2 examples of a conceptual piece I am working on for an upcoming gallery exhibit. The visuals are generated in Magic and then mapped onto a 1.5 x 2 meter canvas. This is just the first test run so the recording is kind of crap, but I still like how they look and I thought you might too, :) ...

Is it be possible to add the Resolume DXV codec to the supported media - video formats? I would like to be able to open my loops and animations in both Magic and Resolume without having to keep 2 different copies.

Hey guys I've been using ramp to create 'timeline' animations similar to the effect in Resolume Arena. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to modify it other than the speed. I'm hoping you can help me out with a few questions: 1. What modifiers should I use on a parameter (using no source as the i...

Hi, first time poster, hope this is the right section for this question: In the project I'm working on, I want to use the transparency effect with a PNG mask. What I would like is for it to be 0% transparent for ~ 5 seconds, then to slowly fade to 100% transparent over the course of ~15 seconds, and...

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