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by blackdot
Sat Aug 12, 2017 4:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: made a little tutorial about video editing & encoding
Replies: 4
Views: 5156

Re: made a little tutorial about video editing & encoding

@espen, it takes some getting used to but once you see past the clutterness, blender often allows for a fast workflow (eg. once you know the key shortcuts, you're very fast at doing things, but it's tedious at first). but hey itcs free and low budget, so what i get for that is pretty cool. but yes, ...
by blackdot
Thu Aug 10, 2017 4:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: remapping midi OR ignore incoming midi notes
Replies: 5
Views: 6372

Re: remapping midi OR ignore incoming midi notes

thank you, i'll have a look into these
by blackdot
Thu Aug 10, 2017 4:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: made a little tutorial about video editing & encoding
Replies: 4
Views: 5156

Re: made a little tutorial about video editing & encoding

damstraversaz wrote:useful, thanks a lot !
gladly. maybe i should have posted this in the tutorial section.
by blackdot
Tue Aug 08, 2017 6:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: remapping midi OR ignore incoming midi notes
Replies: 5
Views: 6372

remapping midi OR ignore incoming midi notes

what i want: use different ranges of notes on my midi piano for different input selectors. what happenes: both ranges control both selectors, which is problematic as i want to control them seperately. solution ideas: -some modifier/expression magic to have the inputSelector ignore certain ranges of ...
by blackdot
Fri Aug 04, 2017 9:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: made a little tutorial about video editing & encoding
Replies: 4
Views: 5156

made a little tutorial about video editing & encoding

hi guys i made a little video tutorial about editing and encoding your stuff in blender. topics explained: how to import into and export and encode out of blender using h264. how to do a simple loop/fade of an unloopable video, how to mess with resolution and aspect ratio, how to cut out the first f...
by blackdot
Wed Jul 26, 2017 8:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Uploading Magic Music Visuals to Youtube
Replies: 4
Views: 3703

Re: Uploading Magic Music Visuals to Youtube

usually yt recompresses the video, so in order ro get nnice quality try to use more bitrate. for 1280x720@30fps i usually chose 5-10Mbit/s, so for 60fps 10-20Mbit/s. to account for yts recompression i'd double that again, so 20-40 Mbit/s. If you want actual fullhd, use 1920x1080 and 40-80Mbit/s. che...
by blackdot
Sun Jul 23, 2017 1:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Video file size
Replies: 7
Views: 5948

Re: Video file size

Hi Blackdot, Thanks for your detailed reply confirming that duration and bitrate are the determining factors for file size, but it doesn't shed any light on the issue I am experiencing with exporting from MMV. Halving the bitrate for a video should halve the file size - it doesn't. I have created t...
by blackdot
Sun Jul 23, 2017 12:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Video file size
Replies: 7
Views: 5948

Re: Video file size

bitrate and duration are what determines the filesize, thats correct. bitrate is how many bits per second you have and duratuon how many seconds you have. i usually am using vimeo's compression guidelines for the bitrate: https://vimeo.com/help/compression. note that these are for the h264 codec. th...
by blackdot
Sun Jul 23, 2017 11:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 3 first frames are black. Why?
Replies: 8
Views: 5325

Re: 3 first frames are black. Why?

https://magicmusicvisuals.com/downloads/Magic_UsersGuide.html#GraphicsResolution set the resolution here so the content is produced in this res. then export in the same resolution. if instagram says they want 1.91:1 for widescreen and 1080 pixel is the max width, that would mean the height is 1080/1...
by blackdot
Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 3 first frames are black. Why?
Replies: 8
Views: 5325

Re: 3 first frames are black. Why?

i think the workflow for this should look like this: - find out what resolution and aspect ratio are recommended for instagram - create your magic scenes to fit those - export directly to video in magic or - export to a png sequence and then convert that with a 3rd party tool (like blender, ffmpeg, ...
by blackdot
Thu Jul 06, 2017 11:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: question about sampling frequency
Replies: 2
Views: 3865

Re: question about sampling frequency

okay, thanks
by blackdot
Wed Jul 05, 2017 4:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: question about sampling frequency
Replies: 2
Views: 3865

question about sampling frequency

i want to buy a hdmi splitter. in its specs it says: Max. Resolution: Up to 4096 x 2160 / 3840 x 2160 @ 60Hz (4:2:0); 4096 x 2160 / 3840 x 2160 @ 30Hz (4:4:4) what i want is 1920x1080@60Hz, bit i dont know what sampling frequency my hdmi signal (or magics hdmi signal) is, e.g. 4:4:4, 4:2:2, 4:2:0, e...
by blackdot
Sun Jul 02, 2017 10:33 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Last 10 nodes palette
Replies: 4
Views: 5848

Re: Last 10 nodes palette

that would be nice. i keep setting up default scenes with the most important modules wich i then copy paste around. to be quicker than the rmb menu. another option would be key shortcuts for that.
by blackdot
Sat Jun 24, 2017 6:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: module and video files
Replies: 3
Views: 3412

Re: module and video files

okay thanks =). same thing with jpeg sequences?
by blackdot
Fri Jun 23, 2017 10:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: module and video files
Replies: 3
Views: 3412

module and video files

hi, for magic is there a performance gain when two modules use the same input file, of some sort of instacing maybe? imagine, if you use the same video files and put them next to each other using video modules. one of them is supposed to be smaller though. would it now be better to create a second v...
by blackdot
Mon May 29, 2017 9:04 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Populate Playlist
Replies: 10
Views: 10353

Re: Populate Playlist

+1
by blackdot
Sun May 28, 2017 11:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: finding the bottleneck
Replies: 4
Views: 4511

Re: finding the bottleneck

yeah both the cpu and the mobo are really old. the cpu is an i7 920... came out 2008 :D
by blackdot
Sun May 28, 2017 8:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: finding the bottleneck
Replies: 4
Views: 4511

Re: finding the bottleneck

hmm okay, thats what i feared. today i did some more testing: - clean-reinstalled most recent gpu drivers just in case all that gpu switching messed sth up - made a ram disk - used different rams - made a ram disk with those rams everything to no avail thoug. thanks for looking into this, i think th...
by blackdot
Sun May 28, 2017 2:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: finding the bottleneck
Replies: 4
Views: 4511

finding the bottleneck

I have this second desktop computer, but its processor and mainboard are quite old (only pcie 1.1 and sata II). however i still want to use it for magic. Unfortunately the second computer performs at about 18fps, while my first desktop performs with about 60fps in the same scene. I'm litteraly takin...
by blackdot
Sat May 27, 2017 4:03 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Multi display
Replies: 9
Views: 14545

Re: Multi display

you could even insta-translate the content from one half to the other half using a midi controller, so you wouldnt need as many extra scenes.
by blackdot
Sat May 27, 2017 7:29 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Multi display
Replies: 9
Views: 14545

Re: Multi display

you could span your output on both projectors and then prepare your scenes to only fill out the right half of that 3840*1200 output, or the left half, putting content on the first or second projector.
by blackdot
Tue May 23, 2017 1:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Development and production
Replies: 4
Views: 4695

Re: Development and production

i agree with dj0le. there's also the idea of not changing a working system. there's so many layers of complexity and still everything has to run perfectly for it to work. so many areas of possible problems, etc. if i'd have the money i'd buy one of those 2500$ high end laptops with desktop gpu's ins...
by blackdot
Mon May 22, 2017 4:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Development and production
Replies: 4
Views: 4695

Re: Development and production

you could deactivate your licence on one machine, then reactivate it on another if i understood the problem correctly.
by blackdot
Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is there any way to Use .png files instead of jpeg files
Replies: 5
Views: 3707

Re: Is there any way to Use .png files instead of jpeg files

from what i remember eric explaining it's more efficient to use 2 jpg sequences (1 for color and 1 as a mask) than to have a potential png sequence. something about jpegs being disproportionately quicker to decode than pngs. also jpgs lacking the alpha channel is the only difference between the two....
by blackdot
Thu Apr 06, 2017 7:45 am
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: VJ-show at a local club
Replies: 3
Views: 4452

Re: VJ-show at a local club

it says "this video is private" for me
by blackdot
Fri Mar 31, 2017 9:13 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Colors to help oversight
Replies: 6
Views: 6331

Re: Colors to help oversight

in my experience it also helps a lot to use the scene input module. it greatly helps to add a higher abstract level your actual scene where really only the modules that you need exposed are visible. together with the folder view, things stay organised too.

cheers :3
by blackdot
Mon Mar 27, 2017 1:10 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: place images in the editor
Replies: 2
Views: 4456

Re: place images in the editor

Sadler wrote:but also, perhaps, for midi or OSC layouts for the current scene.
that's exactly what i had in mind. cant remember all my options even though i try to be very systematic. :D
by blackdot
Sun Mar 26, 2017 4:10 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: place images in the editor
Replies: 2
Views: 4456

place images in the editor

per scene, for example as an image annotation module or background image. maybe the existing annotation module could be easily extended to contain also an image? as scenes tend to get more complicated, this would allow the user to leave himself notes and instructions in image form, which could be us...
by blackdot
Sat Mar 25, 2017 11:33 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: 10-bit Magic window?
Replies: 10
Views: 9234

Re: 10-bit Magic window?

thanks for the explanation, makes sense of course. those 10 instead of 8 are per channel? or is this something entirely different than the rgb(a)-thing, each with 8bit depth?

sorry, i dont want to derail the thread, point me in the direction and i'll do my own research :).
by blackdot
Sat Mar 25, 2017 9:17 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: 10-bit Magic window?
Replies: 10
Views: 9234

Re: 10-bit Magic window?

whats the benefit of those addituonal 2 bits?
by blackdot
Thu Mar 23, 2017 7:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Local IP Camera into VideoStream module ?
Replies: 4
Views: 13719

Re: Local IP Camera into VideoStream module ?

have you tried opening just the video frame in a new tab to see what its address is?

for me it was something like http://192.168.0.1:80/video.
by blackdot
Fri Mar 03, 2017 8:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is it possible to render 4K videos?
Replies: 5
Views: 3886

Re: Is it possible to render 4K videos?

but if we export movies it doesnt matter if it takes a while, right? we could just export stuff over night and then transcode it afterwards into sth else.

btw i looked into ffmpeg recently, it supports h265 as well as HAP. it's really amazing.
by blackdot
Fri Mar 03, 2017 2:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is it possible to render 4K videos?
Replies: 5
Views: 3886

Re: Is it possible to render 4K videos?

hmm. i'm getting the same dialog. have an gtx980 and an i5 3570k. maybe really a windows restriction? i'm on win7 \edit\... hmm the manual says this though: Movie files can be exported at any desired width, height, and frames per second, up to very high resolutions limited only by graphics hardware....
by blackdot
Fri Mar 03, 2017 8:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: MIDI clock from audio
Replies: 16
Views: 27151

Re: MIDI clock from audio

ah, my mistake. i had both mic and stereomix active as recording devices. in my case it took the mic input (but i hadent plugged in anything), so that's why the eye candy was so low and dark. upon deactivating the mic in, it worked. however if you deactivate the mic input, while ZePlayer is running ...
by blackdot
Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: MIDI clock from audio
Replies: 16
Views: 27151

Re: MIDI clock from audio

hey i tried it. unfortunately no beat(clock) is received in magic. i'm using LoopBe as internal midi port. If i switch from beatclock to clock BPM in magic, it seems to be able to create a value. got an error window: Capture.JPG and here's how the gui looks: Capture2.JPG the blue stuff bottom left i...
by blackdot
Thu Mar 02, 2017 4:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: MIDI clock from audio
Replies: 16
Views: 27151

Re: MIDI clock from audio

wow thats pretty amazing, i'll try it as soon as i get home. does it also listen to mic input? btw. i'm a windows user and have waveclock. at some point they took the win version off the website, but i'm sure you could send them a mail and ask if you could still get it. to be honest their communicat...
by blackdot
Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dang IT! As I feared
Replies: 13
Views: 8064

Re: Dang IT! As I feared

maybe you could do visuals that rely less on extensive stuff like glsl and what not as a compromise. maybe make video recording of the oceans, or i dont know :D.
by blackdot
Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dang IT! As I feared
Replies: 13
Views: 8064

Re: Dang IT! As I feared

OldNick wrote:A new PC is a bit much to support a $100 programme....
thats true of course :D. but also the case with any modern pc game.
by blackdot
Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dang IT! As I feared
Replies: 13
Views: 8064

Re: Dang IT! As I feared

from what I've learned magic can be quite gpu intensive, so upgrading your gpu should be the first priority (should be anyway because it seems to be a turd according to that tomshardware link). but theres more to it. i have bought a friend's old computer as a second desktop. it actually has a simila...
by blackdot
Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dang IT! As I feared
Replies: 13
Views: 8064

Re: Dang IT! As I feared

i would assume because these things are gpu intensive and your gpu is too weak. ergo low framerate. and maybe it's so fully occupied that also the rest it displays, the os, your mouse cursor, etc, gets laggy.

your cpu is 8 years old and your gpu 5. maybe it's time for a new computer? ;)
by blackdot
Sun Feb 26, 2017 9:57 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: new WIP video to my track "Turbulence of time II"
Replies: 15
Views: 10487

Re: new WIP video to my track "Turbulence of time II"

i get "this video is private", when i try to play it.
by blackdot
Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:20 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Color Storm (With Source)
Replies: 3
Views: 5601

Re: Color Storm (With Source)

yeah. thanks :)
by blackdot
Sun Feb 26, 2017 1:44 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: a way change the audio source of mutiple module!
Replies: 4
Views: 5994

Re: a way change the audio source of mutiple module!

hmm... you could add a silent midi or mp3 file as input, and then change the input to this file. that way you wont have to edit each module invidudually. on the downside all other modules that use this input wont have one too. \\edit: instead of creating a silent midi or mp3 file you could use LoopB...
by blackdot
Sat Feb 25, 2017 7:41 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: a way change the audio source of mutiple module!
Replies: 4
Views: 5994

Re: a way change the audio source of mutiple module!

if you use globals, you could just change a globals input and all the modules that use this global will comply.
by blackdot
Wed Feb 15, 2017 6:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Switching Between Modules
Replies: 8
Views: 8135

Re: Switching Between Modules

hmm that's a good point actually. *goes optimizing his scenes*
by blackdot
Wed Feb 15, 2017 6:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ffmpeg supports HAP encoding now
Replies: 0
Views: 3189

ffmpeg supports HAP encoding now

Well probably for a while already, but I just discovered it now. Wanted to post this here, in case someone also didn't know. On my system ffmpeg is a lot quicker in encoding than any adobe software. How do I encode something into HAP with ffmpeg? like this: ffmpeg -i "path_to_inputfile\inputfil...
by blackdot
Wed Feb 15, 2017 12:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Switching Between Modules
Replies: 8
Views: 8135

Re: Switching Between Modules

you could have them all active, and then control their visibility with your midi buttons. to get a smooth fade in/out, you could add the "smooth" modifier. Capture.JPG use your midi button on the brightness and alpha value of the colorHSB module to make them go transparent (set the saturat...
by blackdot
Wed Feb 15, 2017 11:45 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Z-Order Sort for 4 Polygons
Replies: 18
Views: 13344

Re: Z-Order Sort for 4 Polygons

woah, switch is actually working.

https://github.com/ArashPartow/exprtk/b ... e.txt#L514

i tried it with

Code: Select all

switch
{
	case x == 1.1 : 10;
	case x == 1.3 : 30;
	case x == 1.5 : 50;
	default : x;
}
and just copied the whole thing into t he expression modifier. it works. awesome :D.
by blackdot
Tue Feb 14, 2017 11:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Z-Order Sort for 4 Polygons
Replies: 18
Views: 13344

Re: Z-Order Sort for 4 Polygons

artnik wrote:Thanks Blackdot! That's clever summing the inputs.

That makes total sense. I was having trouble with the syntax, and this makes it crystal clear.

Have you used CASE?
well i dont know if we can use it :D. that would surely make it more easy instead of using 7 different modifiers. can we use that?
by blackdot
Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Z-Order Sort for 4 Polygons
Replies: 18
Views: 13344

Re: Z-Order Sort for 4 Polygons

@Blackdot. Cool. Can you throw up a quick screenshot of what that looks like? i wanted to make a little animation of an object that deforms in a certain way when i press different midi inputs. so i did a little test with 3 inputs. to "fake" the object behaving differently i made animation...
by blackdot
Tue Feb 14, 2017 6:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Z-Order Sort for 4 Polygons
Replies: 18
Views: 13344

Re: Z-Order Sort for 4 Polygons

i've used multiple consecutive exp modifiers with if statememts successfully. they either do something, or do nothing. if they do nothing and just pass through x, then the next if statement has the chance to do something, etc.
by blackdot
Thu Feb 09, 2017 11:40 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: TextFile/Image Refresh Module Parameter?
Replies: 14
Views: 16904

Re: TextFile/Image Refresh Module Parameter?

ah nice. the little test i did, i did with "play" and not the index. this is great :).
by blackdot
Wed Feb 08, 2017 9:26 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: TextFile/Image Refresh Module Parameter?
Replies: 14
Views: 16904

Re: TextFile/Image Refresh Module Parameter?

midi control of the refresh button would be nice. i'd have another application for this in mind: have people upload pictures from their phones to a server. server saves photos in some folder which is accessed by a jpgfolder-module. if the refresh button would be controllable with modifiers even, you...
by blackdot
Mon Feb 06, 2017 8:24 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: UX: easier acces to scenes in folder sidebar
Replies: 3
Views: 4753

Re: UX: easier acces to scenes in folder sidebar

During initial 2.0 development, I had it as double-click, but people didn't like it. You can go look, if you know what I mean ;). But I could support both I guess. oops, i missed that, my bad :oops: The folder panel behaves like a file/folder window. If you delete a file or folder, it's gone. If yo...
by blackdot
Mon Feb 06, 2017 4:51 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: UX: easier acces to scenes in folder sidebar
Replies: 3
Views: 4753

UX: easier acces to scenes in folder sidebar

in addition to (or instead of) clicking the little play button to edit&preview them, make it so, that you can also doubleclick. might be very subjective, but it feels more natural to me. also, i noticed that you can "close" scenes in the top bar, but they still stick around in the fold...
by blackdot
Wed Feb 01, 2017 12:42 pm
Forum: Tutorials, etc.
Topic: What is a shader?
Replies: 5
Views: 33352

Re: What is a shader?

thanks for this. at some point i want to get into glsl by any means.

is it also possible to write 3d shaders in glsl and somehow give it 3d models beforehand?
by blackdot
Wed Feb 01, 2017 12:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: what to look for when buying an ssd for magic
Replies: 3
Views: 3246

Re: what to look for when buying an ssd for magic

I'm already using an ssd but it's too small (and also my OS-ssd), so I'm looking into buying a new one. from what I've heard you shouldn't defragmante SSD's as you'll use up write cycles. considering this, and what you've said, and that i use more jpgfolders than movies, I conclude that the random r...
by blackdot
Tue Jan 31, 2017 10:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: what to look for when buying an ssd for magic
Replies: 3
Views: 3246

what to look for when buying an ssd for magic

i'm comparing different ssds and I'm wondering: If magic reads stuff from the ssd during a performance, is that random or sequential or a mixture? on what ssd specs should I focus?

thanks :)
by blackdot
Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Before I click buy ...
Replies: 11
Views: 6493

Re: Before I click buy ...

@OP there's the user's guide, then there are tons of tutorials in the tutorial section of this forum (including some guy who did his own youtube tutorial series) and then there's the example scenes, which you can also look at in the demo, afaik. 8-)
by blackdot
Thu Jan 26, 2017 9:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hey guys... Lets make a Competition 2.0 !
Replies: 17
Views: 11852

Re: Hey guys... Lets make a Competition 2.0 !

D1gits wrote:Hey there Blackdot!

Thanks for the comment :)
I have used the BBC 70's Globerizer as shown on this picture:
ah nice, thanks. guess I gotta take a second look at all those ISFs ^^.
by blackdot
Tue Jan 24, 2017 6:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hey guys... Lets make a Competition 2.0 !
Replies: 17
Views: 11852

Re: Hey guys... Lets make a Competition 2.0 !

Had some fun playing around with 2.0 and some Dance Hall vibes : ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h7W7nAd--k&feature=youtu.be Based on a project I did with my group Sirqus Alfon with some new elements and testing some new ways to synchronies movements... very interesting :geek: . how do you g...
by blackdot
Thu Jan 05, 2017 1:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: one more question sorry!!!
Replies: 2
Views: 3046

Re: one more question sorry!!!

as per the manual https://magicmusicvisuals.com/downloads ... AudioFiles , you indeed need to have the performer version for that.
by blackdot
Thu Jan 05, 2017 1:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Some Questions Before I Buy Your Software
Replies: 4
Views: 4238

Re: Some Questions Before I Buy Your Software

i can answer 2) and 3): 2) yes, but if you wish to do your own encoding, you can simply export your stuff as a png-sequence and encode that to your liking afterwards. 3) you go to the AUDIO/MIDI Window (Window>Audio/Midi Window, or ctrl-shift-a), there you click add-file, then you add your audio fil...
by blackdot
Mon Dec 19, 2016 8:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: beatclock math magic
Replies: 5
Views: 4698

Re: beatclock math magic

Here's sort of a way to do it, though you're stuck to a specific timing as it isn't off the midi clock. Record a midi file, tapping out the rhythm on your controller 1.2.345. Then replay it on loop. If you could then match this midi file to a beat clock or at least be able to change the playback sp...
by blackdot
Mon Dec 19, 2016 6:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: beatclock math magic
Replies: 5
Views: 4698

Re: beatclock math magic

no i haven't come up with a solution myself, i think i severely lack the mathematical creativity for this :D. as far as i see this, as there are suddenly 5 inputs instead of 4, their threshold would be at 0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 instead of 0.00, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75... soo to acheive the desired effect,...
by blackdot
Wed Dec 14, 2016 2:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: beatclock math magic
Replies: 5
Views: 4698

beatclock math magic

hi, I wanted to ask if anyone has made experience in modifying a beatclock to show inputs for different amounts of time. i'll elaborate: if you use the beatclock/4 feature, you can show 4 inputs on each beat like this (first row shows input, second row shows 4 beats as "I") 1...2...3...4.....
by blackdot
Mon Dec 12, 2016 5:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: NOT restart video every time the scene changes?
Replies: 8
Views: 5902

Re: NOT restart video every time the scene changes?

I've found that a simple way to have a persistent video is to place the video in it's own scene with nothing else, and place this scene in other scenes. When you switch scenes, the video keeps playing without skipping or stopping, and stays in synch across scene transitions. put the scenes together...
by blackdot
Sun Dec 11, 2016 11:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: NOT restart video every time the scene changes?
Replies: 8
Views: 5902

Re: NOT restart video every time the scene changes?

afaik if you switch between your movie files using either the input selector or using single scenes for your video files, the "scene start" toggle works like this: if toggeled, the movie files starts from the beginning upon playing it. if not toggled, the movie file playes from the time it...
by blackdot
Fri Dec 09, 2016 7:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Video transparency?
Replies: 8
Views: 5696

Re: Video transparency?

@blackdot True that. Wouldn't it be nice if the JPEGFolder was instead a generic IMAGEFolder that would allow you to load a series of alpha-channeled PNGs, or other format? :-) actually I think Eric said something about the jpg's being able to be run really fast and png's not. some kind of hardware...
by blackdot
Fri Dec 09, 2016 6:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Video transparency?
Replies: 8
Views: 5696

Re: Video transparency?

and a fourth option would be to use a picture or video that does actually support and contain an alpha channel like png (for image) or 'quicktime animation' or 'hap alpha' codec for videos (there are others but I forgot them)
by blackdot
Wed Nov 30, 2016 12:05 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: MIDI thoughts
Replies: 7
Views: 6884

Re: MIDI thoughts

hmm. true, I cant figure it out either. seems like the trigger modifier cant be reset once started. except with ctrl-E which "synchronises" all modules, but that may have unintended side effects.
by blackdot
Tue Nov 29, 2016 9:29 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: MIDI thoughts
Replies: 7
Views: 6884

Re: MIDI thoughts

like this? if you have this scale 0 turned off by default, the beatclock triggers the trigger modifier as expected. if you turn the scale=0 on, the beactclock's efforts return 0, but the trigger still retains its current value (which is what you wanted to do, no?). turning off and on your modifier i...
by blackdot
Mon Nov 28, 2016 8:14 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: MIDI thoughts
Replies: 7
Views: 6884

Re: MIDI thoughts

hi sadler, how exactly are you employing the beatclock and the input selector? i use the beatclock quite a lot, maybe i can help you. i use it mostly with the jpeg folder to sync loopable sequences. i noticed for ex. that i get a more equal distribution/visibility of the input frames when (for eg 30...
by blackdot
Sun Nov 27, 2016 9:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Triggering images with MIDI Note
Replies: 2
Views: 3492

Re: Triggering images with MIDI Note

just did this a few days ago. configured my midi controller to send notes and hooked the input selector up like this in magic.
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by blackdot
Sun Nov 27, 2016 11:18 am
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: live input selecting
Replies: 6
Views: 6710

Re: live input selecting

it depends a bit on the music, but if it's distinctive enough, it seems to work pretty well.
by blackdot
Sun Nov 27, 2016 2:14 am
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: live input selecting
Replies: 6
Views: 6710

Re: live input selecting

What did you use to capture the video? It looks quality. the inputs are synced to the beat with waveclock I, certainly, would appreciate hearing more about how you synced the video - I'm not that au fait with waveclock. i captured the desktop with nvidia shadowplay (as of the most recent geforce xp...
by blackdot
Sat Nov 26, 2016 9:34 am
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: live input selecting
Replies: 6
Views: 6710

Re: live input selecting

Eric wrote:That is really great! :o

Also I like how you included the webcam, very helpful and interesting.
thanks. i figured it helps to better understand what is going on.

also it helps me realize how sausagy my fingers actually are XD
by blackdot
Sat Nov 26, 2016 12:42 am
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: live input selecting
Replies: 6
Views: 6710

live input selecting

this is me playing around with the input selector, selecting inputs live. the inputs are synced to the beat with waveclock.

by blackdot
Fri Nov 11, 2016 7:20 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Magic controlling LEDS
Replies: 4
Views: 4620

Re: Magic controlling LEDS

wow this is quite amazing :O. could you elaborate on the setup a bit more? you spout magic to mapio, but what does mapio exactly do and how does it control led's?
by blackdot
Tue Nov 08, 2016 1:59 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: a few assets created with magic
Replies: 0
Views: 3415

a few assets created with magic

made this
for a friend of mine. although it's not at all a pure magic project, I created some of the assets with it, the kaleidoscopic stuff.

other assets were created in blender and photoshop, the whole thing was composited in after effects.

cheers
by blackdot
Thu Nov 03, 2016 4:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Creating 3D object using Magic
Replies: 5
Views: 4894

Re: Creating 3D object using Magic

or create 3d assets beforehand with blender. blender.org
by blackdot
Wed Nov 02, 2016 7:22 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Suggestion: reset button on nodes
Replies: 10
Views: 6980

Re: Suggestion: reset button on nodes

i agree. would be a nice alternative to the num0 and tab mashing :D.
by blackdot
Mon Oct 31, 2016 8:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New free ffgl to add to your collection :)
Replies: 8
Views: 8108

Re: New free ffgl to add to your collection :)

are these 32 or 64 bit though? cant tell. afair most ffgls are 32bit which would require us to limit ourselves to the 32bit version of magic (and therefore 4gb of ram)
by blackdot
Fri Oct 28, 2016 12:34 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Use Audio Streams in Video as Inputs?
Replies: 13
Views: 10459

Re: Use Audio Streams in Video as Inputs?

did i get that right that you want to sync an audio file with a video file and create a new video with sound? i'd just use a video editing tool like premiere, or blender if you're
limited to free stuff.

align your stuff and stretch one or the other accordingly if necessary.
by blackdot
Wed Oct 19, 2016 10:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: INTERACTIVESHADERFORMAT.COM is fixed
Replies: 19
Views: 12734

Re: INTERACTIVESHADERFORMAT.COM is fixed

wow thanks for the effort :D
by blackdot
Tue Oct 18, 2016 8:17 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Relocate
Replies: 5
Views: 5781

Re: Relocate

i had sucessfully circumvented this problem by using the same directories on both computers. for me this was something like D:/magic/performanceXY/... then i just mirrored one "magic" folder from one computer to another. the magic folder also included some global assets like glsl and isf s...
by blackdot
Fri Oct 07, 2016 10:53 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: toggle content with the press of a button within one scene
Replies: 6
Views: 6998

Re: toggle content with the press of a button within one sce

oh my god eric, this works perfectly. thanks a ton. never used the notes before, just the control change type, that always sends a 0 back when it's not pressed anymore.
by blackdot
Tue Oct 04, 2016 8:46 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: toggle content with the press of a button within one scene
Replies: 6
Views: 6998

Re: toggle content with the press of a button within one sce

hmm no, i'll try again :D. assuming you have 10 different scenes each containing a small movie. you can link 10 different buttons on your midi controller to each scene to be able to switch to each scene as you please. the way you do it is by pressing (and releasing) a button on your controller. this...
by blackdot
Tue Oct 04, 2016 7:50 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: toggle content with the press of a button within one scene
Replies: 6
Views: 6998

toggle content with the press of a button within one scene

what I'm missing is a way to toggle content on the press of a button (like when you toggle your scenes with midi buttons) bit within one scene. why? because otherwise the amount of possible content pieces i'm able to play is limited by the amount of buttons on my midi controller vs. having all my bu...
by blackdot
Wed Aug 17, 2016 8:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What controllers do you guys use with magic?
Replies: 4
Views: 3906

Re: What controllers do you guys use with magic?

i use three "korg nanokontontrol 2" because they have a lot of buttons and slider for the money. in retrospect i should maybe have gotten something else. windows has really trouble differentiating between multiple of the same devices, so i have to plug them in in the right order for them t...
by blackdot
Tue Aug 09, 2016 7:52 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Spanish Translation
Replies: 3
Views: 4323

Re: Spanish Translation

actually about 1.5billion people speak english, and afaik even in spain you learn English in school, no? ;)
by blackdot
Sat Aug 06, 2016 7:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: how do the pros make visuals?
Replies: 8
Views: 5306

Re: how do the pros make visuals?

thanks for your inputs :). i'm interested in what you'll do.
by blackdot
Mon Aug 01, 2016 11:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Questions about MIDI
Replies: 3
Views: 3420

Re: Questions about MIDI

basically midi is just a protocol for data packets. a midi controller, eg. a piano keyboard just outputs certain signals when you press a button, eg. signal 1, signal 2, and so on. magic receives these signals, and you can do whatever you like with them. additionaly, midi controllers usually come wi...
by blackdot
Mon Aug 01, 2016 1:10 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: performance at the Open R Berg 2016
Replies: 7
Views: 6624

Re: performance at the Open R Berg 2016

Sadler wrote:Circle with small triangle @ about 16 minutes.

Nice to hear (see) you had some good sub woofer action.
but it was moving in sync with the music XD. but ok :).

yeah they could rent a really good PA system this year :).
by blackdot
Mon Aug 01, 2016 10:03 am
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: performance at the Open R Berg 2016
Replies: 7
Views: 6624

Re: performance at the Open R Berg 2016

thats exactly the feefback im looking for, thanks. smoking.. yeah.. i know. was a bit nervous :D, and we're all friends there so it's not like AA professional anyway. the cam was positionned in a box which was screwed into the roof, which apparently was vibrating because of the subwoofers :D. not en...
by blackdot
Fri Jul 29, 2016 7:18 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: performance at the Open R Berg 2016
Replies: 7
Views: 6624

Re: performance at the Open R Berg 2016 [fixed

okay, started uploading it to vimeo in parts. part one is up, i edited my original post.
by blackdot
Thu Jul 28, 2016 10:32 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: performance at the Open R Berg 2016
Replies: 7
Views: 6624

Re: performance at the Open R Berg 2016

Good to Go Music has blocked this content in my country (UK) unfortunately. god... seems like the copyright claims are settling in. as it's djing we naturally play music that legally belongs to other people. i actually wanted to upload it on to my vimeo account, umfortunately, free accounts are qui...
by blackdot
Thu Jul 28, 2016 4:05 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: performance at the Open R Berg 2016
Replies: 7
Views: 6624

performance at the Open R Berg 2016

the Open R Berg (say open-air bear-g) is a small (~200) people openair festival which we organize ourselves, and at the end perform as well as Britney Spears II (:D), I'm the guy on the left and make the visuals, my two friends dj the music. The recording isnt optimal visual-wise, as it's too small ...