Magic Music Visuals

This is the same issue as: https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2749 After searching the web a bit, I determined that the video sharing features in the newer versions of macOS are not compatible with OpenGL apps, at least for now. There are reports all over the web of OpenGL ...

In response to your original post, you are making things way too complicated for yourself. All you want is a trigger that goes off every so often. So just use an Increase modifier as your timer. Adjust parameter as needed to make slower or faster. Then put an Integer trigger afterwards. If you need ...

Always try to avoid wireless on stage. Too much interference and unreliability. MIDI cables or wired ethernet are the best options.

Are you talking about something like https://www.bome.com/products/miditranslator?

You shouldn't need to change any code. What you need to do is use the AudioToImage module, which "converts" audio data into image data that ISF modules can use. This will work with any ISF module that takes an image input.

Yes, I'm sure it's your video editor. If possible, I recommend you spend a little money to buy a good one.

But just so you know, the Apple ProRes codecs are very good quality and probably won't give you any problems.

Ok but why exactly do you want to run Magic while AirPlaying Netflix to an Apple TV? Doesn't seem like the best idea... first of all, you should be using the native Netflix app on your Apple TV, there's basically no reason not to.

Yes, that has been requested before.

https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/vi ... f=2&t=2713

Actually Frank I'm not even sure you need to crop for purposes of what you're doing. See my images below. The first one is the full frame (no scaling/translating), the second is with the bottom left corner scaled and translated to fill the window. Then you can apply an effect to the whole window, an...

I think I understand. So you would just need to scale/translate the desired portion so that it fills the screen.

Not sure what trapezoid means.

Masking with a Polygon should work fine...?

Not sure. Are you using the same version of Magic?

I’ll think about all these things Terry.

The Tutorials forum here (https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=3) has projects not included with the main program download. Mostly this is because their audio files would make the program too big.

No, what I meant is that the menu option would be “Remove all scenes from graphics memory” or something like that. And it would be in the main menu somewhere, not the folder panel, maybe with a keyboard shortcut.

Those all seem a bit complicated together. I still like my idea better. Most of the time, you would only want to select the kept scenes in order to clear them.

Yes, the search function is quite easy and versatile. I am not a fan of programmable keyboard shortcuts.

Hard to say, since I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a report of the Demo crashing. I would try making sure all your drivers are up to date, especially the graphics driver.

What I’m saying is that a user might turn it off for a playlist entry but not realize it’s now been turned off for the scene entirely. That scene might be used elsewhere. So while your request may work for your use case, it doesn’t work for all use cases. Further, as I said above, the memory setting...

There are already two existing solutions for this: 1) Use the Restart module, which has a param you can trigger to restart any modules connected to its input(s). This is very efficient in your case, because it serves only to reset the Play index to 0. 2) Instead of separate images in the JpegFolder ...

That option is really a scene setting. The playlist is just a numerical list for ordering scenes, and it's a little bit tricky because, for example, you could have two playlist entries that point to the same scene, and what happens if you set one entry to "on", and another to "off&quo...

My only complaint is that your dancer isn't following the tempo of the music. Kinda distracts me. Can you adjust the speed?

Very nice! I'm glad to see Magic being used in this way.

Yes, the “Start Time” option exists exactly for this purpose, and it works for both audio and MIDI files. Please see the User’s Guide for more information.

Thanks I’ll look into this.

Pretty good! Subtle and matches the music well. I'd probably want a few more visual changes though, to keep it interesting.

Ah, I understand. There have been some other threads about clicking/dragging in the output window, but generally we don't have it as a high priority.

Those two ways are fine. Why would you need anything else?

Your Radeon is a pretty good card, with 8GB of RAM. To crash that, your scene must be VERY complicated. Remember, you can't just add endless effects and expect everything to work fine. I would suggest really examining your complicated scenes and trying to simplify them.

In general, live multichannel inputs are working fine. I use them every day and so do many other users. It seems like your issue is specifically with ASIO Link Pro and I really don’t know that software unfortunately, but as I said, I will investigate when I have time.

Ok, please contact us through our contact page: https://magicmusicvisuals.com/contact

As I said before, using multiple stereo .wav files should solve the problem for you. That is the best workaround, with little or no disadvantage. I don't think a prior build will help you because the last person who mentioned the same problem mentioned it a while ago.

If you can't find anything, let me know and I can get you a version of Magic that has better crash logs.

Someone mentioned that problem once before but I couldn't find any problems. I will give it another look though.

Not sure, but as a first step, I recommend you contact us to get the updated version as described above.

I’m not sure how well Magic will handle loading a project from a network storage location like that.

The best thing to do is to collect assets on your old computer, then zip the collected folder, then copy the zip to your new computer, then unzip it.

Ah yes, forgot to say that throttling should be set to 0.

A good place to start would be: 1) Choosing a few specific shaders that come with Magic, preferably generative (not effect) shaders so they can be run by themselves. 2) Setting Magic to 1920x1080 resolution so that this part is standardized. 3) Disabling vertical sync and closing all other apps to g...

Yes, if it is a bug then I certainly will fix it. But as an easy workaround, you can just load two separate stereo files.

Honestly I think it will be much more complicated than you think, and maybe even outside the scope of what help I can provide to you via the forums, even if just from a practical standpoint... in my experience, diagnosing OpenGL problems can take hours and that's free time I just don't have. If you ...

If you’re new to C++ and/or programming in general it might be pretty hard for you to get something like that to work.

Is there some reason that the existing GLSL/ISF functionality in Magic isn’t sufficient for you?

I also think you may just be running out of graphics memory. Have you tried globally disabling "Load all scenes into graphics memory" as well as disabling "Keep scene in graphics memory" for each scene?

just skipping the filtering part would be (more or less, there's still some UI to implement) almost a one-liner. It's not just a "one-liner". Magic is organized around the channels being separate and independent. In my opinion, the easiest thing would be to change what channel the notes a...

Fun! Thanks for sharing.

Sure, I guess that makes sense.

Wouldn't it be sufficient to use a global to add different channels together?

Very strange, I've never seen anything like that before. Any way you could zip and post a Magic project so I can download and test it?

Yup that’s correct!

Hmm I'm not sure, but there is no difference between the demo and the full version in this regard.

The only way I can test is if you post a link for me to download your FLAC file.

Great question, perhaps it is not documented well enough so I apologize for that. As Sadler correctly noted, you don't want to use the instantaneous (dynamic) values, because they are floats. To handle strings, which are not instantaneous, you use the "fixedParamValueChanged" callback func...

Try selecting the "Close Input Device" option in the Input Sources menu, then restart Magic.

Maybe better to wait until after the holiday season, but definitely get the absolute best GPU you can afford. If you get a lower-end one, I think you will end up regretting it.

I'm pretty sure this is related to a macOS permission issue with loading plugins. Please contact us via our contact page (https://magicmusicvisuals.com/contact) and we will let you try an updated version of Magic.

Please contact us through our contact page to resolve this kind of issue. https://magicmusicvisuals.com/contact

This can happen when the last drive or folder you used is no longer available -- for example, on a removable drive or a network computer that isn't on. Magic is looking for that path but can't find it. The easy fix is to go to the Help menu and select Reset Default Paths. This will clear out the set...

You would have to set up each module to use the same Global, and then you can just change the value of the Global in one place.

That is exactly what Globals are for, please see the User's Guide: https://magicmusicvisuals.com/downloads ... Parameters

I cannot and will not stop you, but yes, I would prefer it if you closed it. I very much appreciate your interest and enthusiasm, but there is just too much room for incorrect information on a message board that I am not moderating. I would not want users to be confused or misdirected. Plus, there a...

Couldn't you achieve this by just varying the Start parameter?

For example, using some kind of Expression like: if time equals 0, set the Start param to 4; else set the Start param to 2

I guess that's possible but I'm not sure why it would be a visually desirable effect? Can you post an example?

I really don't know anything about this, but I would imagine that you would need to send data, not video, to such a projector. And the data stream would need to be very carefully formatted to be compatible with the projector. I don't know if it would be possible to get Magic to work this way.

Fun. I like the style.

Really nice!

If you are asking how to set a background color, you can just use a Polygon module, Scale it to fill the screen, and then set the color to whatever you want.

Yes, currently it runs via Rosetta. Unfortunately I can’t give you a date for a native version.

Perhaps you could use one of the edge detection effects?

As Sadler mentioned in his first reply to you, there is a module simply called "Mask" which lets you mask anything you want. It is infinitely customizable, whereas the "Shape Mask" module is not.

Ok, but the Search function makes it really easy to type just the first couple letters of the scene to add it.

What you want is Wrap(10) after the Trigger.

Not sure what you mean. Can you be more specific? Or post a screenshot?

I understand that it would be convenient to have more "toggle-switch" solutions for things like this, but what Terry said is important. Using modules you can modify or display the alpha in any way possible. Plus, if you put these modules in your post-processing scene, then it's easy to cha...

Why not have your visuals react to MIDI instead of audio? This would give you more control and consistency. Or do you not use MIDI to create your drums?

Use the Trigger modifier.

I'm not really sure if you're asking a complicated theoretical issue or a simple practical one. Even a volume or gain adjustment, MIDI controlled or not, won't result in individual frequencies behaving the same way from song to song. Frankly I don't know what you can do about this except either live...

I sent him an updated version of Magic that has less restrictive security settings for loading external modules on Big Sur. If you contact us through our contact page I will do the same for you.

The Goto Next button is a trigger. You don’t want a Trigger modifier there also. That would be two triggers, and it would break things. The Sin Osc is enough.

If you want to preserve the continuity of the default device settings, the devices have to be connected and powered on before starting Magic. I believe this is explained further in the User’s Guide.

Do you understand how MIDI velocity works? In most cases, the pressure of the key results in a value between 0 and 127. By default, Magic will assume that any value of 64 or greater (which Magic interprets as 0.5 or greater) means "on" for a trigger. But this is easily changeable using the...

The thing about network cables is that they can be run over very long distances. Something like 100 meters / 300 feet. A MIDI cable will have problems at that distance unless you use a repeater or some intermediary device. Plus I think network cable is less expensive.

Hmm I guess so, but that's a lot like the auto-backup feature that's already implemented.

Modifiers have a toggle option and you can use this to accomplish what you're looking for.

Alternatively, most MIDI controllers let you set toggle directly on a button.

I reckon so, and it would add a bit of eye-candy to interface That's sort of the reason I haven't done it. I don't want the interface to be eye candy, I want it to be as clean and simple as possible. Other people have suggested being able to change the color of modules themselves, but I rejected th...

Long cables, particuarly network cables, are the best solution. Never rely on Wi-Fi for a performance; it's too unreliable and unpredictable.

Disabling nodes does free their GPU memory. You can watch this in real-time if you have memory monitoring enabled.

Not really, because this type of mixing can be solved by using multiple Transparency or Color modules. A dedicated module would just be a shortcut, and I tend to de-prioritize things that have a reasonable workaround.

As Sadler said, the trigger should be on the Goto Next parameter.

https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/vi ... ?f=3&t=986

The Scale modifier will limit the rotation.

Seems like you have added a lot of unnecessary variables to the beginning…

A Ramp modifier with a value of x will repeat every 1/x seconds. So if you want a 5 second repeat, use .2; or a 10 second repeat, use .1.

Are you having problems with not enough memory? Otherwise don't worry about it.

I wouldn't worry if anything might be too much for the computer until it definitely is too much.

The only other thing I can think of is that you must have disabled MIDI/OSC in the main Window menu.

Are you sure you have the Performer edition? You are also missing the OSC input…

Can you please post a screenshot of the source drop-down box when it’s open?

You need to save your models in a way that has the texture file names inside the model file. The OBJ format is one example that lets you do this.

Have you watched this video tutorial?

Another way of saying what I said above is that you don’t assign a value to a global; rather, a global assigns a value to itself. Thus, if you want to save values for later, all your code should be inside one or more globals.

Doesn't matter whether it's global or not, the same logic applies. If I'm understanding correctly, what you want to do is have a global, and in that global, you do something like this: if ([some condition], f(x), y) Which means that if the condition is true, the global gets a new value (based on som...

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