Magic Music Visuals

The Janus effect could be due to incorrect/insufficient UV map or possibly reversed faces.

You could try moving your maps to the same dir as the model and editing the mtl to have just the filename.

I would swap out the Invert at the end of your LASER scene and replace it with an InputSelector.

Something like this...

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There are times I've felt the delay was limited and perhaps Magic devs could improve or expand this feature. However, there are ways and means to delay things happening when combining Increase with Triggers. I guess that you have a specific application in mind and this particular work around might n...

Yes, you're right. It won't work for several parts of Magic (iterator frequencies, audio to image etc) but, in the absence of an actual mono-source, adding (or averaging) reactivity from multiple channels would give a similar effect in many cases.

It is not a known issue. You'll have to explain more fully but perhaps you're applying a 2d effect in the 1st scene.

Have you been able to load native blender files? I haven't.

You must export from Blender to obj or dae for Magic. Materials and vertex colouring work with these formats.

No lights, cameras, PBR, animation, node graphs or transparency.

This might be a good idea if the playlist rendered scene thumbnails instead of text.

Neat! A minimalist but intriguing challenge.

How long a video are you trying to export? What format? What are the file sizes after render? Have you tried a different codec? What platform?

That site seems to have been taken over by malware - recommend it is taken off the various Magic pages. There is a thread on this forum though: https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=123 I still use a few FFGL fx but that standard is not long for this world. Resolume and JuiceB...

Assuming you're referring to the MIDIPiano example project - that uses an iterator together with Iterator notes from a single MIDI source. Screenshot 2023-01-12 213129.png If you want to have two physical keyboards control one virtual keyboard then add a second node for each node that uses iterator ...

I am not a midi expert but (since no-one else is answering) isn't it as simple as adding a source and setting the channel?

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I know that some controllers use multiple channels which makes it less straightforward.

I don't really understand your question but perhaps this might help.

In your sin and cos expressions multiply the angle, x, by pi.

You might try something like this until envelopes are implemented. It is not very visual but is very simple (short) code.

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This works for OSC but should also be good for midi...

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Something similar to this (or a text file)

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This sort of workflow would be better suited to a timeline UI but this setup is the closest thing to that, if you want to stay within Magic. I still use a NLE to find the time values for each event then transfer those values to expression variables (100th/sec). The code is my attempt to try and make...

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. Hey, yes I do know what you mean and I would/should/could have tamed some parts a bit more. It is a good point about which aspect has/should have more...

Thanks Terry, you might recognise the grinning mug!

Warning, a bit flashy in places:

All timed (multi case switch expression on the Playback time) and rendered in Magic with elements from DALLE-2 and lots of TV shaders. 3D model totally within Magic too.

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

Your almost there - swap your triangle oscillator for an increase like this:

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Sin and cos are out of phase by π/2 radians. Having a cyclic function (Tri,) drive another cyclic function (cos/sin) will be a more complex motion.

Cosine starts from 1. Try using an Increase with an Expression and cos(x). Does that help?

This should help: https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/vi ... 64&p=11523

Things to consider: Bottlenecks: video (drive speed), fx (gpu), webcam (usb speed) Optimisations - keep in graphics memory, vertical sync, double buffering, throttling, resolution. Some effects are light, some effects are very heavy on any system. If using the playlist - transitions run both scenes ...

Hi, The forum is not very active these days - at least it has been more active in the past. Magic is solid so few issues and, as you say there hasn't been a release for a while. So it can get a bit quiet around here. There's lots of useful information in these forums though - use search. Also check ...

[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.

Hydra outputs to WebRTC - you might be able to ingest that. Otherwise screen capture is probably the only other way.

But if you're looking for live coding, KodeLife has Spout output. However, Magic is more capable than both Hydra or KodeLife.

Thanks TKS - yes iterators are my favourite thing and I've only scratched the surface. I hear you on the 'music'. 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 soundscape to accentuate the...

Absolutely not a stupid question. Use the translate node to move your 'pivot' point to the centre of your window then apply a rotation. You can then move your element again to where you need it. Looking at the DancingRobot example project which demonstrates this.

damstraversaz wrote:really nice !

Cheers

damstraversaz

Created using simple polygons.

You have a Ramp = 0.1 multiplied by 3 which will constantly move your image. Set your Ramp = 0.0.

I do agree that Synesthesia gl shaders are comprehensively structured for reactivity but they're specific to that program and more complicated to write (than IFS). It is possible to do similar with gl shaders in Magic though not as out-of-the-box as Synesthesia.

DocOptic is mostly video and intended for Resolume. Magic can consume DXV though.

Remember that there are plenty of great projects in the Magic install - Help -> Examples.

https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/vi ... orks#p8753

Hi, the AudioToImage module can be filtered graphically with masks and blurs etc. to single out frequencies. You just need to find something to plug it in to. Screenshot 2022-10-25 125641.png The Waveform and Spectrum modules are more limited but still very useful and simple to use. The waveform can...

OBS supports spout/syphon and NDI with plugins. Magic outputs to spout/syphon natively and NDI with plugin (PC only).

You might be interested in style2paints: https://github.com/lllyasviel/style2paints

Auto-colours line drawings and not just manga/anime.

How unobservant of me, I didn't notice the mac UI and read syphon = spout! Not being a mac person I don't know if there is a syphon equivalent though I've not heard of one mentioned on these forums though there was this old post from a while ago: https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=...

Try this: https://github.com/leadedge/MagicSpout/ ... /tag/2.001

I wouldn't do this myself though. Two apps competing for GPU resource ain't great for real-time headroom.

Thanks for that Erode tip Terry - works very well!

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Hey Terry, a scale factor would be more versatile for sure, but I'd leave that to the Scale node. My most common use case for the Resolution node is to change resolution to be bigger than the output window and then necessarily (un)scaling it back to its native size (e.g. 2kx2k) after Res has scaled ...

Magic is a bit limited for outline effects. The Edges node and a little scaling, perhaps. I would recommend you create a outline in a graphics/photo editor and then animate it in Magic.

Korro, I took a moment to copy your node graph and upload the result to YT. This is an FFT at 320x240 using the resolution node and exported to 1080p. Nothing changed from your 3 nodes in your screen grab (btw, you don't have to use imgur, you can upload images direct to the forum). https://www.yout...

The first one is a test for when the oscillator is close to 1, something like: if (x>0.99, 1, 0). This means, when the input value is greater than 0.99, output 1 (to trigger the image change for this parameter), otherwise output 0. Similarly for the second one, though this time you're checking close...

Increasing font size also increases node size. https://magicmusicvisuals.com/downloads/Magic_UsersGuide.html#WindowLayout Screenshot 2022-09-03 090028.png And there's always desktop scaling (assuming windows). Though I doubt you'll get much touch panel use out of Magic, the UI isn't suitable for tou...

You make me think I should have gone for a more click baity title! Thanks, glad it is useful.

This setup will always ensure your images will sync. Have a global to control the looping with just an oscillator (or a ramp!) to drive 3 nodes: 2 JpegFolders and the Mix node. The expression in one JppegFolder tests for when the oscillator is close to 1, the other tests for when it is close to zero...

A quick and easy Magic tutorial video on how to make larger images continuously scroll across the output.

Excellent as ever - especially like the little stars coming on to the synth notes.

The tutorial section is for Magic tutorials and is not really for users. I guess that is to keep it tidy and therefore easy to find quality tutorials for everyone. General Discussion is the correct place to post questions about almost anything. For Optical Flow Distort to work, you need some optical...

Magic has some scope for particles but not to the extent you are after. The videos you provided as examples were done using particle systems in sophisticated 3d systems and were not real-time. Magic is intended to be real-time. Particle systems in real-time are not impossible however you may have to...

Use the same global for both the OSC value and the InputSelector #.

You can't update any of the text module parameters currently, except the Line#. However you can achieve what you want with this setup...

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Perhaps a bit like this?

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Insert a few transforms after the waveform.

Thanks Eric (?) for that insight - another technique for the toolbox. I was misled by the user guide which says "Evaluates the specified math/logic expression using the current input value as x and/or the previous output value as y ." To Ornette - so that means you don't need to know the d...

It is: https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/vi ... f=2&t=1756

Hey, If you know the duration of all your clips you can use the playlist to configure the timing using the same scene for every entry. That scene would contain a VideoFolder connected to an effect (chain) for each video and you could switch between each effect using an InputSelector triggered by the...

Have a look at this forum post: https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/vi ... p?f=3&t=10

There are plenty of palette generator and colour converter websites out there to create and convert the (mostly) hex colour values into RGB or HSL which Magic supports. It'd be handy to have a built-in hex conversion - may already have been requested? Also handy to have a colour picker - requested I...

Something like this...

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It is possible to use control logic to react to midi using the expression modifier. There are several ways to 'draw' dependant on the notes. What did you have in mind?

You seem to have many modules for not much of a result.

Have a good look at this post which contains a couple of projects from Magic.
https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/vi ... f=3&t=1597

I haven't used midi for a long time but do use TouchOSC. OSC into Magic has been rock solid for me even after disconnection and ip address changes. I seem to remember that I lost my apc midi config periodically - just from not having it plugged in sometimes. Having a software midi router helped with...

What is your use case for wanting to modulate volume using different wav files? Very meta!

If, in fact, you want to adjust the volume of each audio source, you can do this in the input sources window.

See here:
https://magicmusicvisuals.com/downloads ... #AudioGain

I talk about ramps and oscillators in this tutorial. https://youtu.be/gV1GuJzbSK4?t=694 Every modifier takes 1 second to do its thing, whatever that is, when its value is 1. Oscillators one cycle = 1 second. Ramps loop after 1 second. If you change the value of the modifier it will get slower the sm...

I have Resolume and Magic responding to the same mic input here (Microphone (Realtek (R) Audio). Likely dependent on the driver. You could try a different device or use a virtual audio port.

Hey Terry, long time no see.

The XML is in C:\Users\you\AppData\Roaming\MAGIC

Can't see anything obvious for duration defaults in there though. Need Eric if they're hidden options.

Pretty good - it's not that easy to match ML based techniques to music, never mind lyrics. I've done someone's poetry (unreleased as yet) and some rock without words, but other folks are putting out art that is increasingly coordinated. This video isn't mine but an example of integrating lyrics done...

I've seen things you wouldn't believe

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This test render was created using a modified version of Particles 2 from IteratorBasicExamples: https://youtu.be/8AzRiqUgb04 You will not see any stars popping on or off but it does have a bit of a pre-roll to get the first 'stars' to the edge of the screen. Also, there is occasional occlusion when...

I would guess that the video you want to emulate is using trapcode particular or plexus or a similar after effects plugin. They are quite powerful but they have a distinct look. That video looks like it is responding only to the beat frequencies and even then quite selectively. It isn't currently po...

If you create stars using an iterator particle system you can twinkle them to however you wish.

You could also mask the starfield with noise/static to add twinkling.

Random is likely truly random (for our human purposes) and so there's nothing stopping it replaying the same bit 10 times in a row. You may know that Apple had to change their 'random' algorithm to make it less random for the same reason. There are a couple of things you can try though... You can us...

To push reactions further use parameter modifiers like scale , power and offset . To attenuate reactions use scale (fractional), clamp etc. Here's a tutorial that might interest you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV1GuJzbSK4 I have the opposite issue - when I've created a cohesive, honed visual se...

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From the manual: https://magicmusicvisuals.com/downloads/Magic_UsersGuide.html#GeometryModules Colorize Allows the current scene color (from ColorRGB or ColorHSB) to be applied to the model. Otherwise, the model is always displayed using its original colors. Also, model materials are supported in Ma...

Get a second opinion...

https://bartman88.blogspot.com/2016/12/ ... -your.html

If you haven't seen this post, this will give a boost to your library: https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=515&p=2278 And blackdot generously put together documents of images demonstrating FX: https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=378&p=1734 Fi...

I think you asked this question before: https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/vi ... 84&p=10801

Try SHIFT+Mouse Scroll Wheel (if you have access in VR). Not as fast as the scroll bar, but faster than arrow keys.

CTRL+Z works for me.

This should help: https://magicmusicvisuals.com/downloads ... udioDevice

Make distance and spread bigger - somewhere between 10-20 - and set the speed to its lowest 0.01.

Change the order of the inputs into the InputSelector? In my example it does the steps "Go left then return to centre", "Pause at centre", "Go right then return to centre" in that order. You can choose different steps and display them in any order - the trick is to make...

This might do what you want... oscillating-and-pausing-object.png This splits up the motion into three parts then cycles between them. The motion and the pause must be the same length though. This configuration will pause once for each full sweep of the screen. You'll have to add another static posi...

Me too.

Exporting from a text module puts all frames in. Exporting from the same video file doubles frames.

One can export the video with the text module included in the same scene. Then in the export the text module displays all numbers but the video does not.

I can confirm that this (with a Wrap on 24 added) gives expected results for at least 10 seconds - mp4 1080p24. I used Media Player Classic to step through the frames.

You would think, at least in principle, that this scene would generate one number/frame. Screenshot 2022-03-27 110645.png But this is what it looks like exported at 24fps - 3,6,9 etc does not exist in the file. frame-numbers.jpg Tried Throttle: 0 and 10 Double Buffer and Vertical Sync on and off fra...

If you put the image folder module in its own scene, then use that scene everywhere you want to use the module, then you only have to change the path in one scene. If you need to change parameters of that image folder module, just set them up as globals then you can change them from anywhere.

Great snap on those waves - love it. Very tight.

First thing I would do would be to check the application log in the event viewer. The next thing would be to temporarily move all plugins etc so that Magic can't find them on startup.

This is what you're after: https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=986&p=4407 You will need 64 polygons (or other elements) each with their own midi trigger. It potentially could be done with the Iterator for vastly fewer nodes but this may be too advanced for a beginner and...

A slow Ramp or Increase is the easiest way to modulate parameters over time. 1. There are three built-in envelopes: Triangle, Sine and Linear which can be scaled in either dimension. You can also modulate these with Power, Smoothing etc. 2. The next level is to combine (add, multiply etc) these usin...

Old/conflicting paths?
Wrong version of NDI installed?
Network issues?
Tested with different host/client?
Using the up-to-date Magic NDI plugin?
Have you tried using an older version of plugin/NDI?

THX TKS. Seriously though - need to find a way to be more efficient and appreciate the nudges.

Thanks Terry - I hear you on the TL;DW and agree with you. I've been sitting on this for a while meaning to post it. Catering to short attention spans is a continuous challenge! ;) I wanted to have more eye candy but it would have taken much longer than I wanted. Was thinking along the way how some ...

A few examples of three-dimensional waveforms that can be achieved in MMV.

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