Magic Music Visuals

I think a 'fog' would help with this or an opacity curve at birth. But a period of inflation from nothing would help smooth the universe if Eric wants to play god.

For stylus digitisers maybe try something like this?

http://www.livelab.dk/tablet2midi.php

You have to use the pen though, for absolute positioning.

And for tablets try TouchOSC or Lemur (which do midi and OSC),

You got me! But then there's the thing - I confused myself (or my thinking stopped) because I expected the wrap to cope with negatives. My expectations that the expression modifier, while intimidating to some, would handle any maths correctly, might not confuse or limit thinking as in my case. Thanks.

That's a possibility, certainly. Also, when scrolling a piece of text across the screen the wrap (if you want to wrap it) is sensitive to the width (or height if scrolling vertically). For example one must translate text size 28 (font moonhouse) from -6 to +6 and text size 60 must be translated from...

When a text module is at the top of the screen the font selector drops down below the button. At the bottom it the menu pop up above the button. When the text module is somewhere near the middle, the font menu opens over the button and at certain positions opens such that the font menu starts scroll...

In order to position text correctly (or dynamically) it would be good to have access to the text width/height somehow. These values can change on scaling, font selection and string length. There is currently no way to reference parameter values from active modules but this might be a good way to ach...

If one wants to wrap between 0 and -1 for example, the wrap modifier can't do it. The wrap modifier will only wrap to a positive number. An easy workaround is to use x % 1 (or even x % -1) in an expression modifier. It would be nice to see Wrap extended, though I also wouldn't mind seeing wrap, offs...

Maybe you should change your username to D0gits.

Thanks for sharing - it looks well organised.

If using a 2d image of a cane you could only rotate it around the z-axis without distorting the image or giving away the illusion of it being just a 2d plane. So in that sense, yes, 3d is the only way to go. Check out this animation which is all 2d planes: https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/viewto...

Build a candy cane in blender (bevel a bezier)
Export as 3ds.
In Magic insert an Object module
Configure it to open the candy cane 3ds file
Add transform rotate
Add colour

This is what it might look like with a couple of added effects:

You could always point we webcam at another computer (https://dictation.io/ or Google Docs) or cellphone on which the speech recognition is running. Or you could use Open Broadcaster Software (https://obsproject.com/) to stream. ManyCam can capture a window on a PC or Mac and present it as a webcam.

This arrangement seems to work quite well, though perhaps limited in terms of transition curves and duration.

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The multimix can take any number of inputs to transition between although the transition effects takes up n-1 slots.

From their website
"The code/plugin is not for release currently; it is way to unstable and there are some depth/occlusion issues we could not fix (I’m pretty used to openframeworks, not really the barebone openGL) ."

Nice aesthetic - and like the occasional time scratch on the dancer.

For a full-on 80's look you should really check out Kung Fury

You're right in that the z-movement isn't there which I neglected to mention in my post.

BlackCherryCosmos works for me though I have to turn the dials down to almost zero. Some other ISFs don't work though. Would it be possible to report why these fail in the compiler errors file?

You've already implemented multipass for ISF (sample download link is 404 though). ShaderToy has now gone multipass. Do you have plans to update the Shader2ISF site and the GLShader module?

OK there seems to be little interest in this idea but perhaps I didn't explain too well or what I was requesting was too adventurous (or too boring). However, let me have another attempt at trying to drum up some enthusiasm. Starting with a simple spline of a few vertices one can create a wide range...

Very clever - I like it - even the delay

A module that is able to use an input to transform array elements in 3D space. Input distribution would depend on the number of array elements. Options for offsetting rows or columns. Offsetting would would allow better packing of elements or would allow alignment of features between rows/columns. F...

For 2016? A bezier (SVG, AI) that could be transformed in 3D space with a poly input for extrude shape and a start and end value for the position of the extrude along the spline. Possible options for segments, scale profiles (for bulges and tapers) and textures.

Exponent, Increase, Invert, Random, Ramp, Sine, Step, Triangle and Wrap are effectively unbounded from zero up. Clamp, Offset, Power, Scale and Trigger seem to be unbounded in both directions. Average, Delay, Gate, Hold, Peak, Smooth and Threshold have a range of 0-1. I could see there might be some...

Add these in order:

Random [No of images]
Step [1]
Hold [Seconds] - for 110 bpm a hold of 0.545 would be close

Cubes look great - mesmerising. If I might suggest, with Random on each RGB the colours change so quickly they lose saturation - I guess due to persistence of vision or because all three RGB values rarely converge at high saturation values. If you did want to slow down the colour change and increase...

Indeed. Thanks. Twas in the recesses of memory.

I'm sure most folks could manage a cube on their own but with inspiration from Tanooki and expertise from Eric a little sharing is appropriate. magic_cube_use.png Cubes.magic This provides an opportunity for me to make a feature request. To use a shader as a square texture one must scale it. Better ...

When trying to recreate I also see something I wouldn't expect with DepthTest on polys.

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Though it does give a nice sparkly effect when radially blurred.

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If one attempts to feed a scene with itself nothing is drawn, though I imagine it could.

Search for 'reactive' gives 25 shaders. There are many others too. Half the fun is finding them.

e.g. Reactive Sphere

I haven't got my head around shaders yet either. Have a look here if you're interested: Book of Shaders, by Patricio Gonzalez Vivo.

I tried to get the Midi Beat Clock and the Increase modifier to work together. On it's own (but with a step to limit it increment to integers) the Beat Clock changes the numbers (0-1-0-1...) in time but doesn't increment. Combined with the increase modifier it does increase but at a much slower (fra...

Theoretically, if the increase modifier is set to zero, the modifier should increase the index whenever a sound of the chosen frequency occurs, assuming one can scale the input appropriately. However, when trying to test this theory MV hung on me with what looked like the index of JpegFolder looping...

Do you mean like this?

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Hi,

I can load this image into both the image and video module with alpha intact without any difficulty.

XNView describes it as a Adobe Fireworks PNG with zip compression RGB 32bits.

Beautiful and simple story - and amazing you did it in MV. I'm sure it's the artist that gives this its visual style but perhaps the limitations of MV also add to it a little.

Can we have separated open file locations for different file types or different nodes? Very often, when I'm testing combinations of shaders, videos and images which, for the most part, are stored in different locations, opening one type of file changes the default open locations for all subsequent o...

I think the rationale for SpoutControl is that if you're receiving spout in an application you'd generally want to stay in that application and since there's already a connection between applications, why not use it for a bit more control. One could always alt-tab between Resolume and MV, for instan...

I would imagine you've already thought about this, perhaps in depth, but controlling MV from other applications would definitely add convenience. Being able to control the MV playlist, for instance. Is SpoutControl a suitable mechanism?

Not exact same spec but I tried a Dell Vostro Core i5, Win 10 64bit, GT 525M. This has dual GPU both with DX11.

Tested blend on both integrated and discrete with multiple media and saw no issues. Perhaps try another application with GPU blend modes?

Good job - and thanks for sharing.

Just put a "Rotate Vector" after a "Translate X". The amount of X changes the radius of the circle. You can have a polygon (for instance) move in a circle in all three dimensions.

Yes, I guess there's many examples of possible nodes that could have two or more file selectors. magic_visuals_new_video_node.png I've taken the liberty of removing "Crop" since a scale transform will suffice and "Grayscale" since zero saturation does the job. That red on the fil...

Here's a few obvious ideas...

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The first has the advantage as the node will display the shader name when minimised (which might be a good idea in itself) and that the buttons could be midi controlled.

On nodes with file selectors to load the next file in the same directory as the current file.

And perhaps on other nodes to select the next value in a list.

Try this:

Sin Osc
Offset -0.5
Scale 4.0

Hi, I use VB Cable (on Windows) as recommended by Eric and this allows me to have two independent volume controls to adjust the volume into the application and the volume to the speakers/headphones.

One for the future: real-time physics engine and particle system.

This isn't perfect and needs a FFGL and a shader but hopefully shows the concept. I haven't had enough time to fiddle with the shader code to close the circle but the original code comes from https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MsBSRm . Here it is running in MV with just three nodes. When the devs get ar...

Great - love the clouds idea! Would be nice if the skyscrapers could turn black with lit windows during the night.

OK so perhaps I was being a bit harsh, so I downloaded the demo to my home PC (wouldn't run on my work PC) and played with it. I wanted to get a solid beat on the InputSelector. Here's a ShadowPlay capture (not brilliant but all I have): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fMejibEjEQ I would say it doe...

Yes, it does seem quite useful but at 200 Euros after a 95% discount it would put a few potential users off. Also, it crashes for me on start up. I remember trying to test this with Resolume a while back and couldn't get it to run then either. Magic Visuals on the other hand does much more, is very ...

Very useful - thanks!

For your reference, quaternion+AAx2 on Win7 and GTX970 gives me 15 fps but even quaternion on its own is close to maxing out the GPU. Without AA I get 48 fps.

Well I guess that depends on the shaders you're using and the power of your graphics card and your resolution. Yes, shaders keep running when they're not visible but with 4 shaders running in this setup I still get a consistent 90fps on a GTX 570. A frame rate throttle set to 10ms keeps the fan nois...

Perhaps you're looking to (cross) fade shaders in and out using midi knobs or sliders.

One way that works well for me is to use the RGBA module and link all RGBA to the same control.

All my gl shader files have a .glsl extension!

Not spiritual myself but your star cum dodecahedron object works really well. Inspiration for being a little more adventurous with 3d.

The video height shader is great when it is mixed with its source. I've tried it with two different sources which gives a mysteriously unsettling effect which can be subtle or blatant. The ripple is also great when its mixed back in with its source.

There's a long running thread on the Resolume forum that (I think) has every controller known to mankind and extraterrestrials:
http://resolume.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=8902

Thanks - this is a clear and useful lesson.

Yes, very helpful. Thanks.

I've just tested this with Resolume and nothing is broken - thank you.

Simple but (I think) effective. Here's the magic...

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FFGL falls into a number of categories, for example: source, effect, transition. Could these categories be used in the Add Node menu? magic_visuals_node_menu.png Unwieldy FFGL selection. Eventually, assuming the number of FFGLs and built-in nodes will grow, I think a modal (perhaps docked) node sele...

Would it be possible to store shader code in image metadata (XMP for example), thereby allowing users to browse shaders visually, select an image and have Magic extract the shader code?

Make sure you have the Spout Receiver FFGL installed as a SOURCE in Resolume. Run Magic. Set up a scene and then Window->Magic Window Options->Spout Output. Run Resolume. Drag Spout Receiver Source onto an empty cell. CLICK ON THE CELL! Click on Select Sender and you will see a small window with &qu...

Yes, fixed for me too - assuming this is the intended effect...

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The SmudgeBlur doesn't seem to work for me.

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The other two work well though, as do many GLSL shaders I've tried.

For example: 3 nodes input into the "Node Switcher" which counts its inputs and switches between them forwarding the input to the output. The node would have a manual switch which could be midi/osc assigned and an auto switch which could be modified by speed and the usual modifiers. Switch...

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