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When selecting different shader files for the 2DScenes module, you may notice that not all of the files connect to the X and Y parameters. In other words, changing the X and Y parameters has no effect on the graphics produced by some of the files.
In this post I'm going to try to demonstrate how to modify a file to make it connect to the X parameter so that the graphics can be dynamically linked to audio or MIDI. This is a bit of an "advanced" tutorial so bear with me.
I've gone to the GLSL Sandbox and chosen this file because I like how it looks and because I think it will be easy to modify:
http://glsl.heroku.com/e#18451.0
In case your browser doesn't support WebGL in the above link, this is what the shader looks like In Magic:
![Image](https://magicmusicvisuals.com/images/forums/shader.jpg)
To get the shader into Magic, I copied and pasted the entire text of the program into a file on my computer, which I called "testshader.txt".
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#ifdef GL_ES
precision mediump float;
#endif
// rakesh@picovico.com : www.picovico.com
uniform float time;
uniform vec2 mouse;
uniform vec2 resolution;
const float fRadius = 0.2;
void main(void)
{
vec2 uv = -1.0 + 2.0*gl_FragCoord.xy / resolution.xy;
uv.x *= resolution.x / resolution.y;
vec3 color = vec3(0.0);
// bubbles
for( int i=0; i<64; i++ )
{
// bubble seeds
float pha = tan(float(i)*6.+1.0)*0.5 + 0.5;
float siz = pow( cos(float(i)*2.4+5.0)*0.5 + 0.5, 4.0 );
float pox = cos(float(i)*3.55+4.1) * resolution.x / resolution.y;
// buble size, position and color
float rad = fRadius + sin(float(i))*0.12+0.08;
vec2 pos = vec2( pox+sin(time/30.+pha+siz), -1.0-rad + (2.0+2.0*rad)
*mod(pha+0.1*(time/5.)*(0.2+0.8*siz),1.0)) * vec2(1.0, 1.0);
float dis = length( uv - pos );
vec3 col = mix( vec3(0.1, 0.2, 0.8), vec3(0.2,0.8,0.6), 0.5+0.5*sin(float(i)*sin(time*pox*0.03)+1.9));
// render
color += col.xyz *(1.- smoothstep( rad*(0.65+0.20*sin(pox*time)), rad, dis )) * (1.0 - cos(pox*time));
}
gl_FragColor = vec4(color,1.0);
}
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const float fRadius = 0.2;
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const float fRadius = 0.05;
![Image](https://magicmusicvisuals.com/images/forums/shader_small.jpg)
What I'd like to do is make it so that I can control the radius of the circles dynamically with audio or MIDI in Magic.
For any shader program, Magic will automatically connect to the variable in the program called "mouse":
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uniform vec2 mouse;
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const float fRadius = 0.2;
Fortunately, in this program it's pretty easy. The only reference to fRadius is here:
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float rad = fRadius + sin(float(i))*0.12+0.08;
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float rad = mouse.x + sin(float(i))*0.12+0.08;
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float rad = mouse.x;
![Image](https://magicmusicvisuals.com/images/forums/shader_modified.jpg)
Here I've linked the X param to Volume. You can see that the radius is small because the Volume is very low at this moment:
![Image](https://magicmusicvisuals.com/images/forums/shader_linked.jpg)
So, I hope that helps everyone out a bit. Here's the final modified code for the file. Notice that I've deleted the fRadius line entirely because it isn't needed.
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#ifdef GL_ES
precision mediump float;
#endif
// rakesh@picovico.com : www.picovico.com
uniform float time;
uniform vec2 mouse;
uniform vec2 resolution;
void main(void)
{
vec2 uv = -1.0 + 2.0*gl_FragCoord.xy / resolution.xy;
uv.x *= resolution.x / resolution.y;
vec3 color = vec3(0.0);
// bubbles
for( int i=0; i<64; i++ )
{
// bubble seeds
float pha = tan(float(i)*6.+1.0)*0.5 + 0.5;
float siz = pow( cos(float(i)*2.4+5.0)*0.5 + 0.5, 4.0 );
float pox = cos(float(i)*3.55+4.1) * resolution.x / resolution.y;
// buble size, position and color
float rad = mouse.x;
vec2 pos = vec2( pox+sin(time/30.+pha+siz), -1.0-rad + (2.0+2.0*rad)
*mod(pha+0.1*(time/5.)*(0.2+0.8*siz),1.0)) * vec2(1.0, 1.0);
float dis = length( uv - pos );
vec3 col = mix( vec3(0.1, 0.2, 0.8), vec3(0.2,0.8,0.6), 0.5+0.5*sin(float(i)*sin
(time*pox*0.03)+1.9));
// render
color += col.xyz *(1.- smoothstep( rad*(0.65+0.20*sin(pox*time)), rad, dis )) * (1.0 -
cos(pox*time));
}
gl_FragColor = vec4(color,1.0);
}