PC Lightsynths?

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skybear*42* wrote:Hi, PVB. Not sure what emulator it was, cleared them all from my computer and also got rid of some stuff I don't use. Working o.k. now. :)

By 'interupt' I ment the programe would 'freeze' every now and then, for a few seconds before starting again. O.k. if you wanted to get a screenshot of a game, but annoying :twisted: when you are playing.

Sorry for the delay in responding but have to use local net cafe as my phoneline is down at the mo.
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Finally had a thorough go with Gaslight, and while it is nothing that Minter didn't do a decade ago with Jag-VLM, it is extraodinary in its own right (note: not comparing the two, but a basic horizontal/vertical spectrum display that looks something like a tear in the space-time fabric was something Jeff was doing back then) .

Gaslight reminds of what JagVLM might be like if done on today's hardware.

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Hopefully GasLight will go places. I've donated some money to the guy.

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dtj wrote:Holy freakin' shit...
You may want to check this too, it can do that colouring amongst the other stuff it does:

http://www.ultrafractal.com/showcase.html
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Gaslight looks interesting and the author seem to have good ideas with fractals and the like. Shame I'll not see it as I don't have a Mac.

For a list of about 20 or so mac itune vises see:

http://itunes.pluginsworld.com/plugin.p ... are=itunes
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Good to see he's used my £10 donation to make more software!


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Interesting that some one has mentioned that there are no light synths for PC's

I wrote my first one one the PC back in 1994-1995 ish, and used it exclusively for my own VJ performances, it was written in C and called Chaos Explorer

I gave it to a select few and then wrote Chaos Painter which I still even to this day.

So they have been out there and most of the people I know that write that sort of thing (All one of them aside of myslef) prefer to keep there creations in house to add a definate unique aspect to there visual performances.

A good friend of mine (who has done allot of art in games down here in NZ) after seeing Chaos Painter suggested that I add a score to it and send it to Jeff... LOL

I am kind of hoping to put a lid on the new Chaoslab which I intend to use for my own VJ performances and also make it commercially available.

My ultimate goal is to get it running through one of my friends full white light laser (secret dance party in a forest any one?).

Its not easy doing the 9-5 and then going home to code even more.... but hey its because I love it!

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chaoslab wrote:My ultimate goal is to get it running through one of my friends full white light laser (secret dance party in a forest any one?).
Surely a white light laser is a contradiction in terms?
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Yeah it is a bit of contradiction in terms,

Spose I would have to say either diode combined white light or ion krypton argon mixed gas white light....

But the truth is there is not such thing as a truly white light laser since its coherrent light as white is not in the spectrum it is the combination of several frequencies hence incoherrent light like the sun :-P

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Post by Acronym »

If you're looking for a performance VJ lightsynth right now, have a look at VJamm Blueprint:

http://www.vjamm.com/

The author uses it to VJ at Clear in Cambridge, and it looks great there.
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make your own...

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pd is a graphical programming language for sound & graphics & stuff... the graphics libraries are called gem (3d) gridflow and pdp...

i found it easier to get to grips with than text based programming cos it's a matter of connecting little boxes...

the windows versions are a little bit ropey but there are a couple of bootable linux cd's which have the programs on (and others)...

they are:

puredyne
https://puredyne.goto10.org/

and dynebolic (also works on chipped xbox)
http://dynebolic.org/

all the best

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adam wrote: puredyne
https://puredyne.goto10.org/
Hmm, Firefox seems to take a dislike to that URL with warnings about out of date certificates and such.

Also can't see why the site should have an https URL. :?

Anyway....

Welcome adam, to the fluffiest :fluffy: forums :fluffy: on the :fluffy: net! :D

One tip; Always best to post saying "Hello! I'm new!" first, otherwise people might get the idea you're just promoting your own stuff. :)
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Post by adam »

thankyou sir..

yes i don't know whats going on with goto10's address... (i think they're a bunch of squatters in amsterdam, not sure though) the dynebolic one should be fine though... dynebolics been around for ages and works quite well, puredynes still a bit of a beta (i get a black screen when i try and run it cos the video drivers aren't talking with the graphics card on this machine, seems to work on a newer pc though...)
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PD is *seriously* hardcore, incidentally. It's up there with MaxMSP/Nato/Jitter in graphics-hacker streetcred...
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