Comments on: Structure in VJ Performance

By: johnbartmann

johnbartmann — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 06:32:16 +0000

yeah, some inspirational stuff goin on here. thanks monster momo

By: DINOS

DINOS — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:15:09 +0000

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By: Tron

Tron — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:42:43 +0000

will you do a video about interactive effects?

By: gabe

gabe — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:18:01 +0000

hey momo, I met you at pdx decom, I'm using a trigger finger with vdmx to create interactive illustrations that can be layered over video signals.
I use 5-7 layers, each layer is assigned to a different patch on the trigger finger and each patch only sends midi on 1 channel. Then I group the layers so I can apply effects across the board.
I use the knobs and faders to control position, color and keying, and the pads for effects. I use my computer keyboard to control clip triggering.
I'm using ableton's midi sequencer to record my improvisations as loops, which return to vdmx and loop the effects.
two layers are set up on a cross fader, and I use those for video clips. then I have a layer above those that uses udart's brilliant dv over firewire technique to bring in a collaborator's signal as a video source.
the fourth layer uses vade's screen capture plugin to sample the right side of my screen, where I use applications like alchemy, animata and particle illusion with a wacom tablet. the other three layers I use for png files that I collage together, and qc patches.
In some situations I use the multiplexer to toggle between midi, audio and wiimote control over effects. The wiimote has been a lot of fun and real popular to hand out to kids.
I'm interested in using osc more, I'm in portland too, maybe sometime we can get together and do a skill share.
here is a link to the vdmx set-up: http://gabesimagination.com/wp-content/uploads/20…
the ableton set up isn't much to look at, but here it is, you can see each midi track sends and receives midi on only one channel:
http://gabesimagination.com/wp-content/uploads/20…

By: Matt St. Gelais' - Blog.

Matt St. Gelais' - Blog. — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:41:00 +0000

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By: edymonster

edymonster — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:40:36 +0000

that's funny
I didn't know about you just about a couple of hours and I fugered out that you are Momo the monster and I' m edymonster
jejejejee
edymonster said
great fucking jobbb !!!!!!!!
I would love to keep in touch with you
you do crazy stuff
Where can I get that type of controller?
powerful tool

By: subpixel

subpixel — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:24:30 +0000

Oh, and Neon doesn't come with any default key bindings (aside from metronome control). I have keys qwertyuiop mapped to go to the "previous" content item for the 10 layers (layer 1 is base, layer 10 is top); I don't use the number keys because even when typing numbers in parameters, this unfortunately triggers the key bindings, and that can be inconvenient. I've also used a small number of other key bindings to trigger particular clips (such as an overlay for the DJ name). The only other controller I use is my laptops inbuilt trackpad, and I plug in a cheap (and slightly badly treated) USB webcam just for the microphone input it provides; Neon can use live video input, but performance is bad, seems to be crashy, and the webcam gets an awful picture anyhow! :o)

By: subpixel

subpixel — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:10:15 +0000

Hello Surya/Momo,

I use a PC application called Neon (free from neonv2.com) and (aside from the hardware controllers) have a similar way of arranging my content. Neon allows 10 layers, but isn't particularly friendly to control. Each layer appears as a column, where the top entry in the column is the layer content, and the elements in the column can be cycled (so the next or previous element becomes the active content for that layer). Each layer has content that serves a kind of "purpose" in the mix – a couple of abstract-ish background layers, a couple of "things going on" layers, a "subtractive" layer, a masking layer, and various overlays (the main one of these is, I suppose, "lights").

The content is mostly video (shot on various Canon Ixus digital "still" cameras I've owned), but there are also some PNGs used for masking (I nearly always use a "widescreen" matte with red or yellow horizontal edges in about the middle layer), a couple of simple Flash (Action-scripted) animations, and have customised/created some pixel shader effects (such as a masked sobel where regions of outline and fill can be independently controlled). I attach some of the clip/effect parameters to audio levels (unfortunately the only options being 0/1/2/3 for bass/mid/treble/some-weird-calculated-channel) and some of the layers have automated clip change after some number of beats (there is a "metronome" which you can use for beat matching stuff, but which is difficult to keep in time with the music); others are controlled manually.

-spxl

By: muloka

muloka — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:53:26 +0000

I got it working in time for the Tall Ships Celebration/DJ Skribble show I was playing at last night here in Bermuda. It was awesome. Definitely planning on expanding on this model a little bit. If you’d like I’ll send you the setup file once I’ve arrived at something I like.

thanks again.

By: Momo the Monster

Momo the Monster — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:25:19 +0000

You’re welcome. I’m glad you were able to make sense of it. I surely don’t think it’s the best or most correct way to make it work, but it works for live performance, that’s about as much as I need for now :)