KVR Audio

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Wed Jun 12, 2019 1:14 pm

For an upcoming concert where we want to add a visual component to the show which reacts to the live-audio, so today I started learning Magic (Music Visuals), a software which can visualize incoming audio using either inbuilt generators or imported images, videos or even live video input. After a few hours of patching together modules and learning what each module can do, here is a first result using one of my drone-scapes as audio input and two static fractal images I created with Fractal Architect 5, the animation is controlled via either frequency, pitch, tone or frequency range.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wAsSXII1yQ

Michael L · Post by **Michael L** » Wed Jun 12, 2019 1:24 pm

Thanks for sharing. Nice 3D. Pretty dramatic for a drone!

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Wed Jun 12, 2019 1:32 pm

I just threw in so many modules and it got a bit dramatic indeed, but to have all these options for processing live audio in real time is pretty amazing.

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Wed Jun 12, 2019 3:54 pm

A second experimental video made with a custom patch in Magic combining two internal generators and an external video I made with Fractal Architect 5, the incoming audio - a track from my album Orbitting - is modulating numerous Magic parameters in real time. Of course the compressed Youtube unquality creates quite a few artifacts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQI-Xv2kaLk

Psuper · Post by **Psuper** » Wed Jun 12, 2019 4:26 pm

We were just talking about that the other day, whhat happened to the 'music visualizers' rage? Seems everyone used to have the ole winamp-type-player thing for years if it wasn't your screensaver, then *poof* gone.

Not that I mind. They have their place like your example or a light show, but were annoying seeing them everywhere all the time. Maybe I just answered my own question...

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Wed Jun 12, 2019 4:34 pm

Nice stuff, even though i could imagine something more... relaxed to go with the music. The music itself is great though, you have a real talent.

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Wed Jun 12, 2019 4:40 pm

chk071 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2019 4:34 pm Nice stuff, even though i could imagine something more... relaxed to go with the music. The music itself is great though, you have a real talent.

Thanks, these examples are just the early stages of learning a new software, eventually things will get calmer, smoother, I just need to understand all the available modules and how they react best to incoming audio.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Wed Jun 12, 2019 4:42 pm

jonljacobi · Post by **jonljacobi** » Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:06 pm

Nice. Downloading the demo.

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 7:41 pm

Here is another experiment, using my track Queens Throne as audio input, I made the images/videos used for the visual input with Fractal Architect/ArtMatic.

https://youtu.be/n1jEjqNcWJM

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Mon Jun 24, 2019 4:34 pm

A track from my album Minimal Nightmare, visualized with a custom patch in Magic Music Visuals.

https://youtu.be/DFTVm4WBsBc

carrieres · Post by **carrieres** » Mon Jun 24, 2019 5:18 pm

I like the last one but i think that the rhythm not enough visible

deastman · Post by **deastman** » Mon Jun 24, 2019 6:06 pm

Lately I’m really getting into Ebo Suite for Ableton Live, which turns it into a highly flexible live VJ tool. Pair that with Signal, also from Isotonik Studios, and you have a really powerful, modular, node based system for visuals and sound.

I’ll also add that in general I find reactive visualizers rather boring on their own. Having some reactive aspect to the visuals is fine, but I feel it’s better to make a visual statement which can stand on its own, rather than the entire visual message being “I’m responding to the audio”.

plexuss · Post by **plexuss** » Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:25 pm

I've been using Magic for a while. Here are some of my tracks using it for visuals...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuCTt3admnA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g78Q3SLEvMQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9PDo7kcsb4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUZ_L2pQeRo

AsPeeXXXVIII · Post by **AsPeeXXXVIII** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 1:45 pm

That's some cool-looking stuff!

Note to self: download demo of Magic.