I had a dream - Octatrack video sampler

Daisuk · 2013-10-03T14:20:15.000Z

I dreamed I had a video Octatrack last night. It was crazy. Could basically do everything the OT can only to video. And all the step-buttons had small screens on them and showed previews of the video slices in loops.

Maybe that should be the next Elektron box. Video Octatrack! Man, that would be cool.

the_dreammer · 2013-10-03T14:49:06.000Z

I like your dreams…

I dont think they be true within the next 10 years or more… but
it has my vote… for the time being your probably better off with some vj program on your laptop…

(hint: the octatrack does send out all kinds of midi… so hook those up with video’s… and you almost have an instant video-show)

nedavine · 2013-10-03T14:53:43.000Z

""the_dreammer"":

I like your dreams…

I dont think they be true within the next 10 years or more… but
it has my vote… for the time being your probably better off with some vj program on your laptop…

(hint: the octatrack does send out all kinds of midi… so hook those up with video’s… and you almost have an instant video-show)

It would be cool to do some VJ stuff with the OT. I was excited by the idea of doing it in M4L but never found anything suitable. I wonder if there are any nice free VJ apps.

psicolor · 2013-10-03T15:27:03.000Z

I thought a while about freshing up my “show” with some light-show equipment that is being controlled by the octatrack through an MIDI-2-DMX converter. This should be possible and fun.

But i dismissed the idea because i want to focus myself on making music, not light.

Dataline · 2013-10-03T15:31:06.000Z

yea, this is something I would like too…

And it should be small and portable, with a camera attached to it…

There should be an IOS app like this actually

guga · 2013-10-03T15:49:32.000Z

…just wondering how long it’ll take before one of the big guys out there will come out with something similar to your dream…
if you look at some of the new (expensive) mixing desks or even djs controllers, you’ll find that some of them come with wee graphical displays which either show you a waveform or a sequence; technology won’t take long to get to that stage and then it’ll be real fun

Daisuk · 2013-10-03T17:23:59.000Z

""Dataline"":

yea, this is something I would like too…

And it should be small and portable, with a camera attached to it…

There should be an IOS app like this actually

Oh, yes! Should definitely be an app that does it. But having a proper hardware interface controlling this would be awesome. I know Roland released a video sampler a few years ago, but it doesn’t look too impressive in all honesty.

Got a friend who’s a great VJ (www.madsmeskalin.com), he’s doing all kinds of crazy stuff, touring around Europe with it and stuff, he’s using Resolume, which seems to be a pretty good VJ program. I might consider getting that at some point, but music is the priority at the moment.

the_dreammer · 2013-10-03T22:00:25.000Z

Well… free VJ software exists :

the following is old but free http://aestesis.eu/elektronika/ There are others too if you google for it… like [url=“http://www.visualjockey.com/”]http://www.visualjockey.com/

There is dedicated hardware like : http://milkymist.org/3/ which is inspired by milkdrop the visualization engine of winamp.

For paid software… you got resolume and arkaos vj (or one of its newer incarnations)

In the time I still worked with my vcr and my video-cam… I had a pc with arkaos attached to my midi-network… which was nice… the mc909 was driving arkaos
so i had realtime videos going straight into the vcr instead of the cam.

I am sure you can get simular results with the octatrack… might even be better
cause the crossfader sends out midiCC which you could tie between some crossfading filter… make it move a bit more…

So yeah happy days for those who like to tinker with stuff…

zeropoint · 2013-10-04T13:06:34.000Z

Yeah, lovely dream. I took the last year off from all technology to flush out my pipes. But before I packed my gear away, apart from learning how to work away from the computer with my MD, OT and Minitaur, I was also exploring the power and joy of audiovisual performance.

My set up had ableton and resolume running together on a 17" MBP controlled by a monome 40h and three faderfoxes. Some of the resolume control was automated via midi clips sitting in my live set but I could jump at will from taking manual control of either the audio or the visuals. I didn’t get to the point of performing live but I tell you the fun that I had with my projector and monitors set up in the living room was almost unbearable. lol.
I had started thinking about how I could run the midi control from the OT but my launchpad of choice being the monome I couldn’t integrate them without the computer.

here’s where I got to.

Daisuk · 2013-10-04T17:07:22.000Z

""zeropoint"":

Yeah, lovely dream. I took the last year off from all technology to flush out my pipes. But before I packed my gear away, apart from learning how to work away from the computer with my MD, OT and Minitaur, I was also exploring the power and joy of audiovisual performance.

My set up had ableton and resolume running together on a 17" MBP controlled by a monome 40h and three faderfoxes. Some of the resolume control was automated via midi clips sitting in my live set but I could jump at will from taking manual control of either the audio or the visuals. I didn’t get to the point of performing live but I tell you the fun that I had with my projector and monitors set up in the living room was almost unbearable. lol.
I had started thinking about how I could run the midi control from the OT but my launchpad of choice being the monome I couldn’t integrate them without the computer.

here’s where I got to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGWrl1i5wA0

Ah, sounds very interesting! I’d love to see that video, but YouTube is just doing my head in these days! I’ve tried upgrading flash, installing this plugin into Chrome and another one, disabling that, going Hmtl5 video et cetera, et cetera, but YouTube just remains a piece of shit to use these days. I could go on and on about how much I hate YouTube, and how I can’t understand that Google ain’t doing anything about it (as a lot of people are having troubles with YouTube this days).
In short - I can’t watch your video. Put it on Vimeo?

zeropoint · 2013-10-04T17:22:33.000Z

here you go…

[url=“http://<iframe”]
[url=“http://vimeo.com/5985373”]Dance of the Grobots from [url=“http://vimeo.com/timporter”]zeropoint on [url=“https://vimeo.com”]Vimeo.
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Dance of the Grobots from [url=“http://vimeo.com/timporter”]zeropoint on [url=“https://vimeo.com”]Vimeo.

Daisuk · 2013-10-05T17:25:14.000Z

""zeropoint"":

here you go…

[url=“http://<iframe”]
[url=“http://vimeo.com/5985373”]Dance of the Grobots from [url=“http://vimeo.com/timporter”]zeropoint on [url=“https://vimeo.com”]Vimeo.
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Dance of the Grobots from [url=“http://vimeo.com/timporter”]zeropoint on [url=“https://vimeo.com”]Vimeo.

Nice! That’s pretty cool.

zeropoint · 2013-10-05T19:35:53.000Z

Thanks man. The real time resolution is much higher and the colours much richer. At the time, the only way to record out of the computer was via a crappy converter at standard DV res. The box did some strange dilution to the colour as well…but you get the idea.

I’ll start playing again with it all when I get my stuff out again in the next couple of months.

Allerian · 2013-10-05T22:07:41.000Z

This is my HSS3jb video synth. Has midi control over most functions. I need to use it more!

jamrod · 2013-10-06T14:17:43.000Z

I really love this idea. I know that it makes more sense to use a computer for this kind of thing, but you got me looking for hardware video samplers. This Korg Kaptivator doesn’t look that great, but I never even knew it existed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrcJ7-Y4qlU

zeropoint · 2013-10-06T18:57:46.000Z

edit…that didn’t work

zeropoint · 2013-10-06T18:59:59.000Z

well if you happen to have a spare £10k lying around after you’ve bought your quadrinity you could always use these:

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to do something like this:

guga · 2013-10-07T20:43:58.000Z

""zeropoint"":

well if you happen to have a spare £10k lying around after you’ve bought your quadrinity you could always use these:

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to do something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DSQjsysl60

guga · 2013-10-07T20:47:01.000Z

""Allerian"":

This is my HSS3jb video synth. Has midi control over most functions. I need to use it more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPJBcfat7ng

really nice! and interesting device. more videos please

neilbaldwin · 2013-10-08T06:25:24.000Z

I have a custom HSS3jb too, quite fun little boxes, especially because almost everything is assignable to MIDI CCs.

Did this with mine a while back. It’s being controlled by Live but same principles apply if you were controlling it via the OT.