Made a few improvements to my previous post. Added readouts to the filters, the FX Depth knob, and an indicator if the cross fader is open.
Video:
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Custom QC Processor for Rane Sixty Two
Spent the afternoon building a custom QC overlay for the Rane Sixty Two that can be used as a processor in the Reality Augmenter. Ideal resolution is 370×720 px for the processor. (Based on the dimensions of the mixer, 265mmx360mm, I just double the values for a nice crisp finish)
It takes image inputs for the Preview area and loops, and let’s you quickly setup a layer covering the entire Sixty Two in one go, reducing setup time.
It also enhances the EQ knobs, giving a nice readout on their levels.
Quick vid showing it in action:
EDIT : I updated the QC File to use a macro instead of a custom library patch, wasn’t sure if custom library patches are exported with compositions. Anyway, this one should be completely self contained. No plugins required.
Scrolling Text Composition
A simple Quartz Composition that displays scrolling texts that you can use with the Reality Augmenter.
See it in action in this video:
Serato Video Album Art Loader
A Quartz Composer file you can drop in your media crate, and it will attempt to load album art from a shared directory based on the Album name of the current playing track.
The default path for the album artwork is ~/Music/AllAlbumArtwork. You can change it in the file using the AlbumArtworkPath input splitter patch.
You can see it in effect in this video:
Reality Augmenter Release Notes 1.0.4
It’s been a while since the last update, to be honest, I took a bit of a break over Christmas and new year after working non stop for so long! Been getting back on the horse again, new updates and developments to start coming again.
New Features
- Can now add Quartz Compositions as sources as well as processors.
- Saved files now use the extension .rag instead of .binary, files using the old extension will still load.
OpenGL Optimisations
- Better context management means fewer context switches and locks.
- Reduced openGL flushing.
Other
- Reduced use of OSX Cocoa specific code to enable a future iOS release with shared code base.
- Code restructure as part of the above.
- General code clean and removal of outdated code.
Reality Augmenter as Window Display
Reality augmenter, self adhesive frosting, instant window display without precise projector alignment.
Reality Augmenter Minimix
Little indie mini mix with serato Dj and video.
The album art is done by a Qc composition that grabs album art from a folder based on the album name data point, this QC composition is the only item in my Mdeia Crate so auto loads on every track. The reality augmenter combines this via syphon with the interface and projects it onto the decks.
Sorry about the audio, I forgot to hit record for the audio and didn’t have time to rerecord it, i’ll see if I have time over the christmas holidays.
To move the album art to a shared folder, I used Dougs applescript “Save Album Art as folder.jpeg” (http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=savealbumartjpeg). I then I have my own applescript to rename folder.jpeg to the owning folders name (the album name), then used finder to find all jpeg files, and moved them to a single folder. I didn’t base it on the iTunes folder structure as I have lots of compilation albums, and combining artist name and album name doesn’t work as a path when stored under “Various Artists”.
The QC composition then uses the album name data point (kSSV_SeratoDataAlbum) and a string printer to make the path for the image importer patch. The rotation is controlled with the Song position data point (kSSV_SeratoDataSongPosition). A watcher patch on the album names prompts the image importer to update.
Tracklist:
James – Skindiving
Phantogram – Mouthful of Diamonds
Chromatics – Lady
Gorillaz – Stylo (feat. Mos Def & Bobby Womack)
Sebastian – Love In Motion [feat Mayer Hawthorne]
UNKLE – Hold My Hand
Reality Augmenter Setup
How to setup the Reality Augmenter with turntables and mixer in under ten minutes.
Reality Augmenter Release Notes 1.0.3
Changes
- Added snaps to mapping view, corner and edge snapping can be turned on or off with the ‘c’ and ‘e’ keys.
- Space bar deselects current layer in full screen view.
Fixes
- Small bugs fixed pixked up when extending unit testing.
- Outputs view tidied up and updated with more instructions.
Reality Augmenter Release Notes 1.0.2
Fixes
Mostly GUI updates and fixes for this release
- Fixed mapping layers image unit and overlay getting confused if done in certain orders.
- Current image unit no longer available as an overlay in the pop up button.
- Chop area type popover editor table cleaned up.
- Layers inspector view tidied up.
- Fixed typo in help of mapping layers view, add extra paragraph on adding and removing layers.
- Circular warp now properly updates dimensions if image input is changed.