Making Visual Music with Videosync
Membership plan: Going Deeper | Topics: Visual Arts
Course overview
Tarik Barri is the co-founder of Videosync - a powerful piece of software that makes accessible and intuitive audio-visual techniques that were once part of a technical domain reserved for programmers. In this rare workshop, he describes how to create visuals using this cutting-edge software, while providing practical demonstrations of its many possibilities. He shows how Videosync seamlessly integrates incredible visuals into Ableton Live, allowing you to craft, manipulate, warp and improvise with videos, live streams, and generative visuals - all of this within Ableton's musical timeline. Tarik shows how stunning visuals can be perfectly synchronized with sound, work completely independently, or blend both approaches. Using the familiar elements of Ableton - MIDI, automation, routing, etc - you will see how, if you are a musician, you can add visual elements to your compositions, or, if you are a visual artist, how to collaborate closely with musicians.
What you'll learn
- The core ideas driving the creation of Videosync, or in other words - why does Videosync exist?
- The basics of Videosync - how to import, warp and trigger videos, how to create blend visual layers, how to use effects to transform them
- How to use visual Instruments and Effects to create and manipulate visuals.
- Techniques to create audiovisual instruments and effects which combine both senses.
- How synchronise and manipulate visuals with audio.
- How to use the audio routing capabilities of Ableton Live to route video.
Who is this course for?
- Musicians looking to incorporate synchronized or improvised visual elements into their compositions.
- Visual artists aiming to integrate their work within a music timeline and collaborate with musicians.
- Audiovisual creators interested in intuitive tools for live performance and synchronized sound-visual experiences.
Course content
- Workshop Recording
Requirements
- Basic familiarity with Ableton Live (understanding of MIDI, automation, and routing is helpful).
- Interest or foundational experience in audiovisual creation or live performance setups.
- Access to or willingness to explore Videosync software for audiovisual projects.
Meet your instructor
Tarik Barri is an audiovisual composer and co-founder of Showsync, the company behind the Videosync software. His creative journey began in childhood with programming his own games, progressed to creating electronic music in his teens, and evolved into a fascination with realtime visuals in his early 20s. Barri has seamlessly combined these elements into a unique art form, exploring the interplay between sound and visuals and the novel phenomena resulting from their synthesis. Currently, Barri performs with Ben Frost, and previous collaborations include Sote, Thom Yorke, Lea Fabrikant, Robert Henke and Nicolas Jaar. These experiences have profoundly influenced his artistic vision and technical approach. As co-founder of Showsync and co-developer of Videosync, Barri is responsible for creating the effects and instruments that define the software's creative possibilities.
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