Simple Systems for Live Performance: A TouchDesigner Primer - On-demand
Build your own generative VFX rig with TouchDesigner.
Course Instructor: Ben Benjamin
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£ 19.9
Whether at a concert or in a music video, visual effects can do so much to enhance the listener/viewer’s experience and create a lasting impression.
What you'll learn
- Design and implement generative visual effects which evolve over time
- Map out a show control system with high-level hooks for updating state in production
- Create simple audio +/ MIDI signal workflows
- Persisting/loading custom presets with Python + JSON
- Map a visualization onto any performance environment, whether physical or digital
Requirements
- A computer and Internet connection
- A free (or higher) license of TouchDesigner
- A text editor for programming, such as Sublime Text 3 (recommended)
Course content
- ---- Course files to download
- ---- Part 1 - Introduction
- ---- Part 2 - Build Your Own Interface - Overview & Initial Setup
- ---- Part 3 - BYOI - Simple Audio-Reactive Effect
- ---- Part 4 - BYOI - Toolbar & Preview Window
- ---- Part 5 - BYOI - Finalizing Our Modular Plugin Component
- ---- Part 6 - Converting Third-Party Effects To Our Plugin System
- ---- Part 7 - Review
- ---- Part 8 - Mapping MIDI & Controlling Plugins
- ---- Part 9 - Final Review
- ---- Part 10 - Homework - goals for next session
- ---- Part 1 - Importing Previously Saved Modules (Wrappers saved as .tox files)
- ---- Part 2 - Simple Reactive Video Switcher with Time Machine TOP
- ---- Part 3 - Saving And Loading Presets with JSON + Python Extensions
- ---- Part 4 - Considerations For Parameter References and Bindings
- ---- Part 6 - Demo - DMX Lighting & Projection Mapping Setup - Review & Wrap Up
- ---- Part 5 - Overview of SceneManager Class
- ---- Part 7 - BONUS - Generative Effect Modules with 3D Rendering Pipelines
Who is this course for
- This workshop aims to demonstrate how, using TouchDesigner, one can convert MIDI and acoustic audio signal into dynamic visual performances
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About the workshop leader
Ben Benjamin is a programmer and performer based in Los Angeles. He is obsessed with the intersection of media, culture, and technology.
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