Visual program to sync with Ableton???

A-Plus · Post by **A-Plus** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:21 am

I was just wondering if any of you know of any visual programs that can sync to Ableton Live V.5.

Basically I want to be able to create my own visuals and have them sync to the different loops or tracks that I create in Ableton.

Any ideas??

computo · Post by **computo** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:40 am

if you're doing mostly video jockeying and effecting, there are a host of options, arkaos, modul 8, grid, grid pro.

But if you truly want to make your OWN visuals, shoot for jitter.

A-Plus · Post by **A-Plus** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:42 am

ok....and Jitter will sync to my audio in Abelton??

and who is Jitter made by?

computo · Post by **computo** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:47 am

cycling74.com

Jitter will sync to whatever you make it sync to.

Midi clock, midi, audio, whatever.

Its basically a graphic programming language.

You can do ANYTHING you can imagine.

bigbadotis · Post by **bigbadotis** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:12 am

Quartz Composer is also a fun one to play with if you're on a Mac... it's included with the Developer tools and thus free.

Will sync to audio / midi clock / notes / cc messages.

smutek · Post by **smutek** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:39 am

bigbadotis wrote:Quartz Composer is also a fun one to play with if you're on a Mac... it's included with the Developer tools and thus free.

Will sync to audio / midi clock / notes / cc messages.

Sweet. Learn something new every day.

thanks man!

smutek · Post by **smutek** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:57 am

Question about Quartz Composer,

This is included in the XcodeTools.mpkg on the system install dvd? If so, which part of the package do I install to find this? I may want to avoid installing the whole package so a custom install would be great.

If not, where do I find it?

Thanks in advance.

bigbadotis · Post by **bigbadotis** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 5:40 am

It's in Applications > Graphics Tools.

Another good one with the Developer Tools is "Repeat After Me". All sorts of fun FFT text-to-speech-to-music phonetic madness. That's in Utilities > Speech. Haven't seen much online about that one yet, but it's cool...

You can also use Quartz Composer to make your own screensaver. The fun just never stops.

smutek · Post by **smutek** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 6:37 am

Got it. Thanks man! I just had a great deal of fun with that. No experiments with midi yet, just making images bonce about randomly, with the random module thing controlling x, y and scale. Interesting the way you connect cables and all, kind of reminds me of plogue. I googled quartz composer and wickopedia compared it to max.

Looking forward to getting into this and will definitely check out the other one.