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For people interested in the track itself, it is taken from the "Let 'Em Hang / Meltdown" record. Info, mp3 etc:

adnoiseam.net/adn113

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The visuals are mixed algorithmically, with minimal human intervention. The AI I wrote makes ~95% of the decisions.

Made entirely with dvj, interim_descriptor's open source music video DJ+VJ software. No commercial video editing software was used to create this video.

GPLv3 source code: code.google.com/p/dvj

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CREDITS

Music - Broken Note
Macro-scale visual mixing - interim_descriptor
Micro-scale visual mixing - interim_descriptor's dvj AI
Particle Interlude - Mark Newman
Programming - interim_descriptor & Mark Newman
Inspiration - Chris Cunningham, Alex Rutterford
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This 480p version is intended for display on home computer systems.

An ultrawide 1920x480 version is also available:

vimeo.com/6040364

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This video assumes it will be displayed in a dark environment, on an ultra-bright projector, so it can assault your fully dilated pupils. Viewing it on your computer monitor, in a lit room, with Vimeo's white background, at 30 frames per second, will be pretty much like listening to dubstep on laptop speakers. The best way to experience this, as intended, is to see it live.

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  • Tot Squirrels 2 years ago
    Nice Chris !
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  • Ad Noiseam 2 years ago
    Very nice one, congratulations.

    And for people interested in the track itself, it is taken from the "Let 'Em Hang / Meltdown" record.
    Info, mp3 etc:
    adnoiseam.net/adn113
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  • andy vj 2 years ago
    love the visuals
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  • andy vj 2 years ago
    what a bugger the software is not out for mac at the moment
    are well i'll stick to using modul8 for the time being
  • interim_descriptor 2 years ago
    The OSX version of dvj should be released later this year. It can do this sort of thing in reaction to your DJing from within dvj, or with an audio input from another live performer.

    Glad you like the video.
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  • Raw Chuck 2 years ago
    Great job! The transitions are spot on, and the synesthesia between the audio and video is neat. The one at 1:45 was especially powerful, and I also liked the "spider" at 3:30. The particle interlude fit seamlessly where you put it. If I saw it live, I think my head would explode. :-)
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  • Mickael Girault 2 years ago
    Impressive! Great job. How long past to create the visual?
  • interim_descriptor 2 years ago
    I'd been experimenting & performing with algorithmic frequency-sensitive video synthesis code for about 5 months before Broken Note asked me to make a video for Let Em Hang.

    It was another ~3 months of intensive coding & scripting before the video was completed.

    I split the track into ~16 measure segments, and worked on each segment until the synaesthesia was "correct" in my mind, and not a single frame felt wrong (this is, of course, highly subjective, and specific to my brain's mapping of sight and sound). The c++ code got about 95% of it right, but I had to implement and use a scripting language to get the remaining 5%.

    Now that I have the finished code and the scripting language, I was able to prepare 60 minutes of ultra-wide triple-projector 1920x480 audio-reactive frequency-sensitive video in about a week, for a show I did in Boston:

    interimdescriptor.blogspot.com/2009/12/live-at-glitchgiving-boston.html
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  • skydeluxe 2 years ago
    Still brilliant!!! Did you get my message?
  • interim_descriptor 2 years ago
    Thank you.

    Check your inbox.
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  • vjtrancekoder 1 year ago
    use digital juice clips much? lol
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