Hello my friends! First post here-- I’m very new to LZX and the community, but taking the plunge with the new Double Vision system. I’m very excited for it to arrive and I have been watching every video I can on the individual modules and Johnny Woods’ 3 patch series which are very interesting.
Ive been making video art for a few years with some interesting gear like the Korg Entrancer and Lumen video synth app on Mac (so cool), so I know the basics but this will be like learning a new language. I’d be really interested to hear any tips and/or tricks from the experienced!
At this point I use my projector and old video camera to create feedback on laser visuals from the Neon Captain Radiator and various other sources, but I look forward to reorganizing my whole setup around the Double Vision. Ive ordered some component video scalers and converters for sending to and capturing… I’ve got more loads of patch cables and component cables from years of pack-ratting… Any hard earned advice to share?
I used to rely on scalers more before I got a TBC2, but they’re still useful. Which resolution(s) do your camera and projector use? Do they use component, composite, HDMI or SDI? You will likely still need some converters. I certainly do.
I have a few different cameras and projectors I’m interested in experimenting with- for cameras it will be my Canon 80D and iPhone 13 Pro (I don’t go higher than 1080p on for this type of work), and Canon XL1. My. main projector is a XVGA projector with 1024x768 but I have some dimmer HD Projectors that will run 1080i
My vision is to run the component output into an HDMI converter and then that into an HDMI splitter that will display it over 3 TVs mounted around my rig and a 4th that captures everything live. Ive got most of the equipment now it’s just waiting for delivery so I can dive in and start getting frustrated
Ok, that’s good. I’ve not used 1024x768 for my video output, but I expect your projector will handle the SD formats. I think HD formats may require a scaler.
Ive been having a very good time with the Double Vision. It was a few sessions of serious learning curve coming from a non-LZX environment but it all became very intuitive when my brain finally started translating things I have learned through my experience with sound design. It was a weird switch but it definitely clicked after a few attempts at patch creation. Even not having a real clue how it all worked together I was able to put up some pretty complex and interesting patches in my first sesson through experimentations.
Now that Ive had it for a few months I still feel like Ive just scratched the surface, but I really have a much better scope on how it all works together. I ended up buying 1080 HD component video camera (old canons on marketplace for 40!) and what a great difference its made to keep my whole signal chain in HD. Im getting some incredible feedback processing (my favourite) and I’ve been mixing in signals from SD Korg Entrancer and some other gear and it everything comes together very easily.
I use very inexpensive usb video inputs and component>hdmi converters to get everything in and out of the DV but I have had no real problems with them. I look forward to upgrading and getting the best video quality possible from the synth but so far I’m really impressed with what I’ve been able to capture with some very basic devices.
I use it in every video art project, sometimes only just to colour and add texture, but I just swapped in a Scrolls module in place of the DWO3 so I’ve got a lot more learning to do now.
Its never felt overwhelming, but its also so much more capable than I even really understand. Im going to spend more time with it today its just a nice way for me to unwind at the end of a long day.
Anyways thats probably 4 months too late but I do love the Double Vision
