William Stuart Systems Videograph

Interesting advert for a William Stuart Systems Videograph, a DIY visualizer kit that displays sound in colour. I have seen many of this type of circuit but not that many in colour. William Stuart Systems seem to have produced a lot of interesting peripherals for the ZX Spectrum,  if anyone has an unbuilt kit laying around or knows where I can pick one up let me know ;)

Radio 4 Visualized

I'm working on a circuit that converts audio in to a readable video signal

sound to video

some of my sound to video experiments more here

The Synchronator

So you want a pocket size audio visualizer/video synth that creates glitchy visual waveforms and disguises audio as video by adding sync signals? then you want a Synchronator by Bas van Koolwijk and Gert-Jan Prins (what awesome names).

video via Synchronator on vimeo 

video via Aussiemystic

Modified Atari Video Music

Heres a completely modified Atari Video Music by the fantastic Switched On Austin synth shop. If only I lived in an NTSC zone!

from flickr description

"This Video Music is the first to receive our custom set of modifications, including composite video output, 1/4" audio inputs and direct outputs, color control inputs, rectified audio outputs, and an 8 channel waveform mixer to control image output shape. Videos coming soon!"

Modified Crosspoint Production Switcher

Here's a fantastic video from tom16mm the goes to show older tech can still compete with software especially in a stable studio environment. The speed at witch the waveform reacts to the audio is still impressive. What you gain (in my opinion) by using hardware is organic interaction and more chance discoveries.

Circuit Bent Web-cam Audio Visualizer

via giulioescalona on youtube

Bend Matrix Control Of Audio Synthesis + Video Effects

Here is an interesting video using a bend matrix from common sound to control audio and video bends in various equipment

Interesting Visuals

beautiful synesthetic video feedback from Barry S

Synaesthesia from Barry S on Vimeo.

VIDEO MESS TOOL

Todd Michael Bailey of excellent DIY bendable sampler kit (Where's the Party At?) fame has been messing around with video !!! his Video Mess Tool and other prototypes are the first steps in to some video kits he will be releasing in the future. I for one am very exited

My 4 Transistor Video Synth

Heres is a little 4 transistor circuit kludged together from spare components and a 70s hobby magazine article it plugs straight in to the arial socket of you old unused TVs I'm thinking of trying to track down the original author of the article to ask him if I can release it as a kit! sorry there's no sound on the vid but my mixer is broken.

Sabinegruffat Arduino-Video-Synth

heres an intersting project by Sabine Gruffat link here with video!

Narrat1ve Video synthesizer

another video synth in development but this time a stand alone product from the maker of the excellent WTPA sampler kit 

sporadic info here 

Atari 2600 Video Bending

Big round up of Atari 2600 bent for video 

POETRY IN CODE by 5yearcoma

Slavlee Experiment by  slavleeexperiment

Atari 2600 clone by failotron

Smash the system! by nordloef 

Atari 2600 Noise & Visuals Machine by castlegayskull

live 8bit chiptune and visuals by heavyw8bit

astroblast 02 by e1mer0

THE BIG BENT NES POST

so there are quite a few NES/famicoms out there that have been bent for audio reactivity here in decending order are Pixel Form, Kaseo, Casper Electronics and Collapsicon
more to come

New Video by Bildheinzer

here is the latest of his RGB audio reactive effect units 

EMS Spectron/Spectre

famous British video synthesizer sold around 1974 more info here



Sans Soleil or Sunless by Chris Marker (of La Jetée fame) is an amazing film and also uses a spectron for some effects and here is a video made with a Fairlight CVI and a EMS Spectre by youtuber WarrenABurt
imagine running one with a VCS3!

Little 1-bit Video Synth

Little 1-bit Video Synth via Flickr by Tristan Perich more info here

Atari Video Music

One of the most readily available (if still relatively rare) video synthesizers is the simple but effective Atari Video Music. It has appeared in many music videos and on many blogs. It is poplar with VJs, synthesists and hifi buffs.

It is however as far as I know only available in NTSC not PAL and only rarely do they turn up in Europe. Even if one did you would need a converter. Of course the UK has its own vintage music visualizer the Chromasope.

However both of these are expensive and hard to find. Help is at hand if your in the mood for some DIY with The Pixelmusic 3000 designed and built by Tarikh Korula based on the Parallax Propeller and detailed in Make issue 14! The code is for NTSC but I think it can be altered for PAL. Also see gadgetgangster for a kit based of the Pixelmusic project.

I may give it a go!