Known Ocean As Sprawl

So I did some visuals for Known Ocean at Sprawl, please forgive the shaky one handed photography, I was 'playing the Chromascope pretty heavily for this performance using a few tricks only a factory modified unit like mine can do such as removing removing sync for glitchy effects, ect.

Don Slepian

here are a few interesting videos from Don Slepian scroll down on his home page from some more video synth action. (I have posted one or two from his youtube before)

Cel Chromascope

So here is my new distraction, another toy. This time a CEL Chromascope. One of the only British video synthesizers more info found on this excellent site.

my one is a special variant with external sync and horizontal sync inputs I haven't quite got any output from  it yet, but I have been using a cheap screen that may possibly not handle its less than perfect signal. Heres hoping!

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!"

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!