Videomancer is a standalone real-time video effects console: programmable FPGA video processing, hard-mapped front-panel controls, and a large library of programs for color, glitch, keying, patterns, and feedback. HDMI and analog I/O work in both directions with effectively no perceptible latency—what you change with a knob is what you see on the display.
Line-level and modular signals, MIDI, and USB (firmware, expansion) are covered end-to-end in the in-site documentation.
Videomancer is a development platform for video synthesis. Its open source hybrid digital/analog architecture leverages the best of both domains. With a full complement of inputs and outputs for every signal type, it integrates seamlessly with any studio or performance rig. Videomancer supports a wide range of standard and high definition video formats.
Due to its extraordinary versatility, Videomancer can perform many functions, such as:
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Process HDMI or analog video
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Generate video with internal pattern algorithms
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Convert between video signal types:
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HDMI YCbCr
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DVI RGB (output only)
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Component YPbPr
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Component RGsB (sync on green)
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Composite
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S-Video (Y/C)
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LZX 1V modular RGB
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Modulate video with dozens of different Modulation Operators:
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Direct modulation with external audio and control voltage
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External signal shapers such as envelope follower, slew, quantizer
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Internal algorithms such as oscillators and pattern generators
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USB devices such as mouse, game controller, joystick
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MIDI Continuous Controllers and Note messages
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Control global modulation timing:
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Synchronize modulation with MIDI Clock or MIDI Timecode
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Set tempo with TAP button or numeric Beats Per Minute
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Control external devices with MIDI
Each of Videomancer’s twelve Parameters can be driven by any Modulation Operator. Modulation is unique per Parameter, so you can mix and match them. For example, drive Parameters 1 and 2 with independent oscillators, Parameter 3 with audio, Parameter 4 with MIDI, etc.
