i’ve been wanting to run video plugins since before Max for Live came into existence and Max/MSPs VIZZIE VJ modules seemed perfect as Ableton plugins. so i swapped out all the non-MIDI automatable parts and shoehorned some plugins together.
Download: VIZZable Modular VJ plugins for Ableton Live
UPDATE!
These plugins are completely compatible with the amazing V-module suite by Fabrizio Poce. These two projects have now merged to provide a comprehensive suite of video, effects and real-time graphics tools for Live. If you’d like to become involved in testing and developing these plugins please join us in this google group.
Change list
6/12/2011
V 0.9.3
- Updated auto-connect v 1.0
- Syphon output added to the viewr module
- new midigrid device – receives midi notes and outputs white squares. originally made for the novation launchpad but will work with any midi input
- new 2switchr device to toggle video between two different outputs
17/4/2011
V 0.9.2
V 0.9.2
- All modules can now auto-connect (thanks to Chris Gough from the Jitter in Live google group)
- All module’s preview windows can be disabled by clicking
- Viewr GL optimized
- Viewr can now toggle menubar in fullscreen mode
- Viewr acts as a central hub to all other VIZZable modules allowing toggling of module preview windows and setting global resolution for all modules
- New Previewr device, similar to viewr but without global controls or fullscreen
- New Zamplr effect module
- Playr has several performance improvements
- Playr now properly saves loaded movie folders with live set
- Clicking the Playrs name below the preview window activates a FPS meter and unique frame toggle for performance monitoring
- VIZZIE preset code removed – presets can be saved in Live browser
7/4/2011
- Effect modules are now bypassed when device is deactivated.
6/4/2011
- All parameters can now be automated with clip envelopes
- Code cleaned up
- Scribbler bugs fixed
3/4/2011
- All devices now connect using the same drop down system as V-module
- Player now has selectable resolution
25/1/2011
- all devices frozen and outputs plugged with “.” to prevent stack overflow errors
- Grabbr – webcam source now selectable
- Playr – clips in drop down now save properly
awesome! but do you need max for live to use your plugins? probably yes. but still looks awesome!
yep, you need max for live.
Wow! The possibilities seem endless. Great work.
Looks awesome. Can’t wait to try it out when I’ve upgraded my Ableton. Keep up the good work!
Hi, great job.
I always wanted something like this inside Live, a sort of Modul8.
I hope you can improve it and make even better than Modul8.
Keep up the good work.
All the best.
Unfortunately I can just see small black frames where the videos should be. Any tip how I can solve this? I have to admit I’m just a beginner with Max4Live.
specs: Win7 x64, Live 8.2.1, Max 5.1.7
sit tight, i’ll release an update in the next day or two which should address this.
i was working on just this thing but since you beat me to the punch i’m just going to use these! Genius, thanks so much!
This is fantastic, just the tool I needed.
Awesome! Exactly what I was looking for. 20 min into it and already have the basic set up I wanted for my bands next show. Will def credit you if someone asks how I did it!
great to hear! post some vids, would love to see it in action!
Player, grabber, and viewer all work great but every effect plugins pops up with a stack overflow error
yep, you need to make sure the effects inputs and outputs aren’t labelled the same or aren’t left blank – if they are the effect will get stuck in a loop and cause a stack overflow.
MASSIVE THANK YOU :D Really appreciate you made this as its exactly what im after and you just answered all my questions and then some. Will be definitely purchasing M4L now. Thanks again!
thanks, glad you’re into it :D
I got some good advice of how vizzie needs improving from vade:
http://forums.v002.info/topic.php?id=47
I’m a bit lost with some of it, hope you can optimize the things…
What up Dude ? Great, but a vizzplayer does not work ?
hmmm… it should be fine. try toggling the monitor modes. also make sure you’re using the latest max and ableton versions.
Great work! I saw this a little while back over at Create Digital Music, but just now got around to downloading the modules. This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. I don’t have the programing chops to do this, so thanks! My download didn’t have quite as many modules as your demo showed?
glad it’s working for you. there should be 22 plugins all up. some of them might look a bit different in the demo because they were still in-constructo.
Hey this is freaking awesome. I am downloading now and can’t wait to try it out. Thanks so much for taking the time to make this!
Fantastic – thank you! This is just what I’ve been wishing for. The fact that I can build my own combinations and control parameters with m4l LFOs and side-chaining devices (apart from clip envelopes and automation) is amazing – it leaves other VJ software IN THE DUST! Thanks thanks thanks again for posting this.
Hey just made my first video with your awesome appliance! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jilM4sGmImI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Thanks for Vizzie :D
^ I meant Vizzable!
Thank you very much!
Just a question,
I am a new user of M4L and Ableton and I would like to know how could I install VIZZable on Ableton.
I am sure it is a stupid question,
but I really don’t know how to do that.
Thank you very much in advance.
Hi Irma,
there’s no need to actually install VIZZable. Simply unzip the folder where ever you’d like then drag the plugins into a midi track. You can drag them in from either the folder or from the live file browser.
Have fun!
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This is an amazing set of tools! I made a little proof of concept clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLMbohmXTIQ
Wizzable plugin is TOP. Thanks for sharing DL link!
Cheers
hi, what video format does the player use?
it’s built using jitter and jitter works with quicktime *.movs.
for performance photojpeg is a good codec choice.
Hi! I can’t get it work =(
It’s playing videos that I load (in the preview screen) (I m looking for the button to get them stop if I don’t want them to play until the end)
But the module don’t want to link in auto, or in the same setting (eg. stream1, stream1), and the preview screen is black =’(
Hi marty – first things first – make sure you’re running the latest versions of both ableton and max/max for live. the auto connect won’t work with older versions and it’s likely other things will break too.
there’s currently no stop button on the playr module – what i tend to do is route the playr through a mixer and then use the mixer to turn of the video channel. hope that helps – send me an email if you need some more in depth help. or join our google group! http://groups.google.com/group/jitterinmax4live-
cheers,
bob.
hello,
is it possible somehow to send pixelized video to midi? (or any kind of video motion)
i mean to play with the webcam and generate some sounds
thanks
leon
all I have to say is you are AWESOME!!
That is indeed possible but not currently with vizzable. I do remember seeing like it done. Have a google for “max for live video musicbox” and you might find it.
Love your plugins, been playing around with them for a couple of hours absolutely glitch free. Makes me wish I knew M4L better so I could help develop new devices.
Good job!
Thanks. You don’t need to be a m4l guru to help us develop the plugins. Join our google group and you can help us test and pitch ideas etc!
fantastic plugins,great work,i am running ableton 8.1.3 and max 5.1. the plugins are loadfing ok. grabbr is working but nothing is coming up in viewr. is this because of the version I am running or am I missing something else. looks like lots of fun to be had with this, thanks
correct. update ableton and max and it will work fine.
Thanks Bob,
I will check out your google group very soon.
Is there any reason why the VIZZable plugins will not succsesfully load once saved on my machine. I can build from scratch pretty quickly which is mostly what i do when i’m playing around but have discovered that Video and streaming fails on my PC once I save a set with a VIZZable effects chain within. WIN7 64
I take it back!
just gathered VIZZ files in to project folder and the problem fixed itself except that AUTO function does not work on reboot, but I can get around that.
Cheers
S
sounds like you might need to update your version of max.
Hallo,
thank you for this great work.
But i have problems with syphon out. I cant get the signal in another
application. Do you habe a tip?
Thanks Ralf
OSX 10.6.8
Live 8.2.7
hi ralf,
what version of max are you running?
do you have syphon client installed – would be good to test connectivity with that.
also, make sure the syphon button on your viewr module is yellow.
if all that fails email me a screen shot?
cheers,
bob.
Hi Bob
I’m new to Vizzable and can’t seem to make it work. I tried to watch your tutorial vids but they’re a bit ahead of where I am. I have a playr in and a viewer. i have dropped a folder of short QT’s into the playr but don’t see any videos playing. Can you help me? What should I be doing? I am on Max 8.2.7 and have downloaded the Vizzable devices from your site which show me that they are 0.9.3.
Your help would be much appreciated.
Best
Jules
Hey Jules,
So far so good. what you might be missing is the playr module responds to midi notes so if you have a midi keyboard or similar: set that as your midi in and set the track to “monitor in” or record arm. then as you play notes, videos will be triggered.
Your other option is to create clips with midi notes in them and then trigger use them to trigger video.
let me know how you go and don’t forget to join the google group here: http://groups.google.com/group/jitterinmax4live-
bob
**Has anyone mapped for the novation launchpad??
as in midi mapped? There’s nothing stopping you. I’ve used the launchpad extensively. I’m also working on plugins especially for the device: http://zealousy.com/2012/02/lores/