Need help replicating an effect...

TeChNiCaLwReCk · 26th June 2001, 22:40

I don't know if anyone has noticed, but when you open the pulldown menu in the AVS editor, it produces a weird effect in the AVS. Is there a way I can reproduce this effect?

Scarface2k1 · 30th June 2001, 02:55

it would help if you could tell us what effect it is first.

TeChNiCaLwReCk · 30th June 2001, 07:44

the effect thats produced isn't an effect thats in the list. its just that when you open the pull-down menu, if you look at the avs, something new happens. i want to know if theres a way to get this effect without opening the menu.

Scarface2k1 · 30th June 2001, 19:47

you mean when your pull down menu is up, and avs isnt really reacting to the music??

Punkers · 1st July 2001, 18:20

Maybe you could use the custom bmp and bump the skip option all the way up, but the wave detectors would still work. Works just the same as when I use a CD. By the way is there a plug-in or anything that'll make the avs respond to my CD's? or do I have to use the custom bmp all the time.

flatmatt · 2nd July 2001, 02:20

You mean when the display freezes for a moment? Don't know.

Punkers: try CD Reader, from this site.

TeChNiCaLwReCk · 3rd July 2001, 21:53

yeah when it kind of freezes and the avs blends really wierd

flatmatt · 3rd July 2001, 22:32

And it stops responding to the music? No, don't know how to do that other than making a preset that doesn't respond to music anyway.

Scarface2k1 · 4th July 2001, 04:17

Quote:

Originally posted by flatmatt
And it stops responding to the music? No, don't know how to do that other than making a preset that doesn't respond to music anyway.

that would be easy. HAVE NOTHING IN IT!

Adasha · 9th July 2001, 00:20

Punkers: in the input section of preferences, make sure the 'sampling' tick box is ticked under 'cd/linein' plugin. then make sure your soundcard is set to record from the cd-audio source, same as any other vis plugin.

Scarface2k1 · 9th July 2001, 13:00

yeah but what about people who dont need this plugin?

geozop · 16th July 2001, 00:09

It seems that when the menu is down, the v variable in the superscope is not updated each frame, but kept at whatever v was on the frame when the menu was pulled down. So attempted a little code (on the superscope) to switch between updating v like normal or keeping v the same:

Init: n=w; t=0
Beat: t=bnot(t)
Per Point:
x=i*2-1;
q=if(t,q,v);
y=q*2;

Every beat t switches between 0 and 1, and the if statement will determine if q is going to be v (normal) or stay the same.
However, on doing this I found that when q is kept the same, it is the same for every point (creating a straight line) rather then when it is v (where v is different for every point).
I suppose there would be a way for a ton of if statements for every i in the per point area (such as:
va=if(equal(i,0.1),v,va);
vb=if(equal(i,0.2),v,vb);
vc=if(equal(i,0.3),v,vc);
... then
q=if(equal(i,0.1),va,q);
q=if(equal(i,0.2),vb,q);
q=if(equal(i,0.3),vc,q);
... etc) but, that would slow down the vis a lot, and be really ugly. Too bad there are not tables (like in C and other codes) to hold variables.
Good luck.

Scarface2k1 · 16th July 2001, 01:32

i can understand it, but its not my code so i dont want to try it out

2nd July 2001, 02:20	#6
flatmatt Iron Chef (Reviewer) Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Winamp Island Posts: 3,036	You mean when the display freezes for a moment? Don't know. Punkers: try CD Reader, from this site. flatmatt.com v5.0 \| Echoes \| Meddling Kids v1.52 Space Invaders v1.1 \| Danielle Fishel v1.11

3rd July 2001, 22:32	#8
flatmatt Iron Chef (Reviewer) Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Winamp Island Posts: 3,036	And it stops responding to the music? No, don't know how to do that other than making a preset that doesn't respond to music anyway. flatmatt.com v5.0 \| Echoes \| Meddling Kids v1.52 Space Invaders v1.1 \| Danielle Fishel v1.11

16th July 2001, 00:09	#12
geozop Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Livermore, CA Posts: 63	Getting that effect It seems that when the menu is down, the v variable in the superscope is not updated each frame, but kept at whatever v was on the frame when the menu was pulled down. So attempted a little code (on the superscope) to switch between updating v like normal or keeping v the same: Init: n=w; t=0 Beat: t=bnot(t) Per Point: x=i2-1; q=if(t,q,v); y=q2; Every beat t switches between 0 and 1, and the if statement will determine if q is going to be v (normal) or stay the same. However, on doing this I found that when q is kept the same, it is the same for every point (creating a straight line) rather then when it is v (where v is different for every point). I suppose there would be a way for a ton of if statements for every i in the per point area (such as: va=if(equal(i,0.1),v,va); vb=if(equal(i,0.2),v,vb); vc=if(equal(i,0.3),v,vc); ... then q=if(equal(i,0.1),va,q); q=if(equal(i,0.2),vb,q); q=if(equal(i,0.3),vc,q); ... etc) but, that would slow down the vis a lot, and be really ugly. Too bad there are not tables (like in C and other codes) to hold variables. Good luck.

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26th June 2001, 22:40	#1
TeChNiCaLwReCk Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 3	I don't know if anyone has noticed, but when you open the pulldown menu in the AVS editor, it produces a weird effect in the AVS. Is there a way I can reproduce this effect?

30th June 2001, 02:55	#2
Scarface2k1 Banned Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: i dont get out much so i dont remember Posts: 1,032	it would help if you could tell us what effect it is first.

30th June 2001, 07:44	#3
TeChNiCaLwReCk Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 3	the effect thats produced isn't an effect thats in the list. its just that when you open the pull-down menu, if you look at the avs, something new happens. i want to know if theres a way to get this effect without opening the menu.

30th June 2001, 19:47	#4
Scarface2k1 Banned Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: i dont get out much so i dont remember Posts: 1,032	you mean when your pull down menu is up, and avs isnt really reacting to the music??

1st July 2001, 18:20	#5
Punkers Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 9	Maybe you could use the custom bmp and bump the skip option all the way up, but the wave detectors would still work. Works just the same as when I use a CD. By the way is there a plug-in or anything that'll make the avs respond to my CD's? or do I have to use the custom bmp all the time.

3rd July 2001, 21:53	#7
TeChNiCaLwReCk Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 3	yeah when it kind of freezes and the avs blends really wierd

9th July 2001, 00:20	#10
Adasha Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: down the pub Posts: 98	Punkers: in the input section of preferences, make sure the 'sampling' tick box is ticked under 'cd/linein' plugin. then make sure your soundcard is set to record from the cd-audio source, same as any other vis plugin.

9th July 2001, 13:00	#11
Scarface2k1 Banned Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: i dont get out much so i dont remember Posts: 1,032	yeah but what about people who dont need this plugin?

16th July 2001, 01:32	#13
Scarface2k1 Banned Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: i dont get out much so i dont remember Posts: 1,032	i can understand it, but its not my code so i dont want to try it out