Video Stuff - Index

My video pages are scattered throughout this blog and can be difficult to sort out at times.
Thus this index.


3TrinsRGB+1 - Video Synth by Gijs Gieskes
(This wonderful synth is mostly DIY)
+ Banana break out box 
+ 3trins to LZX 
+ 3trins with FetidEye's Comparator
+ Triple 3Trins Haliburton case - building the enclosure
+ 3trins patches 1
+ 3Trins - build pics & initial tests


3-Trins Plugins
+ 2xSPDT & 4xSPST
+ SPST & SPDT
+ 2xVideo in Negative
+ Video in Lines

Critter & Guitari
+ Cellular Automatia

Cat Full Of Ghosts

+ XCHGN - video exchange - build notes

+ Cat full of Ghosts - Video Equations... build notes

Korg

+ Korg Kaptivator - video sampler effects mixer

+ Elektron A4 synth & Rytm drums - Entrancer  

+ MONEST = MonoMachine + Tempest.. entrancer

Live Performance
+ NewSoundWaves - 21st March 2015 -Roland V8 mixer, P10 clip launcher, ex security camera, Video Synthesizer and modules: LZX, MVIP and Geiskes 3TrinRGB+1c

LZX
+ Basic LZX patches
+ Sat arvo Jam - 10th Jan, 2017 (Vidiot)
+ The Putney and LZX Visual Cortex
+ Function Generator- build pics
+ Cyclops - Lazer Interface
+ Visual Cortex - Composite vs Component inputs

LZX - Cadet
 + Cadet I - Video Sync Generator - Build notes
 + Cadet II - RGB Encoder - Build notes
 + Cadet III - Video input - build notes
 + Cadet IV - Dual Ramp generator - build notes
 + Cadet V - Scaler - build notes
 + Cadet VI - Fader - Build notes
 + Cadet VII - Processor -Build notes
 + Cadet VIII - Hard Key Generator - build notes
 + Cadet IX - VCO - build notes
 + Cadet X - Multiplier - Build notes

LZX - Castle
Introduction
00_000 ADC - Analog to digital converter
01_001 DAC - Digital to Analog converter
02_010 Clock VCO
03_011 Shift Register
04_100 Multi Gate
05_101 Quad Gate
06_110 Counter
07_111 Flip flops

Monitors
+ Looking for the prefect monitor/scope for Rutt-Etra
+ Tektronix 620 monitor
+ Tek 620 - first attempt at Vector Rescanning / Rutt-Etra

Scanimate 
+ Matrix switch panels

Youtube Channels
YouTube 1 - main channel
YouTube 2 - experimental
YouTube 3 - test videos

Vectrex
+ Initial explorations - just playing Minestorm
+ Vectrex - Hack
+ "Curling" effects - vector rescanning attempt 1

Vidiffektor - build notes

Scanimate Matrix Switch Panels

I am lucky today to have finally received two remnants of the venerable Scanimate machine.
It's part of a early analog computer that was used in animation.
From what I've read, there were only 8 made.

The Scanimate was invented by Lee Harrison III, founder of Computer Image, in Denver, Colorado in 1969. This system was used to help create the Scanimate Films, in combination with Jim Henson's puppeteering.

I understand that these cane from two that were housed at Image West in Hollywood

This is a big part of animation history.
Scanimates were used extensively on TV & film in the 70's & 80's. If you ever saw Sesame St, Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, or The Electric Company, then you saw Scanimates in action.

I don't have the whole machine. Apparently this was destroyed and only some parts were saved from "a container" on it's way to China.

But what is left are two gems.

Each case has a 8 panel patch matrix with 19 potentiometers.
The patch matrix is the same type used by ARP for the 2500 synthesizer.
Which is the original reason I bought this.
The Cherry Sliders switches are extremely hard to find.

The "Commutator" & "Axis" refer to this section of the Scanimate.

Final position, Initial position & size - refer to fig 6, above

"The Animation Aid Panel from the Scanimate. It appears to connect to the cherry switches. Notice the Patch Panel 122, a potentiometer section 123 and an oscillator control section 124.

The oscillator control section 124 includes two high frequency oscillators, numbers one and two, and three low frequency oscillators, numbers three through five. The two high frequency oscillators, approximately 90 KHz, are provided for raster bending. High frequency oscillator number one has a frequency adjustment potentiometer 125 and an amplitude adjustment potentiometer 126 for defining those parameters of the wave form. This oscillator can be phase locked." (US Patient doc)

     Links
1. Wickipedia
2.  Dave Seg's excellent Scanimate site
3.  Scanimate - Facebook Page
4.  Create Digital Motion
5.  AudioVisalizers
6.  Nick Campbell
7.  Scanimate.com
8. US Patient documents.