Very nice!

@deflost

I used a (now discontinued) Nyrius Wireless HDMI live feed transmitter and receiver. The key for me was that the transmitter was small. In this photo, you can see the transmitter sticking straight up to the side of the camera (with the tape that says "DEMO" on it). We used a 90-degree HDMI connector to allow us to have it pointing up, rather than out to the side, so we could secure it to the camera. At the back of the camera, (with the tape that says "A" on it), is a portable battery bank, as one would use for mobile devices. This acted as the wireless power-supply for the wireless HDMI transmitter.

Note: Sometimes cell phones can interfere with the signal, so we had to make sure that the audience turned all of theirs to airplane mode or, preferably, completely off.

Optimizing for Coverage: I was at the edge of the rectangular performance space and the live feed operator sometimes moved all the way to the far end. We were having some signal issues, so I moved the wireless HDMI receiver to the middle of the room, in the grid, and used an HDMI-over-Cat6 extender in order to put it that far away from myself without needing a 60' HDMI cable. No more issues after that, as the camera was on average always closer to the receiver then it had been.

Best wishes,

Woland

Hello all,

Running off to a theatre now, but was excited to share this User Actor I just made. (It's part of a larger system so keep an eye out for more soon!)

Short on time so here's info from inside the User Actor itself:

Glossary:

WPM = Words Per Minute (Handwritten or Typed)

AvgCPW = Average Characters Per Word (average word length, in characters)

CPM = Chararacters (Typed) Per Minute

CPS = Chararacters (Typed) Per Second

LPM = Letters (Handwritten) Per Minute

LPS = Letters (Handwritten) Per Second

L/CPM = Letters (Handwritten)/Chararacters (Typed) Per Minute

L/CPS = Letters (Handwritten)/Chararacters (Typed) Per Second

NOTE: ***LPM/LPS does NOT equal CPM/CPS*** 

CPM/CPS *DOES* include spaces as a *character* in calculations.

CPM and CPS are measurements of *characters* typed per unit of time.

---but--- 

LPM/LPS *DOES NOT* include spaces as a *letter* in calculations.

LPM and LPS are measurements of *letters* handwritten per unit of time.

FUNCTION: 

Calculate/Convert:

WPM to:

-----L/CPM 

-----L/CPS

L/CPM  to:

-----L/CPS

-----WPM

L/CPS to:

-----L/CPM 

-----WPM

NOTE: Adjustable average characters per word.  

          (The default is five [English]).

It also contains data tables with averages for WPM, L/CPM, and L/CPS.

Check it out and let me know what you think!

Next up: 

Javascript (Thanks in advance to @GertjanB for some Javascript code I nabbed from a Forum comment of his)ReadTextFromFileEnvelope Generator++Text ChopperText DrawA Control Panel

;)

Best wishes,

Woland

>>>Writing Speed Convertor v1.0 User Actor<<<

@juriaan said:

How many do you have ?

 I manage 4 Isadora keys. They get used for student projects and multi-machine installations. Apologies if it appears excessive. 

The hasp key is a bit more economical for the small number of media arts students I supervise. It also allows the most flexibility for managing site based projects and the mobility of the lisences across different machines.

Best wishes

Bonemap 

thanks Iro. we're making an international version this Autumn - the plan is to work with a local performer who tells the story in the local language, whilst our performer sings the original text from the poem. we have a gig in Norway in November and we're planning to iron out the creases during the development of the Norwegian version. its a nice way to tour, rather than just turn up and do the show, we make more of a connection with the local performance sector.

@tomthebom - lighting was a headache. when projecting from overhead, you tend to get plenty of projected light onto the performer, so it doesn't need too much from the side, and i can't light from overhead without bleaching the image. also - i need infrared for the camera that lights the body without spilling onto the floor.

having 40 kids sat around the floor was an issue as well because they obstruct sidelight. in the end we compromised the audience position to having them on 2 sides and i built some floorstands for little LED floods that sit at the base of the lighting stands, with an IR flood on each one - wide angle on the camera side and standard on the opposite side. I've used some ND filter on the floods, but they are still a bit pokey into people's eyes. the kids are so focussed on the storyteller that they don't seem to notice.

with the projectors so low, you tend to get an edge cutting across the body, but its not usually in focus and its not too distracting. as long as there is a bit of light in the room, but not shining directly onto the floor, we can set up anywhere without being restricted to theatre spaces.

Added a bit to my original post about using the Data Array actor with textfiles, containing my controller and note values, to map my midi controller to parameters. It is a super useful actor that made quick work of mapping the controllers, and allowed for flexibility in making changes.

@crystalhorizon
I believe its in the latest build, and yes we first received it at the Werkstatt.

Amigos y colegas ! Con mucha alegría queremos contarles que la Red Isadora Latina fué elegida como la única organización de arte en latinoamérica avalada oficialmente por Troikatronix Isadora, y a Maximiliano Wille como su fundador y coordinador. Gracias a Mark Coniglio @mark  Xenia Leyden @xenia Lucas W. Wilson-Spiro @Woland por todo su apoyo.

Esta es una noticia muy importante para toda la comunidad hispano parlante. Es el comienzo de una nueva etapa de oportunidades y crecimiento para la comunidad de usuarios de Isadora.

 Los invitamos a contactarnos y que nos cuenten de sus proyectos.

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Próximamente mas novedades. Saludos cordiales,

RIL

@woland, @mc_monte 

Hi,

Thanks for the usefulness of your patchwork. I have modified the patch again to make a control panel timer with a reset button. I used it for a show last night and thought to add to the shares here. It uses a Pulse Generator set to 1hz to 'count' seconds that then add-up to minutes and hours. The control panel 'monitor' is set to a 2 hz refresh rate.

Control Panel Timer.izz

best wishes

bonemap

Here the meeting in Berlin at Troikatronix office. Mark Coniglo and Maximiliano Wille. Photo by Xenia Leydel

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La Red Isadora Latina convoca a todos los usuarios hispano parlantes del software Isadora.

Recientemente nuestra Red fué avalada por Mark Coniglio –creador del software Isadora- como la única organización de arte de latinoamérica con el respaldo official de Trokatronix. Ver aquí. 

Esto es muy importante y abre una nueva etapa de posibilidades para todos los artistas visuales y de las artes escénicas.Queremos saber dónde están, cuáles son sus proyectos de Arte+Tecnología Multimedia, sus experiencias con el software, cuáles son sus intereses, qué aspectos destacan, cuáles se podrían mejorar, etc.

 Los invitamos a seguirnos en nuestra pagina de Facebook.https://www.facebook.com/pg/re...

También en nuestro grupo abierto donde compartir toda la información técnica, patches, videos, tutoriales y todas las novedades. https://www.facebook.com/pg/re...

 Abrazo cordial,

Red Isadora Latina- RIL

@woland

oops! that's the result of big fingers on a little smart phone screen with the addition of 'hard to focus not enough sleep' eyes. I extend my apologies it was obviously intended to be a supportive up-vote. 

@jtsteph

Perfect.
Mark had explained to me why additional buffering may help, so its great to hear that its working for you.
I will do some testing in Isadora 3 with the same setup. I expect with some of the  improvements that have been made that performance will be even better.

@jtsteph 

Hi,

Great stuff, I love the way you have put the documentation together. It is really in its own world.

Best Wishes 

Bonemap 

I have not yet tried the MIDI triggers into Animator from Isadora.  I think there are some great potentials there... It is relatively easy to build your own digital "puppet" via Illustrator or photoshop.  Thanks for the feedback!

@woland said:

1) Donate to my dear friend Hyung Seok Jeon's fundraiser so that he can get a visa and return to the United States to continue making his beautiful artwork.
(I have listed this first because he has $2900 USD left to raise before the end of November 2018. I will be donating to this soon myself.)
Link: https://www.gofundme.com/hyung...

2) Donate to help support Roz Etra, the parter of the late Bill Etra (creator of the wondrous Rutt-Etra plugin).
(I have already donated to this, and will move this up to the first slot once Hyung Seok's time-sensitive fundraiser is over.)
Link: http://v002.info/plugins/v002-...Sadly my schedule is too hectic to keep even a plant alive. Please send the cat fund to one or both of these fine folks.

In all seriousness, it's very relieving to hear an accomplished user like yourself express interest in this. Though it's useful and well-documented, I was afraid that it would be viewed as rather underwhelming by experienced users because the programming is nothing fancy. I'm sure that there are folks out there with better systems.

Best wishes,

Woland

@juriaan

Sure.  I used the software 'Myo Mapper' by http://www.balandinodidonato.c... to get OSC data into Izzy and made a lovely array of 'line' actors to suit.

I made a quick and simple system that theoretically makes it easy to work in a sort of "edit mode" where you can prevent things from triggering. I was prompted to do this because Pause Engine really isn't intended to be used as an Edit Mode and I wanted something similar, but more customizable.

I made a Gate++ User Actor that I paired with a secondary control Scene and a Control Panel. The idea is you can stick a Gate++ User Actor in front of things that you want to disable for editing purposes. The Control Panel (and keyboard shortcuts) then allow you to turn off all the Gate++ User Actors in all the Scenes or just in the Scene that you're in.

The GLOBAL button toggles the On/Off State of all of the Gate++ User Actors in all Scenes. Normally you'd have the GLOBAL I/O State set to "ON" so everything could work as intended, but sometimes you might want to set the GLOBAL I/O State to "OFF" in order to navigate through all of your Scenes without specific things triggering.

The SCENE Button toggles the On/Off State of all the Gate++ User Actors in the current Scene temporarily (it will not affect other Scenes and the setting will not persist if you leave and re-enter the Scene.)

I made a quick demo video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/99ps...

Here is the >>>FILE, ALL USER ACTORS, AND DEMO VIDEO<<<

If you enjoy my system, it helps your workflow, and especially if you end up using it for a commercial (paid) project, if you can afford to, please consider donating to one or both of the following causes: 

1) Donate to my dear friend Hyung Seok Jeon's fundraiser so that he can get a visa and return to the United States to continue making his beautiful work.
(I have listed this first because he has ~$2900 USD left to raise before the end of November 2018. I will be donating to this soon myself.)
https://www.gofundme.com/hyung... <--- Link

2) Donate to help support Roz Etra, the parter of the late Bill Etra (creator of the wondrous Rutt-Etra plugin).
(I have already donated to this, and will move this up to the first slot once Hyung Seok's time-sensitive fundraiser is over.)
http://v002.info/plugins/v002-... <--- Link

I'd prefer if you gave to one or both of the other causes above instead of sending me something but I also have a Paypal:
https://paypal.me/ProfWoland
Donations will be used to fund my own artwork, cover my living expenses, and also to feed my insatiable equipment addiction. (Contributions are appreciated, but not necessary.) 

You may also want to check out my free MIDI Show Control Scene-Navigation & Cueing System: https://community.troikatronix...

Best wishes,

Woland

@skulpture Looking forward to see your recreation. I somehow lost it in snapshots as my patch evolved.