@ray

Here is the Isadora Duncan game using 3D particles - use the 's' and the '+', '-', keyboard characters to interact with it. Download the Isadora files here.

@dillthekraut said:

Gate Actor is set to initialize as off

 Just something useful to add here.. using a User Actor On/Off actor allows you to cause a initialization, so it becomes easier to understand INIT settings and more.

@jfg

I really should apologise for resorting to AI to make the post!

Best Wishes, 

Robot Russell

@mark_m

Second this. I generally prefer properly wired connections, as wireless can never be as reliable. But there are scenarios.
We do that a lot at our theater in both directions, from wireless camera connections to free movable displays as a sink. Just now for a production we got a freely movable multi display platform, which gets its feed from two our Teradek bolt 4K lt 750. But it needs quite some experience and knowledge to navigate the caveats.
E.g. an issue to be aware of, can be the 5Ghz Wifi Networks in the same room. Especially if you go to have wireless (NDI) streams from a mobile device in the same frequency bands. As the Teradek doesn't recognize existing wifi networks, they just overpower them if on the same channel. This needs proper channel management, especially in Europe where most of the 5Ghz channels are DFS (radar saved) channels, leaving only two fixed channels for two wireless sets.
Therefore, if it doesn't need to be second hand for budged reasons, I very much recommend the 6Ghz versions.
For indoor usage, I can recommend the Mushroom Antennas as an upgrade. They are available for both Ghz variants and added connection stability for us big time. We don't have any experience with the internal antenna variant though.

@dbini Thanks! I'll give it a whirl 

@ray said:

have an rtx 4090 and an rtx 3070 (externally mounted) and would like to use these cards also

 Unfortunately this type of multi card config isn't officially supported. Primarily because we can't possible test every configuration, so we don't have 'best practices' outlined.
With this type of config you will undoubtedly run into a bottle neck somewhere, although it may or may not impact your project. Generally 1 primary dedicated gpu will be assigned to Isadora by Windows, and this is where vide textures etc are loaded to for processing (fx, mixing, mapping etc) then the finished texture will be sent to the GPU physically connected to the output device (projector etc).
So, transfer speed to these output cards is often where performance hits are seen.
As far as the stage IDs/Numbers. Isadora uses the connected displays as Windows reports them, so if windows moves anything, Isadora will see them differently.
I know others have used edid hdmi emulators, to lock device to specific positions.
I think this post has a fair amount of info on this: https://community.troikatronix...

@woland  De acuerdo! Muchas gracias!

@jrhooker

Goodness me...

What happens if you connect the projectors to your MBP rather than the Mac Studio? Same result? 

@bodo said:

should be able to play one mp4 (i know hap is better) ....???? are there any known incompatibility with izzy

Yes, but there are various ways that different software can spit out mp4 files. There are known issues with certain quirky things like embedded timecode tracks and the h265 codec (though that problem may be limited to Isadora 3 and older) that can cause issues in Isadora, which is why our first suggestion is always to transcode any media files that are misbehaving in Isadora.

@dillthekraut

Can you send us the file via ticket? I'd be interested to check this out.

@theuhleese

Please open a support request using the link in my signature. We are likely going to need to look more deeply at the specific VSTs you have.

@wjmackwood

Hi,

I have tested SurgeXT extensively in Isadora. however, I used OSC communication to programmatically control presets and other parameters. Of all the VST’s I looked at during the testing phase Surge XT stood out because of the functionality of accessing preset effects lists through accessible communication protocols inside Isadora.

Best wishes

Russell

@dusx Thanks dusx

@dusx Thanks for clearing this out. It would be nice though to have a fourth "Reset" button in the screen above.

@renegadeboy said:

Timecore by Visual Productions

 It appears the unit has an API, supporting OSC as the easiest option.
see: https://api.visualproductions....

You should be able to connect it to your router via ethernet, and simply send OSC commands to it using the 'OSC Transmit' actor.
TimeCore's TCP and UDP listening ports are configurable and default to port 7000.

@mclefferson

We have Art Net support via the Art Net actors, but do not have sACN support at this time.
If sACN is an absolute requirement, it could be handled via Pythoner, but would take some custom coding.

As far as VLANs go, there isn't an Isadora-specific requirement to separate Art-Net and sACN, or to put all DMX-over-IP traffic on a single VLAN. They can coexist on the same lighting/show-control VLAN, and for a relatively small network that's probably the simplest setup.

@jfg

I have two small suggestions for you.

First is @DusX updated  python tools, in the add-ons here. Like you I couldn't understand the first video, but this did help me get started.

And the other thing which has really helped me with Python is using AI. Specifically Claude Sonnet. I like that model particularly because it is good at explaining, which helps me to learn the process. 

When I'm starting a chat I:

ask it to add detailed comments to every line of code explaining what it does in plain English (am sure it's equally capable in other languages!).ask it for a "Step-by-step environment setup guide," including how to install the necessary libraries for my OS.

I just did this for Windows, and Claude Sonnet gave me verbose instructions. Including how and where to install all the necessary libraries, etc. I don't have time to try that all out right now, but will certainly give it a go later.

Meanwhile maybe this is useful...

best regards

Mark (not that Mark, in rainy London)

Hi friends,

Brand-new user here, please be gentle! :') 

I'm in the process of following the protocol to rescan all my VST3 plugins in Isadora USB Key (I quit this process during install, so went back and deleted the Preferences file, and it did re-start the scanning/validation process—KUDOS to the forum for helping with this!).

All of my plugins work fine in Ableton, but it looks like many of them have a Validation Warning in Izzy. Soundtoys and Native Instruments have a green check mark for Validation Passed, but UAD, Antares, and Aberrant DSP all have a "Validation Warning." 

Can anyone offer guidance as to why this might be happening & best practices on how to proceed? Should I just stick to the validated plugins and ignore the others?

In case it's relevant, I'm on an M5 Macbook Pro and many of the VST3s that come with a warning are connected to UA Connect / iLok. I don't have access to regular Isadora, only the USB Key version.

THANK YOU!