QC KeyEventEmulator

Skulpture

Also use a CI Projector rather than the normal Projector.

Anything that uses 'image' instead of 'video/ means you are using Core Actors.

There is also a Video to Image actor and Image to Video for converting these.

AnthonyH

Thanks for the responses! All clear now. I'm using the CI Projector, yes. (Well, actually I'm using both a CI and normal projector in this project.)

Will give it a test now; am sure it'll all function properly.

Cheers

lpipoz

The correct path for the plugin is : /Library/Graphics/Quartz\ Composer\ Plug-Ins/KeyEventEmulator.plugin

Notdoc

@lpipoz

Is anyone successfully using the QC KeyEventEmulator in Catalina? I can't make it work..

...I've been wasting Jean-François' time elsewhere because I misunderstood a problem I was having triggering Syphon recordings.

Yellow

Does it work isadora 3 on mac?

or has anyone made a new actor for this great function?

Cheers

Notdoc

@yellow no, it doesn't. It would be great if it was possible to send keystroke combinations from within Isadora.

deflost

@notdoc

+1.

because we have to use bome, till it works with izzy only.... .

thx.

r.h.

Notdoc

@deflost

i don't know bome..? this is a third-party tool that will send keystroke data from Izzy?

Juriaan

@Notdoc @deflost

Hi there you both,

Sadly there is no option currently to make this happen within Isadora. You can however use MIDI to trigger another program like https://midikey2key.de/ (Please be aware that the TroikaTronix staff is not responsible for any third party software / utilities)

@DusX

Could you make a note of this feature request?

Let me know or that solves your question.

Thanks,

Juriaan

Notdoc

@juriaan @DusX it would be a great feature request! i'm sure there would be many uses. MIDI seems like a very long way round.

Juriaan

@notdoc

Ehh not really.. If you are on Mac it is really easy to make a Midi output and connect that to the program.

Honestly @Notdoc our Feature request list is quite full and it might take a couple of months for us to even consider this feature. So the workaround is the only thing that we can now offer.

Also just a general note. Quartz Composer plugins are really old actors that were coming from a third party. So they are not official TroikaTronix plugins/actors. Just like the AU plugins are also from a third party.

Notdoc

thanks @juriaan - i definitely understand this is not top priority. Izzy users are generally interested in live realtime connectivity and spatial, physical interaction, rather than directly outputting recorded media content.

It took a while for me to understand the difference, because when I first started using it, I couldn't believe there wasn't a 'Record Out' function. Now I get it. And it's no surprise. There's a reason, as Mark reminds us, for the name of the software itself. It comes from dance performance culture. And it's fab.

But for me, the 'liveness' of Izzy also makes it a powerful media production tool where you can 'perform' editing actions live and use media to trigger events within the edit, as it is 'recorded'. It behaves differently from Max/Jitter, Touchdesigner, VDMX or AfterEffects, etc and it gives a different aesthetic. So recording out is more important for me than others. No problem.

The good news (update) is that i finally got midiStroke to work after @jandraka (many thanks!) suggested it months ago. Thanks also to you @juriaan for what i guess is the Windows equivalent in this thread..?

For some reason midiStroke wouldn't recognise Isadora Virtual Out, but suddenly it does. Maybe a Catalina update..? Probably my error. I don't have much Midi experience.

But now I can send keystroke combinations out from Izzy and start and stop Syphon Recorder automatically from within a scene. This is like a powerful upgrade for me. A happy ending. I hope it will continue to work. Thanks to those who have contributed to this enquiry. Hope this is useful @yellow ...