@aikia

I am not familiar with the Sony, but I use the Canon equivalent as a live camera in my work.

The little HDMI connections are a pain! I have a cheap Smallrig Cage on my camera. Attached to the cage are a cable clamp and a Smallrig converter which converts the microHDMI on my Canon into full size HDMI. The cable clamp makes sure the microHDMI cable doesn't get pulled out, and also protects the fragile socket. So I don't need to worry about the cable loosening or getting inadvertently pulled out, and I can attach a full size HDMI cable to the camera.


Like @bonemap I use a DJI Ronin Gimbal which allows me to fine tune the position of the camera remotely using the phone app. There has been lots of work done on other ways of remotely controlling the gimbal, using wired Ethernet connections or a Gamepad. I often mount my cameras above the stage, so it's great to be able to have this control and to be able to finesse camera positions from down on the ground, not up a ladder :-)

@gaspar

I am able to copy and paste between open patches in Isadora 4 in both Windows 10 and Windows 11.

I can copy and paste a selection of actors, or complete scenes, between two open Isadora files.

I wonder why I can and why you can't... I am using Isadora 4.1.3 

@dusx said:

<p>@undergroult said:</p> <blockquote>i don't understand which kind of channel input he had use</blockquote> <p> I am pretty sure, what he would have done is used a Sound Frequency Bands or Sound Frequency Watcher actor/s. In live capture settings (input/live capture settings) in Isadora you need to select a Sound Input device, ensure 'Sound Frequency Analysis' is checked, and Start Live Capture. That will provide the audio source to the Sound Frequency Bands or Sound Frequency Watcher actor/s in your scene. These actors allow you to convert audio frequency values into numeric outputs in Isadora. These numeric outputs can then be fed to your GLSL shader actor to control inputs, making the GLSL audio reactive.</p>

 Something like that probably.... I think I managed to publish an input in the code. This was 5 years ago... can't fully remember.

@kolmon3853

You may also want to take a look at the Data Array actor

@james-russell

I have logged this as an issue but as a best practice I highly suggest not updating to the newest version of macOS for at least a year after release. Personally I only ever update the OS on my machines when absolutely necessary, especially show computers. If a computer I have is doing everything I need it to do, I see no reason to introduce risk by changing the OS. To me it's comparable to going to a mechanic right before taking a big road trip and asking them to randomly swap out some parts of the engine. Yes, in theory the new parts are supposed to work the same or better, but the new parts could also be faulty or get installed improperly. If I instead stick with the old parts I know it will continue to work the way it has before. A more relevant example is that, during the run of a show I would never arbitrarily swap out what computer I'm using or change out all the signal cables, extenders, or projectors. Even if I were swapping to identical or theoretically better gear, it would be introducing risk and new potential points of failure to a system that I knew was already working before.

Apple rushes these new versions of macOS out the door every year and they don't care what they break or for whom, so early adopters basically just end up being lab rats as they're the first ones to run into any issues Apple may have introduced.

In general software and hardware developers need a few months to catch up and discover what changes Apple has made that cause problems for users of their products and in what ways. Even huge companies like Adobe and Ableton have this issue every year when Apple releases a new version of macOS.

@marclark

3.2.0.1  seems to solve the problem.

@bonemap
Hi Russell - that looks amazing! I will look around and see if there's anywhere to hire Mac Minis. It's another option. :)

@barrowcivic

Here's an article on how to use the Set and Get Global Values actors: https://support.troikatronix.com/support/solutions/articles/13000014936-using-the-global-value-actors

Additionally, if you take a look at the Isadora 4 Manual, you'll find:

The Get Global Values actor on pages 501-502The Set Global Values actor on pages 719-720

As you're new to Isadora, I'd also recommend checking out our Isadora Mini-Tutorials playlist on the TroikaTronix YouTube Channel. There you can learn some helpful basic tips, but also tricks and best practices that that might take you a while to figure out otherwise.

@riodio

There is a known issue where recent AMD graphics drivers are causing this error/message.
Users have had success installing older driver versions. This seems to be an issue on a select range of machines, we are looking for a solution we can implement for the next Isadora release.

@miketutaj said:

It just looked different than previous versions so I wasn't sure if was working correctly.

I mean, it looks different because there's a drawing bug so technically it's not working properly. It is just an indicator for data traffic though, so even if it wasn't flashing when active, all the data traffic would still be working, you'd just have to look elsewhere in the program to see that.

@eight

A possible workaround:

It only works if you select the scene in the Scene Select control, rather than in the Scene List at the bottom of the window. The transition time of the scene sending the OSC command must be set to at least 0.01 seconds.

This may not be exactly what you are looking for, but I hope it helps!

Best regards, 

Jean-François 

@gunther said:

n input of 1 second results in a sound loop of 4 seconds

 FUN

If anyone has files of their own that they want to share, feel free to post them here (or preferably, post them on the TroikaTronix Add-Ons Page and then put the link here).

@reload2024 said:

how do I make a neat control panel like that Woland that's inspiring..

A collection of resources for learning about Control Panels in Isadora:

Our Isadora 101 Control Panel Youtube Tutorial is the best place to start.Here's a much longer, in-depth recorded Control Panel-focused livestream by Mark Coniglio, the creator of Isadora.The Isadora 4 Manual (current version at the time of writing this is from October 2024) covers the Control Panel in various places:Basic explanation of Control Panels on pages 184-198 (this needs to be updated but is still good information).Set Control Focus Actor is covered on page 718.Show-Hide Control actor is covered on pages 725-726Here's a Show-Hide Control actor example file.You can also dissect the complex logic that makes the IzzyCast Basic Template Files' Control Panel act like a full-on application with different views, settings panels, previews, etc.Controls Reference Section on pages 829-887YouTube Mini TutorialsSearching for Actors and Controls Control IDsShow Value of Linked PropertiesShowing and Hiding the Control PanelCopying Controls between Control PanelsScene Select ControlList Selector Control and the accompanying example fileFiles to look at:The general Isadora Examples files has different Scenes with various Control Panels.My simple show file exampleMy global projection mapping fileMy Scene-based cue text example fileMy Scaling Isadora Example FileMy Color Tracking Isadora Example FilesMy Simple Q Control ExampleMy MIDI Show Control Scene-Navigation & Cueing SystemMy CONTROLS Scene and Set/Get Global Values (HSL Adjust) ExampleMany of my example files on the TroikaTronix Add-Ons Page have Control Panels.Many of the official TroikaTronix example files on the TroikaTronix Add-Ons Page have Control Panels.Lastly, if you want some live help, I personally hold a free 1-hour Isadora Lab via the professional AV community Office Hours Global. The lab is open to anyone (not just AV professionals) and is held via Zoom every Thursday from 7pm-8pm CET (since I'm in Berlin, Germany). Sometimes I help people with projects, sometimes I teach people more about Isadora, and sometimes I teach people about Isadora from scratch. What I do during any given lab is determined by who shows up and what they'd like and I enjoy teaching Isadora to people and helping them with projects regardless of their level of experience with Isadora. Here's the link to get into the Zoom Call: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIocuqsqT8pHNHE6mRQ5gMvhUAwnAd5-I2s#/registration

@oedipus

It's not in the Control Panel, but Isadora also has a Cue Sheet function:

https://troikatronix.com/add-ons/working-with-the-cue-list-editor-and-cue-sheets-example-file/

@gaspar

Another staple User Actor, especially for cases like this, is what I call a "Delay Gate"; a User Actor with a Gate that initializes off, then turns on shortly after. I use these all over the place to 'eat' unwanted triggers that generate upon entering a Scene because sometimes they're unavoidable (and sometimes it's just faster for me to throw one of these inline to eat a trigger that I don't want because it's faster than spending the time to examine everything upstream to determine where the trigger is coming from). For example, I use Delay Gates with Comparator actors and Text Comparator actors when I have their 'compare' mode set to 'Always' because you'll always get a true or false trigger out of those actors when you enter a Scene in that mode.

delay-gate-user-actors.zip

These are not entirely relevant, but here's a couple other groups of simple User Actor 'tools' that I find myself using quite often:

thru-user-actors.zip 

mutator-user-actors.zip

deadman-x27-s-user-actors.zip

@paz said:

I hope you don't mind me bumping this thread

I don't mind the thread necromancy at all because I always love getting updated gear recommendations. 

For the record, @Juriaan was totally right; the way to go if you need POE is to have a decent router (which doesn't need to support POE) for creating the network and then connect that to a decent switch which does support POE. For the most part I've been using POE for PTZ cameras from manufacturers like Birddog and Sony.  

Unfortunately I don't have the make and model numbers handy of what I ended up going with, but I've used this configuration in quite a few different venues since I originally posted this thread.

Hello my fellow Isadorables,

Anyone in the region of Bochum, Germany next Thursday, 18 September, is invited to come and see Natalie Inside Out, the product of my long collaboration with Handstand Maestro Natalie Reckert. We've done it in English, we've done it in French, and now it's the German Language premiere of the show. Lots of fun to be had 'cause Natalie is German.... and I don't speak it at all except for this:  Ich bin ein Berliner!

The show's at 2030 at Prinzregent Theatre, Bochum.

Tickets are on sale from 15 September. If you want to come, get in touch. I have a couple of comps. Say hello afterwards! The whole show is powered by Isadora, and we wring just about every drop of blood from her to make this technical and acrobatic spectacular sparkle!

https://www.prt-bochum.de/

@mark_m

I have used a HDBaseT set instead of a ‘real cable’ without any problem as well. 

That works perfectly!

I guess I was clicking on the quad instead of its checkbox, trying to add an OSC control.

Thanks, @jandraka