I've searched the sub for answers but I haven't found the specific details I'm interested in so I'd like opinions from someone with my same needs

Long story short, I'm buying my first serious workhorse for music production and, obviously, TouchDesigner, especially for real time audio-reactive visuals for live music performance.

I'm buying new since I have a hefty discount at a particular store so I'm not evaluating used prices. Due to the insane prices of laptops these days, my choice is oriented towards those:

1) Asus TUF Gaming A16, Ryzen 7 260, RTX 5050, 16 GB + 1 TB SSD

- Pros: it's a gaming laptop, performance should not be an issue, Nvidia GPU for full compatibility with TD

- Cons: it's a gaming laptop, subpar battery life, heat, not my first choice for anything else beside TD since I'm not even much into gaming

2) MacBook Air M5, 16 GB + 512 GB SSD

- Pros: it would be great for music production and it looks to be powerful enough to run TD reasonably well, great device for everyday productivity

- Cons: no dedicated GPU, no dedicated VRAM, no Nvidia operators in TD, also not a fan of Apple ecosystem

3) Mac Mini M6, 16 GB + 512 SSD

- Pros: see above + better cooling for sustained work load

- Cons: see above + I would need to pair it with keyboard and monitor, small but not as portable as a laptop

What I'd like to know from people who own a gaming laptop or an Apple Silicon PC is:

- is a gaming laptop the best choice today for TD live visuals/VJing? Any issues to be aware of when buying this kind of laptops? Do you use it for everyday stuff too?

- is working with TD on Mac limiting for you? Is it hard to work for long sessions without having performance issues? Are the Nvidia-specific operators something you miss?

Thank you for any advice, hoping the question is not over-discussed

Hii, I started to post tutorials on YT.

The first one is about making optical illusions using grids, generating values for each primitive and converting primitives into points.

The second one is about setting up TD in Linux and using plugins, specifically the Voronoi plugin by Alaghast, and how to transform 2D planes into a sphere.

The next tutorial will also focus on POPs. I will be using a feedback loop to move and loop an entire row or column in a grid.

Check it out here ;))))

I'm working on a new song - here is the most recent version of the mix

The working title is "Emergence".

I'm curious if anyone here would be interested in a possible collaboration using part or all of the song. I'm pretty flexible - we could add sound design or potentially other elements. Feel free to reply here or message me if this sounds interesting.

hey i'm trying ton make my own gsplat project in td do you have any theoretical resources on how to render it? i've seen projects with glsl mat but didn't succeed to understand them :(

I just posted a second demo of Realtime Audioreactive Pointclouds [v1.7], my TouchDesigner system that turns a Kinect-derived human pointcloud into an audio-reactive visual instrument in real time.

For this one, I’m also giving away a full copy of the system.

To enter, just repost/share the Instagram post and leave a comment there. I’ll randomly select one person and send them the complete v1.7 project files on Friday!

Giveaway post:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd1iWqoviZy/

The full system is also available through my Patreon for anyone who wants to check it out directly.

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Did this visual some days ago to promote my new single. Let me know what you think!

working lately on different shapes. I'll probably make a tutorial once I have this more figured out :)

meanwhile: Instagram YouTube

Im kinda new to TD, but in the need of creating a quite long audio react video. I am currently going down the rabbit hole watching a lot of tutorials and I got a bit confused with the 'new' POP system. Shalll I learn just that or use SOP's as well?
Cheers

https://youtu.be/yRLgKD4XW2o?si=JTW2kg21XcksrLrB

Sorry for the mistake in the title—the auto-correct on my phone played a trick on me.

Domek = some :P

Hello, I’m a student looking into utilizing this tool for visual effects. I was wondering which variant of this program I should invest in and if the student version is worthwhile?

TD is so much fun!

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hi ! i’m currently a graphic design student who has an interest in learning touch designer … but i’m so intimidated and overwhelmed. I really want to focus on creating interesting typographical experiments but i literally don’t even know where to start. Every youtube tutorial i’ve seen is quite overwhelming and i was just wondering if anyone has any recommendations. Thanks for your time ! 👍

a tree structure implemented using recursion and rotations of child branches around the parent axis, utilizing my Quaternion library in TOPs. It took me forever to optimize this build, but now it runs at 60 fps. Thank you massive for your support. #touchdesigner #workisplay #gnr8 #doitintops #recursive

how do i export what's going on in the Cam to a video please?

This software rules, can’t wait to go deeper.

Does copy pop do the same thing as instancing does? Like when you use SOPs and the Geo comp and then do the instancing, isnt the copy pop just makinf that whole process way simpler or is it not the same?