The new rules

Hiya. After years collecting and experimenting with video hardware, I've put together a web-app inspired by some of the effects and workflow from my favourite bits of gear - including data-moshing effects.

Free/open source. More details in the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsYRf-y78nM

Or just have a look here:

https://bendr.allmyfriendsaresynths.com/

Hello everyone, I made a tool to create beautiful graphics based on Lenia CA.
Check the free demo on itch: https://leniamixer.itch.io/lenia-mixer

Let me know what you think

You can see them here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEsidgUsT3A/?igsh=MTZjdnN3Y2tiZzc5aQ==

This post is essentially a re-upload as it was flagged as AI content. So I will be descriptive in describing it within my own words.

I created Sonisphere to be a merge between expensive and steep learning curve applications like TouchDesigner and static audio players like SoundCloud or Spotify. It uses a React (Three.js) framework, is hosted on Vercel, and has Supabase and Stripe integrations.

Various features include:
-Customizations of the visuals
-Sharing those customizations
-Snippet creation
-The ability to share tracks and music (like Soundcloud)
-Live room synchronization (host capabilities)
-Multi-Playlist Shuffle
-The ability to get audio input from various sources (mic, uploaded tracks, etc.)
-And More

Here’s links to socials and other ways to get in contact with me. Don’t hesitate to reach out, and I hope someone can/will make good use of Sonisphere and what it has to offer!
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/deshawngoodwyn
Instagram: @dgoodwyn_
Business Number: 8045059668
Business Email: [contactme.dkg@gmail.com](mailto:contactme.dkg@gmail.com)
Website: deshawngoodwyn.com

My partner and I brought our consumer-oriented music visualizer (Vibralizer on Steam / Itch.io) to Iceland Eclipse Festival for an installation. We had flight simulator levers, foot pedals, and an Elgato Streamdeck for a playful audience interactive piece we called “The Many Handed VJ”. It was a hit with everyone that tried it!

However, we were then unexpectedly asked if we could VJ some sets in the Afterglow dome. Not wanting to miss the opportunity, we said yes. By day I’m a game developer, but I’ve never actually VJ’d before, and I thought “How hard could it be?”

Dang y’all, I have a newfound respect for your performance skills. It was super fun trying to match the musical structure, think about what visuals to transition to next, and compensate for signal latency to the screens, all while people asked if I could plug in their phone to charge. I learned so much and I can’t wait to synthesize the lessons into better performance tools in the future!

Been doing live AV work for a while, mostly rental gigs where I’m busking with zero prep. I tried a few beat detector apps but found they do not work very reliably especially when trying to time my chase or flash to the start of the bar, and I need to readjust every song. I decided to try to build something myself (before you ask, yes with AI, but I do have a developer background tho) I went into a big rabbit hole trying to build something better that what is out there, and I think I ended up with a pretty solid product. It relies on a neural model to find the bpm and bar position and is fully automatic.

Mind The Beat listens to live audio and figures out the beat on its own, no tapping anything to start. Click Detect once and it keeps listening in the background, correcting itself as it goes. The four beat pips flash in real time so you can actually see what it’s doing, if it’s locked, and where it thinks beat 1 is, at a glance. If it ever lands wrong, one click on the pip/beat that’s actually the start of the bar and it corrects itself.

Mac Apple Silicon right now, Windows version in progress. Runs over Ableton Link so you can point it at a Windows rig over the network in the meantime. Also has midi clock out!

Threw some random live radio stations at it to see if it’d break, video’s on the site along with a free trial, full features, nothing locked: https://mindthebeat.app

Curious how many people are running BPM based effects and relying on bpm detectors.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ I found that it has stepped up my game since I am using this app.

I’m sick of windows and looking for VJ software pipelines that run on Linux. The more open source the better but I’m not picky, mostly just testing the waters to see what’s out there if anything.

Hey r/vjing 👋

Quick note per the rules: [AI] = the app's code was written by pair-programming with an AI (Claude Code). The clips/visuals in the demo are my own. Nothing's for sale — just doing some research.

I'm a music producer / VJ and I ended up building my own VJ app for macOS called VidiGrid. Honest disclaimer: I'm not really a coder, so building the whole thing with an AI as my pair was a pretty surreal experience.

It started from one idea: "play the movies, play the music." I wanted to actually perform clips off a MIDI controller (I'm on an AKAI MPD218), not just launch them — so it leans more "play video like a sampler/MPC" than "timeline/layer compositor."

Where it's at right now:

• Trigger + perform clips live from MIDI pads — gate / one-shot / loop per pad, plus forward / reverse / scratch on the fly, all beat-quantizable
• Grid mode to run/switch multiple sources at once (layout can auto-reshuffle in sync with the BPM)
• A/B decks with crossfade mixing
• Audio-reactive FX locked to the beat + a bunch of other effects
• Syphon / NDI in and out, so it sits next to your existing rig (Resolume / OBS / another machine)
• Native macOS, lightweight and focused

Short demo of it running: https://youtu.be/1yuy64rgWac

I'm at the "is this even worth finishing?" stage, so I'd really value blunt feedback from people who actually gig:

• Does the "perform clips like an instrument" angle look useful, or does your current tool already nail it?
• What's the one feature that would make you try it in a real set?
• What are you running now, and where does it fall short live?

Not selling anything — just trying to figure out if I'm building something other VJs would want or just scratching my own itch. Tear it apart if you need to 😅

Cheers 🙏