What I use to make analogue video and glitch art (studio tour and rig rundown)
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Over the past few weeks I've been working hard to put together a more fixed space for my analogue video gear, and make it as quick and easy as possible to make stuff. As part of that I've been exploring different configurations, switches, patch bays and the like, and I thought that this explanation might be useful to other folks who are interested in the world of analogue video or glitch art. Here's a tour of my video rig. I post all of the music I make, including WAV stems; sample packs; Dirtywave M8 song bundles; collections of video textures; early access to videos; and a whole pile of other stuff on Patreon. I know I know, I hate doing this as well, but if you like what I do and want to get more of it, while also helping me offset some of my ludicrous gear purchases, this is the best place to do it:
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The first half of the video is actually the most relevant for me even though you said it might be kind of boring. I'm at that initial purchasing stage and I'm trying to stay away from expensive stuff first off. The reverse camera is definitely something I'm going to go through and get a bunch of because it looks dead useful for being able to do feedbacks really easy. Or just dedicated camera with enough quality. Thanks for really fantastic video I really appreciate it
I'm glad it is useful! Those wee reversal cameras are awesome, and dirt cheap too! They are pretty low quality, but good enough for lofi stuff.
My question is what model is that rear view camera and how are you routing it
Wow, super interesting video! Thanks for sharing this!
Thanks for visiting!
Thanks so much for this video. I’ve just ordered an Erogenous Tones Structure, Syntonie CVD 001, and Edirol V4-EX, looking forward to exploring glitchy video art, to complement my modular and experimental guitar/drone music. I have a question - I’m dreaming up an installation where I have at least four different video outputs. Ideally, I would have it distributed from my MacBook via Resolume, through independent signal processing pathways (I have watched Yovozol’s video on Resolume, though he has just one layered output). Just trying to figure how to have four or more different videos playing, with some degree of central control. Any suggestions short of running four different USB sticks, through some sort of downscaler and into my different units? Pardon any confusion, I’m new to this analogue video bizness!
Thx for the tour. I’m in Canada so I’m not sure what devices are available here. Very creative stuff.
There's a whole bunch of cool device makers in North America! Check out coolpics dot biz. :)
Excellent rundown. Two “Surprising Works of Incredible Genius” in a row!
And I wholeheartedly second Yovozol’s channel. I’ve watched his “Glitch Gear” video at least 15 times.
All my works are genius. Haha. and @yovozol is awesome. I love his videos!
Found it!🎉
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QUESTION!!!! are the newer mixers like the roland 1hd any better with the TBC?
I would doubt it. They're a pain for analogue gear as well since you need AV to HDMI converters.
My set up is micro compared to what you have got going on. Did just pick up my first video module the Fluxus duo. Thanks for sharing.
You've got to start somewhere I.O.M. Acorns, mighty oaks etc. Good luck.
I am a hoarder. A lot of it is cheap compared to the music stuff. Plus doing the circuit bending things has meant I've picked up things dirt cheap and bent them myself. How are you liking the Fluxus Duo?!
@@StephenMcLeod I like it a lot. So far just running P-10 through it but have to break out the AVE5.
@@apislapis My problem is I am a minimalist with gear but so far like what I have.
*GAS INTENSIFIES* nice rig. I'm getting into video. I managed to hunt down a few mixers a few dv cams a TBC and plan to get color correctors, enhancers and a matrix switcher.
Thank you for the information.
do you use mixed PAL and NTSC formats? I'm going to have to since i'm in europe and the TBC i got is NTSC? do you have any advice about that? also I'd like to circuit bend i couldn't find almost any informoration online. do you have any resources? advice?
I do have a mixed region system. I use cheap PAL NTSC adapters when required. They do the job fine. For circuit bending, I have a few videos going through my process. Look up Pushkar Brand as well. They've done a complete walkthrough which is worth watching.
there are some cool public domain VHS tapes out there.when i convert VHS to HDMI with a cheap converter box it looks great....i have been waiting for my LZX chromagnon for 4 years now,still do not have it.
Yeah! The Internet Archive has loads of cool stuff, though they can take foreverrr to download due to their lack of bandwidth.
It's like when someone tells you about bacteria for the first time, Please don't make me go there !
It's okay - you don't have to!
@@StephenMcLeod Phew, OK I'll just watch . Grand !
Hello, can you do a review about the mismatcher deluxe by freedom enterprise? Pleasee??
Will stick it on the list!
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Great video. Fergusons were very popular in the 80s and were owned at one stage by Thorn EMI if my memory is right? Ferguson Videostars were popular in the UK when people used to rent TV & Video from the likes of radio Rentals. I remember my parents hiring Ferguson gear. But they couldn't really compete with the Japanese (Ferguson, not my parents) and were flogged off to French company Thomson (again Ferguson, although...). I think your model is either a rebadged Thomson or Dixons Store Group machine, presumably built for transferring VHS to DVD? You do realise that valuable funds set aside for synths may well be used elsewhere.
Thanks for the info! I thought they looked similar to a Bush model I found. I wonder if they were used as a brand for a few different manufacturers. It's interesting how good the picture is on it in terms of clarity etc. I didn't realise that Ferguson were behind VideoStar! Where should I redirect my synth funds? Haha.
What an ULTIMATE set up, very cool to see this man, a great rundown! Definitely looking forward to the videos on the Mismatcher and Vivanco! On a sidenote... I certainly see that Amiga sittin' there with your MSSIAH cart?! Does MSSIAH work on an Amiga?! 😮🐀
Thanks a lot man! It does not. It's just sat there for... safekeeping :D
What do you use the Amiga for? Been loving using the 1200 for Octamed recently, and keen to start using it for video stuff.
I've got a souped up A600 with a Furia accelarator. I use it for Octamed largely. :)
@@StephenMcLeod Sick, yeah mines got a Blizzard IV. Rips for Octamed. Been dipping into lightwave too, which is fun.
hiya, i am new to this, i have a videomaster from mezkalin and i am trying to figure out my set up. i have a crt and a camcorder and the videomaster, i do not want to use my laptop or any modern equipment at this time. do you have any other suggestions for what else i will need? how the chain should go? cords and all? thanks for any advice! reading forums and watching videos about this overwhelms my brain lol and its hard to pin point what exactly i need
Heya. It kinda depends on what you want to do :) How are you planning to capture the visuals from the CRT, if at all?
@@StephenMcLeodi am planning to capture visuals on the crt via the camcorder. like set up the camcorder in front of the crt
Thank you for the rundown - anyone happen to have a (english, PDF) manual for the Studio Tech Designs VMX410? I have the unit, but unfortunately not the manual which makes working with the unit very difficult...i'd be grateful for a link or the PDF - TIA.
where can i find the video of you talking about the car reversal camera?
Sorry for the delayed reply. Been out of action. Ehhh I can't actually remember the specific video, there wasn't one dedicated to it - but you can find car reversal cameras cheap on aliexpress. :)
@@StephenMcLeod appreciate the response thank you! Just ordered one in
I have that same VHS player...clearly we shop at the same store 😂
Brother?!
@@StephenMcLeod 😂
hi there! super cool video as always! I wanted to ask you: where did you find those lil composite cameras? I can't seem to find one in my area
thanks!
Thanks! I got them on aliexpress. :)
can you maybe tell me exactly what to search or keywords? I only seem to find ultramodern ones with way too stuff on em and really unpractical to place
@@thiseasebob Car rear view camera or car reversal camera - www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004921917866.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.71.2c748194dJ0uBN&algo_pvid=8eea28e7-9772-4fdf-bdc5-5d7629220bcc&algo_exp_id=8eea28e7-9772-4fdf-bdc5-5d7629220bcc-35&pdp_npi=3%40dis%21GBP%212.05%211.6%21%21%21%21%21%40214527c616879752266521942d0723%2112000031028486236%21sea%21UK%21765087042&curPageLogUid=Q0NoUKJiiZaM - option B
You have this pretty much figured out.
Bravo - v. inspiring.
I'm not sure about that, but I appreciate it!
@@StephenMcLeod You have a smart brain.
Thanks to you I decided to get into analog video for visuals for my electronic music. Where I live the garage company does bulk pickup days where they take almost anything. My neighbors were tossing out a Magnavox CRT TV. It's a 20 inch from 2005. On the back it has an F connector and on the front composit video, 1 analog audio, and headphones out. The buttons on the front aren't working right. But I works great with my universe remote. My blu-ray player has composit video and analog audio out. So I tried it a Ghostbusters DVD for something suitably old school. The video and audio both work. I like old school audio and video formats. I have a laser disc player. I have been meaning to get a VHS VCR. I keep seeing them at thrift (charity) shops. I should get one while they are still available. I live in Las Vegas. So I want to get an old video camera to record lofi video of all the lights at the casinos. Running that through a circuit bent video processor would be really nice.
If there are bulk trash days in your area; go take a look at what people are tossing out. You might get a nice score like I did.
Thanks so much for the kind words! Sorry for the delay in replying. I've had a bunch of life happening and just catching up now. I am glad and pleased that my ramblings inspired you to try things out in the analogue visual world. It's full of delight and wonders.
Unfortunately we don't have too many bulk trash situations around here, and the weather is so awful that any time I've seen a CRT out on the street it's already been trashed. I've managed to pick up some good deals though... just a matter of convincing my pals to give me a lift to strange places ha.
great videos! very helpful, insightful and inspiring. ive acquired some bend gear but looking for a video mixer. i'm worried that ill need a time base corrector because i cant find anything anywhere. ive heard that some video mixers have good TBC's in them but i cant find those mixers either lol. i'm stuck on deciding between two mixer models and not sure which one is right for my basic set up.
It depends what you're wanting to do I guess. For digital display or capture you will need some kind of tbc most likely. For analogue display you won't. So if you're filming CRT TVs you'll be golden. The Edirol mixers have TBCs in them but they aren't great. You still get lots of drop outs.
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Hey sweet tour, super cool. I am looking to create a surveillance camera style set-up for an exhibition I am doing soon and I was thinking about getting a reversing camera to do this. My problem is the delivery time for Ali Express and that a lot of the cameras I have been looking at include the reversing sensor box (if that makes sense). Did your camera start with this box on the preview or not? Thanks
None of my cameras had the preview overlay! You should be able to find a bunch of them without if you look around. You might find a local supplier that imports them and will have stock already, but they will be more expensive - so be aware of that.
Appreciate this video and appreciate you. I get that this would be a kind of boring thing to answer in your video but for someone looking to build a rig like this - in what order might you recommend getting this type of gear? I’m guessing the basics would be a few sources, a mixer and a display or capture, with the circuit bent stuff etc coming later? I should probably go ask this on the forum you mention…
Oh hey! Sorry that I missed your comment. Honestly, I would recommend hunting out a CRT TV first. Any cheap one you can find. Folks are often giving them away if you'll drive to pick them up. You can use a cheap HDMI player from Amazon, or output your laptop via an HDMI to composite box for sources... then get some kind of effects box to stick in the signal flow. There are looads of good options, such as the Waaave Pool from Andrei Jay if you want to stay in the digital realm and make things simpler. Though I believe finding the right Raspberry Pi is tricky at the mo due to chip shortages. Have a look at Yovozol's channel on here too, as they have a whole host of good videos on the topic.
Nice run down dude, ill be sure to check out your video on curuit bending the title generator as i have the same unit. Thanks for the tip about running everything through the video matrix. Ive had one laying around from my vjing days, which stopped for me around 2013, but during the last year ive been exploring methods to record video feedback/glitch and had ignored a useful tool there. Also, glad you mentioned the colour corrector, thts the missing piece in my current setup, everytine i watch one on ebay ive let it go being unsire of id use it... they keep going up in price too 😂. Also thanks for discussing the digital timebase corrector, ive had similar problems which ive solved by adding /rearranging the kit, but hadnt stopped to consider the actual issue. Ill be sure to check oyt your other videos as i found this one through search!!
Thanks for watching! I'm glad it was useful. All the gear seems to be getting more expensive... Partly because they are older, but also as folks are discovering how they can be bent for other purposes! A whole new cool world to explore though.
Cool, when i was 18, I worked on JVC s-vhs decks w/ analog v/mixer, hooked up to an Amiga 1200 w/ interlacing card 😄
Love it! I've got a 600 here but never did any video stuff with it. That's impressive!
Ugh so it's hopeless unless you turn to secondhand markets?
For CRTs?. They don't produce new ones as far as I'm aware, and it would be silly to do so if they do imo as there's tons of options out there.
Are you capturing the end out with a camera or do you have something hardware to capture with? As you say you don't like using a computer when doing this stuff.
For the end result I usually re-scan the screen by videoing one of the CRT TVs on my Sony ZV-E10. I do have an HDMI and also an analogue card, but I don't like using them as much as it means I need to use the computer, and the results aren't as good.
Thanks for the rundown.
Good stuff there.
do you have any camera recommendations for camera feedback?
have you considered a video modular setup?
I got some syntonie modules working. still waiting for som lzx pcbs myself.
Hey, thanks for watching! I was really interested in a modular video setup, but having gone down the modular route for music, it's not something I'm pursuing. It's too expensive, there isn't enough of a range of modules, and you can get interesting effects with other gear for far cheaper, IMHO!
Camera recommendations... I don't really. I think the key with feedback is to put different devices in the chain though, so any old camera running through a mixer with some effects will start to really generate some cool stuff. You should also maybe look at the Waaave Pool video synth/processor things, as they are relatively cheap and awesome.
It’s a shame an Amiga with Newtek video toaster is so expensive. Back in the day but also now as retro hardware.
Yeah! I've got an Amiga but not the toaster. I'll need to investigate
oooh... I'm very seriously tempted to commission you to make a video one of these days... yes!! very exciting!!
All commissions welcome!
Have you thought about getting some of the video synth / fx stuff in eurorack format - like lzx? would be cool to control video via cv/gate.
Hey thanks! I have, but the cost of the Eurorack stuff is so high once you factor in the case, power supply, and the modules themselves. Especially since LZX is one of the few manufacturers around. I'm deep in the music Euro rabbit hole and didn't want to open another can of worms haha.
I'm glad to see that someone also uses analog video technology. Tip - I use this analog video effect: GR3: ua-cam.com/video/0gFuIHzaVVk/v-deo.html
I haven't seen those before. Very cool!
Very interesting setup. The glitchy videos look gr8. I think that Fergusson vcr/dvd combo is from the early noughties.. i remember seeing a few of these (not many) come through the buying desk at Cash Converters
Awesome! Thanks for the tip. It's hard to find any info on it. It's got a great picture too.
Top info! all bits of info i can get are appreciated!! ;-)
I'm glad it's useful!!
Great video! Could you tell me what model of Videotek mixer you're using?
I believe it's a VMX 410
@@StephenMcLeod Thanks
This is amazing. Have been harvesting old CRT TVs all summer off freebie online groups etc, just working out how to split a single image onto them like a video wall in a loop. Am sending it from a laptop so far and have tested VLC splitting it onto digital monitors, Hoping same principle works from the laptop to the hdmi outs and then hdmi to UF/scart adaptors to get on the CRT TVs. That reversal camera looks awesome.
Whats the name of the reversing camera that you are using? And does it take a standard power supply unit?
Nice one! Look up the Kramer distribution switch thingies. They are fairly cheap and do what you're describing in a really neat way. The wee camera I am using is just a car reversal thing I got off aliexpress for about 3GBP. There's loads of them available, and they take regular DC power - 9-24v or something ridiculous. Dead easy to find and use!
Great rundown!
Thanks a lot!
Where did you get your car reversal camera?:)
Aliexpress!
I had the same Ferguson tv around 2002-2006 loved the fact that I could watch my vhs tapes and new movies on dvd on the same tv
Oh yeah?! I've not seen many of them around. It has a nice sharp picture, though it sometimes gets a bit confused with my glitch machines, and I can't find a proper remote...
@@StephenMcLeod funny enough when I had it as a kid I had to use the actual buttons cause I lost mine and like you said like no universal remotes work for all the functions
Thx 4 sharing 😎😍😎 geez
Yass thanks for watching
Really glad that you talk about how you make that glitch art. Its fascinating.
Hey thanks. More to come!
Love the breakdown of your battle station I’ve been wanting to get into analog art my uncle loved making old vhs movies "trippy"
Thanks!! It's a bit excessive probably but I do love it. :D
@@StephenMcLeod I wouldn’t call it excessive it’s a collection 😁
@@kylercroci2278 god help us
I find you massively inspiring
Thanks very much! Hope the vids are helpful.
Thank you for this interesting workflow on your setup.
It would be interesting to know, what converter are you using to go from the camera you are recording into analog CRT monitor?
Hey! I'm happy to answer but not 100% on the element you mean. The wee tiny camera I use has a composite connection, so it fits into the CRT without any adapter... but that might not be what you are asking!
@@StephenMcLeod Thank you. Yes., you have answered my question correctly.
@@willianaleman6114 Awesome!!
Adding a TBC (time base corrector) to you setup might help the playback of old VHS/S-VHS and VCR misalignment side effects.
@@willianaleman6114 I've got one in there! An old Video Tech thing.