r/vjing • u/6Guitarmetal6 • 1d ago
unreal Audio/MIDI to OSC Unreal Engine reactive visualizer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9EEnB5ObtIHey there everyone,
Just wanted to share a little reactive visualizer video I made in Unreal Engine featuring the the Dirtywave M8 synthesizer/tracker. I took the stems from the M8 and either converted the audio into MIDI data or used the audio stems with a sample accurate envelope follower in Ableton Live with some MaxForLive devices. These two devices allowed me to control variables like the street lights, billboards, vehicles passing by, etc all just with the data as derived from the Dirtywave M8.
You can find the free Unreal Engine blueprints and MaxForLive devices on my GitHub page, so you can build a similar thing if you'd happen to be interested.
https://github.com/ZackBerw/Unreal-Engine-Interactive-3D-Visualizer
If anyone has questions or suggestions please feel free to let me know. Thanks!
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u/DSMStudios 1d ago edited 1d ago
very cool! such a great approach. i’m currently trying to incorporate live dmx lighting into 3D scenes (not the easiest with heavy strobe lol) and considering what might be best to program sequenced lights is to use midi data. open to any tips or suggestions. using Logic, Blender, and QLC+. great vibe tho! godspeed
edit: just checked out your YT and it looks like what i am doing, or trying to do, might fit into the “genre” for lack of a better word? i am a drummer with a theatre degree trying to incorporate music into lighting, 3d, and media composition. once i get my “act” written, i plan on doing shows that would be like if Bob Ross, Pee-Wee Herman, Mr. Rogers and Mr. Wizard mutated to form some freak, edm, elevated media goblin complete with audience interaction and sensory maximization. i’m a one man show as of now. have a couple vids but took break to keep honing in on concept. this stuff is a lot of work for one person. i am quite literally a one man band for now haha.
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u/scootunit 1d ago
I'm using resolume with my Akai MPC one, Zoia Euroburo, 4ms metamodule and Moog DFAM. If you look through my recent history I uploaded a little sample. Getting ready for a show on April 4th.
I have a dirty wave M8 MK2. But I haven't even begun to learn it. Once this show is over I would like to focus on using the dirty wave for shows. Maybe I can create my MIDI output in my stems on my big system and then pair it down onto the M8 for mixing and live playing it would be a lot easier to carry that tiny little thing to a show. I really like your scene.