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Summary of Contents for Vidiot

Page 1: ...User Manual...

Page 2: ...nty covers replacement or repair as decided by the manufacturer LZX Industries implies and accepts no responsibility for harm to person or apparatus caused through operation of this product Please con...

Page 3: ...Welcome Video Artist Page 1 The Pattern Generator Page 7 The Video Input Page 13 How To Play Page 5 Next Steps Page 15 The Colorizer Page 11 Basic Setup Page 3 The Luma Processor Page 9 Exploratory E...

Page 4: ...video synthesizers a reality for the common artist until now At 14 years old Dan began his lifelong journey with video art by experimenting with broken TV sets creating visuals to entertain himself an...

Page 5: ...that it is a process divorced from the natural world of color and light as perceived by the cones inside human eyeballs Organic in the sense that it is a realtime continous voltage intended to drive t...

Page 6: ...s default studio configuration although there are endless possibilities If you don t have two displays and a camera don t worry Only the connection to a single display from either the Colorizer or Lum...

Page 7: ...Colorizer out connects to video display 2 NTSC PAL camera connects to video input Power switch set to ON position Format set to NTSC or PAL matching external gear used Loop switch set to down position...

Page 8: ...ning knobs flipping switches and having fun After that return to this section to learn more about what is going on Then explore the next sections when you want the answers to specific questions relate...

Page 9: ...e modulation Normal Inverted The top knobs adjust an offset voltage which is added to the control voltage signal Manipulate functions manually 50 100 0 50 100 Binary functions such as Solarize and Neg...

Page 10: ...gle Vertical Sine Horizontal Sine Noise Circle Diamond Hatch Vertical Triangle Audio Envelope Horizontal Square Vertical Square Symmetry Circle Diamond shapes only Sync On Stable O Scrolling Patch to...

Page 11: ...ontrol Pos Neg Vertical CV Mode 1V DC Vertical Triangle Out Noise Out Audio Envelope Out 1V DC 1V DC Circle Out Diamond Out 1V DC 1V DC Hatch Out 1V DC Stereo Audio In Line Level Audio Filter Switch H...

Page 12: ...The Luma Processor 9 Brightness Contrast Detail Solarize Luma Negative Key 1 Set or to and adjust Using Key Generator 1...

Page 13: ...rce image The Luma Processor has a dedicated video output which can be displayed or the Colorizer can select its output as a modulation source directly I first fell in love with solarization as a film...

Page 14: ...On Key 2 Color Neg Mode 0 5V Threshold RGB Neg Gate In Red Green Blue RGB Neg Mode Up to 10V DC Red CV In Pos Neg Red CV Mode 0 100 Red CV Level Up to 10V DC Green CV In Pos Neg Green CV Mode 0 100 Gr...

Page 15: ...processing right at the inputs allowing the artist a great degree of control over separating and blending the different color bands Red Green Blue Color Negative RGB Negative Key 2 The Colorizer prod...

Page 16: ...in EuroRack format made by LZX Industries and others Any of its input and output patch points the ones labeled 1V DC or 0 1V DC in this manual may be patched directly to these modules or even another...

Page 17: ...on There are entire universes to explore inside this relationship once you start modifying the image as it passes through the feedback loop and this role is one that Vidiot excels at How to do it Conn...

Page 18: ...es net Is anything on your instrument not working as expected Are you having trouble setting it up Even if you re not sure about your question we re happy to quickly answer it through our support desk...

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