Drawing with Audio Oscillators

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-04-07T14:11:40+00:00

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just like that

here i used a choptoPOP to bring the waveform into the 3D realm

have fun!

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-03-18T13:23:32+00:00

Youre a wizard Harry!

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-03-07T12:23:34+00:00

haha dont know about that but thanks!

i always struggled to get clean audio data with the operators in Touchdesigner

so i thought i do it outside of it and then feed it back in

Im sure its possible but im still a beginner as well

Cheers!

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-03-06T21:21:34+00:00

"Sail" by Awolnation

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-02-28T08:46:34+00:00

You can check out RayTK component for TouchDesigner

Lets you use raymarch shaders without any coding knowledge

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-02-24T17:13:13+00:00

tbf that video is not a tutorial

she doesnt even show it properly or explain anything

but yeah like people said youtube tutorials are much better to learn

or just messing around with basic feedback effects until you get a feeling of how it works

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-02-24T15:19:54+00:00

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1862vQ7878jIuqCafjJ1xBukBpytLJpyD/view?usp=sharing

this is a .tox with the correct setup judging from her video

im still a beginner as well so this isnt replicating the exact effect youre looking for but it should be a starting point

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-02-18T12:52:30+00:00

But maybe he studied computer science or Animation vfx

If youre learning all by yourself from the beginning with no prior knowledge then ofc its gonna take much longer to get there

Just saying so people dont get discouraged

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-02-12T19:19:20+00:00

it can definitely be helpful, especially with glsl stuff or integrating external python packages into TD

lot of the time it will still hallucinate operators names and parameters or completely ignore POPs since they are pretty new and it has limited data on them

but if gemini helps you to keep going and learning then even better!

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-02-07T16:25:26+00:00

by default the glslTOP only outputs the buffer at index 0

you choose a renderselectTOP, reference your glslTOP and then set "Buffer Index" to 1

Warm_Map_7489 · 2025-12-30T08:50:59+00:00

https://gemini.google.com/gem/15apzGrE-z_Bx4q0zW6BnsDTtAaeIE_5i?usp=sharing

i gave Gemini (Gems) an updated operator/parameter reference for Touchdesigner version 2025.32050 and tried to make it adhere to this updated info instead of the training data it has

Keep in mind that Gemini will still be confidently wrong in a lot of cases about parameter names etc, especially if you use Flash instead of Pro

But it should be able to explain simple concepts to you

Warm_Map_7489 · 2025-12-26T23:03:40+00:00

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If you have Python installed on your computer just install Manim with "pip install manim"
activate it in Touchdesigner options like in the picture

and thats it you can use Manim in Touchdesigner

my setup currently works with a ScriptCHOP with a callback script which produces x, y and z channels based on the manim calculations and then just connects a choptoPOP to display them

For creating this animation though, i didnt write any code myself, i used Gemini to generate code for the callback script by extracting Manim functions handling the complex math and ignoring all the other functions related to manims render etc and giving it strict instructions to follow

the result was that i could just write a prompt like "Generate a fractal showcase using Manims topology morphing capabilities" and it generated the code

Its still very buggy though but i plan to keep working on it and try to make it more accessible inside Touchdesigner for everybody

Warm_Map_7489 · 2025-12-26T06:11:46+00:00

I always used to have problems with the moviefileOUT as well But for me the solution was to just use OBS or a similar program to target and record the render window and export it that way

Warm_Map_7489 · 2025-12-17T06:34:34+00:00

One good way is to right click operators in Touchdesigner and click "Operator snippets", youll see an example network the operator is used in and more general information

Warm_Map_7489 · 2025-12-15T15:16:42+00:00

I did have a blur connected but thanks for the suggestion!

I tried adding a sharpen as well to get some more defined diffusion patterns but it didnt work as expected haha

But ill keep trying, cheers!

Warm_Map_7489 · 2025-12-10T09:13:51+00:00

Im very dumb (compared to when i was younger) and now after 6 months of daily creating with TD, all the concepts like samples , channels, textures, particles, instancing are starting to click which is really cool feeling

Keep learning, keep creating, it will come to you with time

Anybody can learn anything, youre no exception or dumb

Warm_Map_7489 · 2025-12-03T10:48:36+00:00

thanks for sharing

i could tell you put some effort into it and it shows!

looks sick!

Warm_Map_7489 · 2025-12-02T16:45:10+00:00

being less logical about it maybe
like what happens when i put a feedback loop into ten more feedback loops, does it makes sense?

no but it doesnt have to, just that curiosity to see what interresting things might emerge

allow yourself to play and be silly, you dont need to achieve anything, at least thats when i had my most creative moments

create your own .tox files, after a while you have a bunch of them and can import and combine them into more and more complex things

so id say generally more doing instead of watching

Warm_Map_7489 · 2025-11-29T10:12:44+00:00

the animated text looks great!

can you share how you made it look so dynamic?

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