New build: A feedback-centric video synthesizer, the 100PFB

Check out the page here!

Via the 100PFB page:

The 100PFB, which stands for 100% Feedback, is a video synthesizer based around creating a no-input feedback loop by feeding two analog video signal converters into each other and exposing controls for manipulating the image.

The I/O includes two composite video outputs (one for the main mix, one for a mini monitor), a VGA output, an external signal/audio input with on/off, and a 5v power jack.

The main panel includes mix knobs for the red, green and blue channels, ‘pulse’ buttons for each channel, an LFO with on/off and controls for rate, shape, depth, switches to send the LFO to each color channel, image shift buttons, zoom/crop adjustment, basic menu controls, and switches for causing some visual glitches.

The device was built into an enclosure which was painted using a hydro-dipping marbling technique.

Custom built for Adam Kane who does visuals over at the 100% Electronica stream on Twitch.

August, 2020.

New chiptune & visuals during another chip music stream on the 29th!

IO Chip Music NYC is hosting a second international chiptune open mic! This time around I’ll be premiering a brand new song & music video off of an upcoming Broken Alias EP, and I’ll also be doing visuals for a few acts! Full lineup and info below.

Creative Code Visual Art Showcase in VR - August 15th!

I’ll have an audio/visual piece of mine, “Aurora”, shown at this event coming up on August 15th. This event takes place in two rooms on the VR platform Sansar which also has a desktop client.

Check out the event page here.

2020/08/23 EDIT: I have uploaded my visual performance from the showcase here.

Hosted by @neverknowsbetter and @creativecodeart

Updated Casio SA-2 Circuit Bending Schematics

I had some documentation on circuit bending the Casio SA series up, but while helping somebody work on their own I realized how shoddy, old, and ugly those old images were and decided to make a new one. This new diagram includes all information I’m currently aware of in regards to circuit bending the Casio SA-2 (and many others in the Casio SA family) based on personal experience and available information scattered across the internet.

Over at the schematics page

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Variable speed Gameboy Clock Mod

Via the ‘Other Instruments & Toys’ page:

I stuck an LTC1799 oscillator module in a lil box which can be connected up to the gameboy via 1/8" stereo cable for variable speed under/overclocking. I really didn’t want to add any ugly controls to the Gameboy itself, so this worked out well. It runs like normal without it plugged in, but with it plugged in you're able to use coarse and fine control knobs to drop it to a near-stop at 100Khz, or speed it up to 7.12Mhz (original gameboys run at 4.19Mhz). It crashes any higher than that, so I capped the speed there (though the 1799 does go up to 33Mhz). Also added a switch to set the max speed at either 1x or 1.7x, so in a performance setting there's no need to fumble around for the proper speed after dropping it down. Fun for music, also a quality of life improvement for the Pokemon grind. This gameboy has been a nice restoration project, and has a few other mods as well (Backlight, bivert chip, internal pro-sound mod, internal speaker amplifier, glass screen cover).

Check the photo gallery for a wiring diagram! The 1799 module I used came from Amazon, though any will work.

August, 2020.

Music Video: Broken Alias - Meeting u

Finished up a reworked version of the video I debuted at I/O Chip Music NYC’s International Open Mic stream the other day!

Full video overview for the VGS-FB & VGS-35 as a video synthesizer / feedback generator

Check out the writeup/overview pages for the VGS-35 and VGS-FB

I'm taking part in a chiptune music stream!

My Chiptune project Broken Alias will be taking part in an international open mic event for artists who make chip music, as well as visual artists, on the 11th and 12th! See poster below.

I’ll have a selection off of Travelchip and a live performed visual accompaniment. Come stop by at 10am on July 11th and 9pm July 12th at twitch.tv/iochipmusic

Animated pixel art

The fireworks were nonstop in Brooklyn for the past few weeks, and I put together this little pixel art scene with background ambience of the city on July 4th :)

New Device: The VGS-FB, a feedback generator/video synth add-on for the VGS-35

A new page has been made for a recent build, the VGS-FB. Like the post-title says, this new device is meant to expand the abilities of a previous build of mine. In conjunction with the VGS-35 this functions as an analog video feedback generator and a lofi video synthesizer. Check it out here!

Working on getting a video together.



Live Visuals // 2019 Reel is finally edited and uploaded!

Finally got this reel together! Here are a bunch of moments from running live visuals in 2019 condensed into a little reel.

It took me getting through the ~20 event recap videos (Cutting 5-7 hours of footage down to <15 minutes each) and then selecting some sections from all of those, so it’s been something I sort of put on the backburner due to the sheer amount of time needed. So glad to have all of this together now!

Music Release: Gleix - Data Will Call / This Kind of Thing (Two track single on 7")

Data Will Call / This Kind of Thing is a two-track breakcore single out on 7” 45rpm lathe and for digital download on BandCamp. On all streaming platforms shortly. This marks the second single off of an upcoming full length album, Anxiety Dreams, which I hope to have out later this year.

This release, including the physical copy, is pay what you want. At minimum I will ask that you cover shipping. The recommended donation for this release is $15. All proceeds for this release will be donated to the Black Visions Collective. More info @ www.blackvisionsmn.org - If there is a different organization you would like your money donated to, just press "Include a message" during checkout and let me know.

Released via Lagom Audio/Visual

Data Will Call Music Video here.

6/20 update: Up on Spotify

Live Visuals // A bunch of event recaps from 2019 edited together and posted!

Finally had the time to edit together some highlights of my live visual work at The Brooklyn Mirage, with a focus on some events from the 2019 season.

You can find some videos within the posts for each event on the live visuals page, or check out the full playlist here!

Here’s one particular night where I was having too much fun live coding some experimental systems with the live camera feed:

And one that gives a better view of the whole venue:

Music Video: Gleix - Data Will Call

Image-Line, makers of FL Studio which I use for music production, opened up a contest to build something using their visualizer plugin. This is my entry.

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Data Will Call is a track off of an upcoming two track breakcore 7" single by Gleix. This music video was built fully within the song's project file in FL Studio using the zGameEditor Visualizer plugin (v2.73). The visual plugin for this project is utilizing 55+ total layers with 400+ detailed automation clips linked to shader parameters, as well as audio from a few mixer channels, to craft this tightly synchronized music video. The only external asset is my logo.

 Thank you to Image-Line for putting together this contest - this is a plugin I had completely overlooked and I had a ton of fun diving in and learning it while trying to craft a music video to fit this piece.

 I think the potential of the plugin to do more than a one-scene visualizer for a track is massive! While many of the shaders that have been ported to the plugin don't have a ton of hooks in them for more control, it still provides a way to modify and sequence a ton of shader parameters in real-time! I really wanted to try and showcase what it's capable of in it's current form and am excited to play with this a little more in the future. Good luck everybody who's entering!

 Visit me at https://www.gleix.net // @gleix on instagram // https://www.twitch.tv/gleix for live streams. Watch for the release with Lagom Audio/Visual in the next month or so.

 Credits & appreciation for shader authors and those who ported them to the plugin:

 ColorCyclePalette (0:44 to darken) - cynex

Xyptonjtroz (0:00) - nimitz

ColorBlobs (Throughout as the glowing white orbs) - @paulofalcao

Protean Clouds (0:15, throughout intro)- nimitz @stormoid

Youlean Blur, Youlean Peak Shapes (1:48), Youlean Tunnel (0:38), Youlean Waveform (1:18), Youlean Pixelate (1:38) - Youlean

Combustible Voronoi (0:34) - Shane (converted by Youlean & StevenM) https://www.shadertoy.com/view/4tlSzl

Neon Lit Hexagons (0:47) - Shane,Youlean

StrangeAcid (0:23), TextDraw, FeedMe (2:17), BoxedIn (0:41), Blooming - Jph Wacheski http://jph_wacheski.itch.io/

Hexagonal Blocks (0:50) - Shane (converted by Youlean & StevenM) https://www.shadertoy.com/view/XdjyWD

Cubic Truchet Pattern (0:58) - Shane (converted by Youlean & StevenM) https://www.shadertoy.com/view/4lfcRl

Psuedo CJKV Characters (1:18) - Shane (converted by Youlean & StevenM) https://www.shadertoy.com/view/Xtcczj

RhodiumLiquidCarbon (0:31, throughout) - Jochen Feldkoetter http://www.soundcloud.com/virgill Adapted from https://www.shadertoy.com/view/llK3Dy

SplinePeaks (1:18) - David Hoskins Adapted from https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MsXGDj

Oblivion (1:32) - nimitz  Twitter: @stormoid Adapted from https://www.shadertoy.com/view/XtX3DH

Transparent Isoslices (1:16, 2:04) - Shane (converted by Youlean & StevenM) https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MsjBDR 

Stack Trace (1:09, 2:25)  - srtuss Adapted from https://www.shadertoy.com/view/lt23WG

BallZ (0:49) - Rado1

StereoWaveForm (2:25) - StevenM

Cheap Cloud Flythrough (1:29, throughout) - Shane (converted by Youlean & StevenM) https://www.shadertoy.com/view/Xsc3R4 

Polar (2:52) - K+OBV10U3_NINJA

Boaty Goes Caving (1:36), Alps (1:40), Alien Thorns (1:51) - Dave Hoskins

Extruded Video Image (2:13, throughout the end section) - Shane (converted by Youlean & StevenM) https://www.shadertoy.com/view/tsdXDB 

Linear (2:04) - StevenM,OBV10U3_NINJA,Youlean

Notebook Drawings (2:09) - Florian Berger - shaderoo.org

And whoever brought FL Chan into the mix

Improvised ambient streams, live visual system streams

Recently on twitch.tv/gleix & youtube.com/georgegleixner I’ve been doing livestreams here and there while trapped at home during the pandemic. Going back and forth between improvised music sessions and live visual performances. Here are a couple:

Video Release: Gleix - Talk About It All

Multi-cam video session for Mitchel Evan

Back in December I did a shoot with Mitchel Evan at Leesta Vall recording studios, where 9 of his pieces were recorded in multiple takes direct-to-vinyl, then edited into multi-cam videos. One of those videos can be found online here, and on my post production page.

Music Release: Gleix - In Light Of Pt. 2: Ocean Floor (Live at Avant Gardner 9/28/2019)

This album is a curated collection of moments from an improvisational ambient performance on 9/28/2019 at Avant Gardner in Brooklyn. This performance was done as part of Cityfox Transcend, 2019.

Released through Lagom Audio/Visual.

Available on Bandcamp.

Upcoming show: Gleix @ Cityfox Live 2/29/2020 (Avant Gardner in Brooklyn, NY)

On February 29th I’ll be doing a live 3 hour improvisational performance at Cityfox Live 2020 at Avant Gardner in Brooklyn, NY. Primarily downtempo, ambient stuff. Here’s a little promo!

Circuit Bent Casio SA-9

Circuit bent Casio SA-9 added to the SA-X series page. This project also had me adding additional patch connections to the MB37 for ease of future projects that don’t have room for a DB37 connection.