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Hi I’m Daniel
This scene is really new for me and I don’t even own a Hypno yet, will before the end of this year though! :vulcan_salute:t3::nerd_face:

My +two years in the eurocrack world, and a video from 2023’s Super Booth showcasing the Hypno draw my attention to the world of video synthesis. Furthermore I guess that I grew up with Commodore Amigas also made Hypno struck my nostalgia nerve a bit, there is a lot of resemblance with the good old Amiga demo scene and what the Hypno can generate❣️

I have yet to make some content as I stil don’t own any video synthesis devices, but make sure it will come! :sunglasses:

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Hi Everybody my name’s Jon G. My most profound video memory was when me and my friend Cal were hanging out in his garage when I was like, 15 (25 years ago now lol). We had a camcorder and plugged it into the TV and found out we could make insane crazy wormhole stuff happen. The desire to explore that further never really left me. Years later, I got a videonics video mixer and started doing feedback and stuff live for DJs, and started building my video setup. Back in 2008 I didn’t know anybody else doing anything like that, and I would have flipped to have actually had a community to bounce ideas / strategies off of.
I’ve always been inspired by VHS and CRT aesthetic, and have gotten slowly into more complex types of setup, learning about internal mixer feedback, keying, and everything in between. I use a Korg Kaoss Entrancer (basically a Kaoss pad for video) to integrate audio and video, but have recently been looking for a way to get my Moog Matriarch semi-modular synthesizer to affect my video art. This search led me to the Hypno, and I just got it in the mail a few hours ago. Planning on staying up late tonight and learning it by making trippy synth sounds and running some CV into my new Hypno, and recording some VHS tapes with the output that I get.

Glad to be a hypno person now!! Thanks for welcoming me:)

JG

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Hi, I’m Jeff and I’m addicted to 505, OG Digitakt, and ripping my Hypno with a Hydra. No time for naps.

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Do tell… how do you like ripping the hypno with the hydra? Figure out how to offset the LFO’s?

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I’ve had the Hydra for about a month now. Finally dove into the cv section last weekend. This board seems like it was custom made for the Hypno. The mod matrix makes it easy as pie to patch things up (audio and visual). Love the touch strip! Keybed doesn’t suck. UI is dead simple to understand and well lit for weak eyes in a dark room.

My custom INIT template now includes the pitch, mod and touchstrip patched to the cv mod 1 and 2 outs.

I dabbled with the LFO’s for cv and really liked the results. I googled “LFO offsets” and am not sure what to do with the info I found. Can you elaborate?

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Like it’s nice to have your LFO not center around 0.

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Thanks, now I get it. I’ll play around this evening.

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hey y’all. i just got the hypno and the mezz a few days ago… (yay for black friday deals) I LOVE IT, but i’m definitly deep into trying to figure it out??? … yes, i plan on being active on this forum.
about me… i have dawless live looping setup with multiple instruments including sequencers and semi modular synth stuff (lots of cv stuff)… i also have a dmx lighting setup (i struggle with), im definitly looking forward to integrating the hypno.
i need to overhaul my setup, ill post a pic after i do…

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Hey everyone, I’m Brad. I currently live in Fraser Colorado, and began djing in the mid 90’s.

I’m a huge fan of performing live, I prefer to crash and burn in public, a lot of good lessons learned that way. While djing in Crested Butte (1998) a motel was selling all their old CRT tvs for $25 a pop, I bought all they had, and ended up with a video wall of beautiful old school knob dialed tvs. I bought a couple vcrs and just recorded myself playing video game (ps1) and checker patterned them with some lsd videos from a headshop, my crowds loved it and alway thought that I had somehow synced everything to the music. Of course we all know your mind wants to find synced patterns naturally, but I let them think it was all my skilled doing.

That was my first foray into video performance, and it did me well for another 3 years, djing was my only income (never made a penny in the band world)

For me djing finally ran its course and I moved into a world of database development and programming. But then… 20 years later, I dipped my toe into the Elektron world, and somehow stumbled across a weird little video synth that would play video clips (samples), and I love a sampler!! That was the Hypno, I ordered my first unit from the Sleepy website and I was hooked!

Next thing I know I bought a small PA and some 65” TVs (way lighter than my old CRTs), and then bought a dj setup and forced myself back out into the live nighttime scene. I played/dj’d 16 shows in 2024 and supported two other performers for their shows. It’s been quite fun. I only dj so I can run my video rig, 2 Hypnos, 2 Digitakts, and a Roland V4ex mixer (set up old school style - 2 turn tables and a microphone)

I’m hoping to cut out the djing this year and only do the vjing, ski towns don’t necessarily have the most vibrant art & music scenes but it’s been a great place to crash and burn a few times, so when I get the nerve/chance to attempt the Denver scene I’ll have all the kinks worked out.

If anyone is in the Denver area hit me up, I’m just up the hill in Winter Park / Fraser. Thanks for having me!

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