Alex Pelly Video Synthesis Workshop

LA-based artist Alex Pelly has been working with live video for over a decade, and is now well-known for her work with video synthesis. From her work doing live visuals for musicians and other performers to her monthly Dublab show Pellyvision, she has a proven track record of producing intricate, captivating realtime imagery.

In this video workshop, Pelly walks us through the basics of analog video synthesis, from thoughts about planning a modular video synth system to the functions of individual modules. She covers modules by LZX Industries and Erogenous Tones extensively, showing how they can easily become the core of a video-oriented modular system. And by providing an extended tour of her personal system and a detailed patch walkthrough, she demonstrates some tactics for harnessing feedback, audio reactivity, and hands-on control to create colorful layers of video that dynamically evolve along with music.

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[mrcwalker]

Mind blown. Just when I think I understand this whole synth adventure, something like this happens! Holy cow, she is cool!

[electricarchaic]

She’s my new hero :) I’ve been dying to get an Edirol V4!

[boilingsky]

Welp, just bought a couple more things. Every time Pellyvision airs, it costs me money!

[consciouscoma]

Alex i have been waiting on my chromagnon for 3 years now. i look forward to the time when i can start my journey down the video synth rabbit hole. i used to watch this as a kid in the early 1970s and after anAS degree in film and video and gathering gear i am more then ready to start.

[AquaStarDolphin]

Amazing! As a digital VJ, analog video synthesis is fascinating!

[doctorwize]

Very nice. Gave me lots of info on how to use my modules in a relatively short video segment. Thanks.

[politesociety]

Thank you. The bones of this setup is pretty close to what I'm using. I have vidiot + structure + fluxus duo in a feedback loop. I would love to drive deeper into the lzx stuff at some point, and this definitely helped me understand the concepts of those modules quite quickly. Thanks again!

[GuitarsAndSynths]

Very cool! Love the lesson on generating video and audio from a modular system. I can see the potential for live shows to use this after Covid ends to add spice to a session.

[cuadro_]

What the eff I had no idea this existed! How incredible and fascinating hahah

[ageshero]

Visual tutorials are greatly appriciated

[BrendanSpengler]

Far out! Inspires so many ideas and looks amazing.

[lee_at_sea]

Nice work!
That Cyclops must be in the case for some fun things. :)
... next video = ILDA suff?

[chent]

That guy who have the huge youtube chanel "Techmoan" was looking for a video synth.

[thenoiztemple]

Why would you state that you can’t patch into STRUCTURE? It has LZX patch inputs on the top left.

[vprice]

I would love to get a CNN module, but for now my budget only allows for a C-SPAN.

[erwintuijl]

Great video! I'm waiting for my preordered LZX Chromagnon to get started with this stuff. Can I ask... what's the little screen on the right? That looks really handy!

[RileyGein]

As someone who is interested in getting started with this to try it out, which modules/gear would you recommend I get? Should I save up and just get Chromagnon or should I try finding a used VIDIOT? What would you recommend as a minimalist beginner setup in terms of modules?

[Jesseliu]

Who knows the title of the audio track?

[thatsmeeh]

How can I learn to do this stuff? I have 0 zeRo idea what are these devices. :]

[john-michaelveach]

Can I ask what you are using for the video capture?