Hi,
thanks for taking the time to write this post, it's pleasing to see that
you really tried to understand FN :)
On 01/12/2012 08:10 PM, Daniel Clark wrote:
The first thing I wanted to do when I got the Milkymist One I'm keeping for
testing it as a VJ box (I'm keeping another to play with GNU/Linux on M1,
Note that the BIOS (which you can access by holding the ESC key during
power-up, or by using the serial portion of the programming
daughterboard) lets you boot from different sources (internal flash
where FN is normally stored, memory card, network, and serial download).
So it's actually easy to have a Linux/Flickernoise dual-boot on a single M1.
It would be good if there was an easier (or at least more obvious) way of
going through all effects (while seeing what their names are on the
screen). I did this via numerous Control panel -> Patch editor -> Open /
Dialog Box / Lots of Scrolling / Run / Repeat cycles.
Go to 'Performance -> Start', then 'Simple Mode', 'Show Titles' and
'Go'. You can switch between the patches using F9/F11 on the keyboard or
the left/right buttons on the M1, and it will display the name at each
switch.
General comment: Too many effects use the center point as a focus (and also
just points or lines of symmetry in general), with stuff either mirrored in
4 or 2 quadrants.
Is this a computing device processing power artifact (I assume you can make
more complex effects if you are doing somewhat simple transforms for the
other 3 quadrants of the screen), or personal preference?
I think this mostly has to do with the way the preloaded patches are
designed. The only place where the center of the screen is hardcoded is
for the 'video echo' effect (see Milkdrop preset authoring guide) but it
should be straightforward to add new variables that make this center
modifiable by the patch.
My biggest two points of confusion I think are related and figured out now:
* How to make sure settings are saved between reboots? eg RSS / ATOM wall
seems to go back to original value.
By saving them into a performance file (as you have guessed).
Cheers, thanks for your support,
Sébastien
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