What is your favourite Isadora actor?

[dbini]

have your favourites changed over the last 4 years? https://community.troikatronix...

[dbini]

.. one of mine has been killed off, another doesn't get used so much because its not compatible with the Mapper, which is getting plenty of action these days... so I'm going to have to say Projector.

[Woland]

@dbini said:

have your favourites changed over the last 4 years? https://community.troikatronix...

RE: the "double-go" discussion in that thread. I avoid the problem of accidentally holding down a button too long and triggering a double-go by using Keyboard Watcher actors set to "up" instead of using Multiblocker actors in front of Keyboard Watcher actors set to "down". That way, it goes as soon as you release it, (which when you press and release without holding is essentially the same time as when you press it down), and it's impossible to trigger a double-go instead of just being less likely

[GertjanB]

Javascript.

A lot of my old patches are now a lot more comprehensive and by combining data in json strings i don't have to draw as many lines.

[DusX]

@gertjanb
This makes me smile.

[hairi]

my favourites are:

- macro (I started off many years ago with building improvised hardware. getting a Macro to work is similar fun)

- javascript (saves me from wild combinations of calculators, gate, comparators, scaling)

I actually develop my logics and calculations often first with Isadora actors and then clean it all up inside a Javascript. Some things are soo much easier to do with coding than with patching. Not to mention the order of execution in critical cases. 

- glsl  (I got hooked lately to the math in use here. Many Isadora actors can be reproduced in GLSL, with the option to be customized )

- OSC actors / Syphon-Spout (when all else fails or gets boring, I use SuperCollider or Processing/Java to help out )

I enjoy this kind of thread because it allows to see the many different approaches that can be used to build great stuff with Isadora.

hairi

[hairi]

@gertjanb  what do you mean by: combining data in JSON strings ??

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[Woland]

@hairi said:

@gertjanb  what do you mean by: combining data in JSON strings ??

Original credit for all this goes to @DusX I just made it into an example Patch

>>>TUTORIAL PATCH AND MACROS/USER ACTORS<<<

Best wishes,

Woland

[bonemap]

@DusX

This is excellent! Thank you!

Best wishes

Bonemap

[Woland]

@bonemap

Thank @DusX 

He's the one who actually created it, I just put it in an Isadora Patch with some Comment actors

It's great for piping tons of parameters between computers via OSC

Best wishes,

Woland

[bonemap]

@woland said:

Thank @DusX 

 I meant a collective thank you!

best wishes

bonemap

[DusX]

for reference.. the official Troikatronix article: https://support.troikatronix.c...

[hairi]

@woland Wow, Wow, Wow !!!