Silhouette eins image-to-sound examples (no talking)

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

"In the comments of the big video on Silhouette eins [posted here] you expressed your need for more practical demos to understand how this synth works. So here they are:

00:00 waveshaping by using actual images of waves (and slowly morphing them within a quicktime movie)
01:00 changing sound texture with the camera and lightbox
01:53 animating a movie with a sine wave LFO
03:11 "sharpening" sound by reducing scan field height
04:43 marble in a glass, showing off how sound follows the movement of the marble!

I hope these videos help your understanding of how this machine works.

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Images to sound - Silhouette eins synthesizer

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

"Silhouette eins is a #synthesizer that converts images into sound. You can learn more here: https://www.silhouette-synthesizer.de - or watch this video. Table of contents:

00:00 longest intro drone ever on this channel
03:03 hello
04:14 taking some pictures outside...
04:22 explanation: the general concept and hardware overview
05:28 using the lightbox for shaping sound
07:03 using the pattern sheets
08:18 using two of them at once
08:28 user interface walkthrough: basic synth parameters
09:55 modulators
11:04 envelopes and lfos
11:28 using pictures and videos
12:21 blending image sources
12:47 Silhouette eins web page
13:09 some short demos using various photos: 1 - the crow (scan field modulation)
14:23 demo 2 - the wave (image blending, manual scan field movement)
16:40 demo 3 - FLOYD (using an external sequencer)
17:40 demo 4 - cherry tree / gray scales - sine waves using smooth gradients
18:25 visual sampling ("Vimpler") - vimpling the Roland J-6
19:27 conclusion, YouTube chant
19:49 outro demo

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SILHOUETTE eins: 7 new sounds

video upload by Pit Przygodda

"This video shows the audiovisual synthesizer 'SILHOUETTE eins' in 7 situations that push the creative use with the visual sources in new directions.
Some of the picture files where made by the internal 'Vimpler' function (visual samples made from audio samples) and some where special designed for audiovisual transformation. The transport of a movie file is jumping wildly back and forth. A mobilée swings and is building a physical audiovisual installation with SILHOUETTE eins. Fotos from templates on the lighttable were taken and mixed."

con ting n.c.

video upload by Pit Przygodda

"English:
I was coaching a workshop for filmsound at art-university Kassel, Germany.
One of the movies (by student Aly B. Landwehr) had crashed onside the camera while filming:
the transport mechanism failed. But the malfunction created something unexpected: strange shapes that pulsate on the screen.
Spontaneously I decided to remix the movie live at the final screening ceremony. It showed up new creative horizons of the Silhouette Synthesizer within the mutlimedial context.
More infos:
https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.s...

Deutsch:
Die kasseler Filmstudentin Aly B. Landwehr dreht einen 16mm-Analog-schwarz-weiß-Film. Beim Dreh hakt der Transport der Kamera aus, so daß die Frames verrutschen. Bei der Projektion werden verwischte, halbabstrakte Bilder sichtbar, in einem pulsierenden Rhythmus erscheinend und verschwindend. Im Seminar "Filmsound" der Kunsthochschule und des Instituts für Musik (beide Kassel) trifft Musiker und Erfinder Pit Przygodda (P. Zygota) Aly und ihren Film und läßt den Film als visuelles Material durch den von ihm erfundenen audio-visuellen Synthesizer "Silhouette eins" laufen und durch die "Silhouette-Synthese" zu rhytmischen Klängen transformieren.
Mehr infos:
https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.s..."

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Superbooth 2023 Silhouette - Visual Synthesiser Now With Audio To Visual Sampling

video upload by sonicstate

"At Superbooth 2023, Sonicstate spoke to Pit from Silhouette about their eponymous synthesizer. Silhouette transforms grayscale data from your hand movements in front of the camera directly into audio waveforms. The blue rectangle represents the area where the grayscale data is sampled and transformed into audio. By changing the area and modulating the visual, interesting sounds and loops can be created. One unique feature of Silhouette is that it can load picture files to create interesting audio effects.

This year, Silhouette has a new feature that allows audio samples to be translated into visuals, which can then be used as a source for audio. Pit demonstrated this by sampling his old Korg MS20 audio and translating it into a visual file, which he then used to create new waveforms. Although the translation is not one-to-one, the errors that occur during translation serve as a source for creativity. Pit plans to implement this feature into the Silhouette synthesizer and close the circle from visual to audio and back.

Silhouette Visual Synthesizer Price: 3,900 Euros

https://silhouettesynthesizer.cargo.s..."

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Silhouette eins: introducing "the Vimpler"

video upload by Pit Przygodda

"Here is a quick demo of the new audio-to-visual function, which is now part of the Silhouette Synthesizer system. Herewith SIlhouette closes the circle visuals-to-audio-to-visuals.
Visit us at the Superbooth 23 synth fair, Berlin, 11th to 13th may, 2023. Booth H195."

Silhouette eins - Tracks and Trains (2023)

video upload by Pit Przygodda

"'Silhouette eins' is a synthesizer system that uses visual sources (pics, movs, cam) to create music and audiovisual works. It has been developed by Pit Przygodda from 1992 to 2023 (ongoing).
This is a jam with 3 Silhouette eins synthesizers. The visuals content deals with tracks and trains.
More Infos:
http://silhouette-synthesizer.de/"

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Farewell to 3 Silhouettes

video upload by Pit Przygodda

"A live jam with 3 'Silhouette eins' synthesizers.
The next day they travel to their new owners.
"Silhouette eins" is a multimedia synthesizer system using visual sources (pics, movs and cam) to create music and audiovisual works.
It has been developed by musician and artist Pit Przygodda from 1992 to 2022 (ongoing).
Info:
http://silhouette-synthesizer.de/"

Silhouette eins - 7 sounds (08/2022)

video upload by Pit Przygodda

""SILHOUETTE eins" is a multimedia synthesizer system using visual sources (pics, movs, cam) to create music and audiovisual works by artist Pit Przygodda. This video presents 7 sound examples.
For more details visit the demo-video: [posted here, additional posts here]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv_JW...
and the website:
http://silhouette-synthesizer.de/"

Superbooth 22: Silhouette - Silhouette Eins Synthesizer

video upload by sonicstate

"After many years of development, Pete at Silhouette presents his highly unique Silhouette-Eins synthesizer.

Each one is hand-built, and it uses a camera to convert images, or even video into waveforms that can be further shaped by the front panel and touch pad. It calls to mind the rare ANS or Oramics synths of the past but with bang up to date technology.

Available to order now. Price 3,800 euro

http://silhouette-synthesizer.de/"

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Silhoutte Eins Optical Synthesizer at Superbooth 2022

video upload by ound On Sound magazine

"Silhoutte Eins Optical Synthesizer at Superbooth 2022

Objects placed on the light table create the source audio waveforms in real time.

The user interface consists of an on-monitor plexiglas hardware controller which addresses 4 software pages. 20 potentiometers and 21 buttons give you quick access to the functions. All values are shown directly behind and around the controlling potentiometer or button.

SOS says ... this is not unlike Daphne Oram's famous Oramics machine reinterpreted for the 21st Century.

More info here. http://www.silhouette-synthesizer.de/"

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Silhouette eins - dove dance - (feb. 2022)

video upload by Pit Przygodda

"'Silhouette eins' - the optical soundtrack synthesizer.
Now the development of Silhouette changes over from prototyping to production. You can order your Silhouette here: http://www.silhouette-synthesizer.de"

Also see SILHOUETTE eins - synthesizer (Demo 2021)

SOUNDMIT 2021 - Exhibitors - Silhouette

video upload by SOUNDMIT

"Silhouette è un nuovo paradigma nella sintesi del suono, le forme d'onda degli oscillatori vengono create tramite immagini riprese live da una webcam ed elaborate tramite un innovativo software e una strepitosa interfaccia utente fuori da ogni schema!"

See this post for additional details on Silhouette.

SILHOUETTE eins - synthesizer (Demo 2021)

video upload by Pit Przygodda

"This is my 2021 built synthesizer 'Silhouette eins'. (prototype)

It is an optical soundtrack synthesizer: Optical shapes are transformed into musical waves for audio and modulation in real time.

Infos:
http://www.silhouette-synthesizer.de

It is the successor of former prototypes (2017 - 2019).
'Silhouette eins' now extends the concept by the use of the generated waves not only for audio but also for modulation."



"VIDEOVOX is a synthesizer which transfers video-data into audio-data.
It´s a prototype, programmed under Pure-Data.
More info:
www.videovox.de Thanks,
Pit Przygodda"

See the ANS Label below for additional synths that transform images to audio.