[RESOLVED] Automating TD animations with DJ mixer audio during live set

Hi everyone!

I’m new to TD and have been using it for less than a week, but after learning the basics I have been loving the process of being creative in making all sorts of visuals. For some context, I am a music producer and DJ. I use Ableton for production and have been playing around with TDAbleton to automate parameters within my animations. That’s a lot of fun, but I am really looking to make my visuals audio-reactive to the music I’m playing during my set. I don’t use Ableton for DJing and I usually have a setlist that I follow, but I would love to have specific visuals for the songs within that set as well as the flexibility to improvise and incorporate other songs. I also have a lighting rig that I would love to sync with the visuals via DMX. The goal here is to create a system that syncs the visuals and lighting with the audio from my DJ mixer, automates certain parameters with the beat and changes visuals as I change songs freely.

What would be the best way to go about this? I’ve been looking all over the place and have found certain tutorials on small pieces of this, but I’m really wondering how to bring it all together. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Update: I got it figured out. Each of the visuals are attached to a keyboard switcher, so I can change them with the press of a button. I then have my logo overlaid on top of that, which can be sent to a display (LED panels) via a video out. Alternatively, I also have that same visual/logo combo overlaid again by a camera input and a chromakey for live-streaming or recording video with a greenscreen. Toward the bottom, there is an input for my mixer audio, which is what the visuals react to, as well as the DMX controller which controls my lighting rig. I made all of these components separately, but put them all together in order to control all aspects of the show from one lightweight file. Loving TD. :slight_smile:

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Hi Rafasan, can you please share your touch designer project file?