The Hypno will accept video via USB. This could be a USB webcam, an HDMI camera plugged into a HDMI to USB capture card, or a USB thumb drive that contains video files. Note that input shapes can be used on both oscillators simultaneously. You can change parameters affecting the live input by pressing two buttons. To do this for oscillator A, press buttons A and B, to affect oscillator B you would press buttons B & C.
The most fundamental of these controls is the input index and folder control. These controls are knobs A & B for oscillator A, and knobs C & D for oscillator B. The outermost knob controls the index (knob A for oscillator A and knob D for oscillator B). Moving this knob to the left most counter clockwise position can allow you to switch between two distinct video inputs. When using a USB drive including numerous video files, the inner most knob (knob B for oscillator A and knob C for oscillator B) navigates the folder, while the index (knob A for oscillator A and knob D for oscillator B) navigates the files. If you want to see the file names while you are navigating, you can first turn on help mode by holding buttons A & C down while turning knob F to the right past twelve o’clock. You can turn help mode off by holding down the buttons A & C while moving knob F to the left past twelve o’clock.
Help Mode Quick Guide
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The third knob from the oscillator (knob C for oscillator A and knob B for oscillator B) are inactive in this mode. The farthest knob from a given oscillator (knob D for oscillator A and knob A for oscillator B) control the aspect of video, with the 12 o’clock position being normal. Moving the knob to the right stretches the video vertically, while moving the knob to the left squashes the vertical dimension of the video.
Regardless of which oscillator is being adjusted, the top center knob (knob E) controls the luma key max setting, while the lower center knob (knob F) sets the luma key minimum value. When the minimum is set higher than the maximum, the luma key values invert. In essence, luma key values allows you to make a portion of a visual image transparent, based upon the color value. Likewise, regardless of which oscillator is being adjusted, the left slider (slider A) performs a crop of the image on the X axis, while the right slider (slider B) performs a crop of the image on the Y axis.
Here’s a Sleepy Circuits quick guide for using video input . . .
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Here’s a useful quick guide by Sleepy Circuits showing how to prepare video and image files for use on a USB drive . . .
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