Ganz Graf Mod X

Comments (41)

• uxeexu · March 18 2013
  nice work..
• uxeexu · March 18 2013
  oh yeah, that was me who wrote you.. learning to edit/build is is awesome..cheers
• Sibanger · March 18 2013
  great stuff synnack. Thank you :)
• JuanSOLO · March 18 2013
  NICE!!!
• susanoo · March 18 2013
  really nice! Thank you!
• vh · March 21 2013
  Cool!
  But just again for correctness, this was also a mod from the autechre patch Ganz Graf.
• DJRC420 · March 26 2013
  I'm am stoked to flex this. I've been using maxi-patch for years now and have felt somewhat confined to turntables. Ms. Pinky is still the best vj program I've found but this device seems to be an answer to my prayers.:)
• pats · April 02 2013
  can i export video file?
• synnack · April 02 2013
  @pats no but you can edit the max patch and add in a video recorder. The simple solution is to just use screen capture software. Even default quicktime does this on OS X. Or you could use Syphon to get it into some other VJ app. Many options.
• pats · April 02 2013
  thanx!
• Lokua · April 05 2013
  Awesomeness. Thank you.
• fr4nky8oy · April 08 2013
  hello thanx this is amazing..i am quite new to visuals.. i am loving it...
  sorry for the stupid question.. but if i would like to have a white background ..can i do that ?
• synnack · April 08 2013
  @franky https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18262281/Franky.amxd.zip
  that should give you the basic idea. That version lets you mess with the background and foreground colors.
• fr4nky8oy · April 09 2013
  Hi Thanx for this @synnack .. great stuff
  could someone please tell me what I could/should research to learn how to build things like those? I v 0 knowledge on how to build or modify Max applications.
  Thanx a lot
• synnack · April 09 2013
  I recommend that you start with some youtube videos. There are many out there that show you the basics of Max and Jitter. If by watching the videos you think it's something you want to still get into, I can recommend other resources too. But there's so much already on youtube I'd start there.
  For example:
  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLasl9I6VeCCqILUcjNv_TQmdPatD01jPb
• fr4nky8oy · April 09 2013
  Thanx a lot @synnack .. will do that !
• sk8erve · April 09 2013
  hey, first of all thanks for this awesome device! i have a question about it tho: is it possible to have the color change over time or to make it selectable via a dialog box like the distance or the x/y axis? so it can be mapped or automated making it even cooler? any response would be really appreciated! i would do that myself but unfortunately i have little to no knowledge of max unfortunately! thanks in advance!
• synnack · April 09 2013
  Hi @sk8erve yes you can do that. But the community rewards it's own. Meaning, if you put some effort into learning Max it will pay off much more than this one device. If you have questions while learning we are happy to help.
• sk8erve · April 09 2013
  hey thanks for the reply! I know that it would be helpful to get some knowledge of max, but in my time that's the first time I've encountered this programming language (don't get me wrong, I would really like to get deeper into this but at the moment I really don't have time, I need to get college work done and work on my thesis). I am also familiar with the node structure from nodebox, which has a very similar gui but uses javascript (I might be wrong on this) in its latest release. The problem with this is that i already tried to make what i wanted opening the max console and all, i tried to put the colorpicker after the button with an input from jit.slide which took input from the jit.catchi think, but it didn't work. I also tried to follow the tutorials with color scheme changing but they seem to overlay a opacity lowered layer on top of the image, instead of changing the color of the object itself. So a little hint on which command to use to change the color from red to whatever with some kind of automation or audio relation would be great! Thanks again!
• synnack · April 09 2013
  look at the version i posted for Franky. It shows you examples of how you might change the color both of the background and the foreground.
• sk8erve · April 09 2013
  will have a look on it tomorrow thanks again! :)
• 32SKINS · April 11 2013
  Is it possible to automate (for example) the on/off switch to a midi signal,
  Each time a midi note plays, it switches off.
  I'm having a lot of fun mapping the lfo to the other parameters!!
  thanks
• synnack · April 15 2013
  @32SKINS yes, you could easily extend the device and add that option for midi. You could also use clip envelopes to create rhythms of on and off of the device to the music too.
• pravda23 · July 05 2013
  i DO love u
• Milosavljevic · August 27 2013
  Hi.this look amazing, but all I get is a black screen without any video showing. I placed it on my master track as an audio effect and turned it on, but it wont display any video. I would be grateful for any kind of advice.
• SamCunnington · March 20 2015
  I love this but am having a basic technical problem. When I save the video output it seems to speed it up so the video is about 1/3 shorter than the track. Does anyone know why this is happening and how I fix it?
  thanks
• stormfield · September 23 2015
  Hi I have a question, tried to feed the visuals via Syphoner into my VJ software, but it is not showing up as an option.
  I am able to select ableton session view, and can select the plugin, but unable to select the visuals generated by ganzgraf.
  I have tried other M4L visuals patches and was able to see/select the visuals to use. Please advise what bit of the code needs tweaking?
• Funcster · June 04 2016
  might be the coolest thing on ableton yet =).
• Flamusic · September 20 2016
  Is there a way to load own visuals or objects into ganzgraf ?
  Thx
• mgk · December 04 2017
  Please help,
  is there any way to get this version:
  @franky https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18262281/Franky.amxd.zip
  that should give you the basic idea. That version lets you mess with the background and foreground colors.
  I could not find it anywhere, but very much needed in this moment.
  Many thnx
  MGK
• synnack · December 06 2017
  Here you go @MGK.
  Lucky for you I still had it in my library.
  http://www.synnack.com/files/Franky.amxd.zip
• mgk · December 11 2017
  Many thnx synnack, it works great, you save me.
  Quick question:
  When Background is white how to get animated lines in black colour ?
  I tryed with foreground but it didnt work.
  Thnx again
  MGK
• losacademicos · January 08 2018
  This is seriously great, thanks so much! The Franky version is particularly awesome (though mapping the colour change would also be amazing - I'm not M4L savvy enough to program it myself!) :)
  One issue though: It runs fine on my desktop (iMac) but not so on the MacBook that I want to actually use when doing shows - is there any reason this might be?
  All I get is a black screen - is it a GPU issue, or am I missing something? I understand there could be a million reasons - but there's a comment from 2013 (!!) that has the same issue. Thanks for any and all feedback that might help me!
  Best, and thanks again for the great work!
  LA
• M4Luser · July 13 2019
  Hello synnack, thanks for this video tool, it can display amazing things, that's impressive and futuristic!
  It's closed to be perfect:
  - I think you already saw that the 'Franky" version doesn't work well when the background is put in white and when the foreground is put in black as well so we can't mix the biggest contrasts with this tool from black background + white foreground to white background + black foreground and its opposite. So close to that though!
  - I don't know how if the rest of the community thinks like me but when the mouse is on the video screen, I would like to move the shape & particles without seeing my mouse, so very discreetly.
  Do you think these 2 things can be added to your tool? It can be SO powerful, again, thank you for it and as you said for the capture recording we can clearly use capture recording softwares (like OBS).
• synnack · July 24 2019
  I'm sure they can be. Hit the edit button and add them. :-)
• alexnoakes · September 14 2019
  Hi, Thanks for this patch. I've had fun all week playing about with it.
  I modded it slightly to add a fullscreen toggle and only have the mouse change aspect when clicked as this was a bit annoying. I also added a fattyness slider to the lines and some Alpha channel lag to produce some ghosting. Mapping this to controllers and Envelope followers has been interesting to watch.
  Cheers.
• miligray · September 23 2019
  Nice one, thank you!
  (Franky version is not really showing anything on the white background, and a few other colors)
  Will have a look under the hood once I got a hang of Max (just checking my first tutorials)
  Much appreciation!
• sdreoos · May 18 2020
  Hello, does it possible to record screen on syphon recorder? Thanx
• nonbeing · December 20 2025
  Dropping in as a new M4L user, just finding this device and its pretty incredible even all these years later. The proper sets of parameters can make this thing look reeeeallly interesting. If anyone would be willing to help me mod this to add external images somehow, please let me know - currently just starting to learn patching but as one would imagine, im pretty swamped lol.
• nonbeing · December 20 2025
  Dropping in as a new M4L user, just finding this device and its pretty incredible even all these years later. The proper sets of parameters can make this thing look reeeeallly interesting. If anyone would be willing to help me mod this to add external images somehow, please let me know - currently just starting to learn patching but as one would imagine, im pretty swamped lol.
• SlowPulseStudios · January 16 2026
  How do I make it full screen?
  Doesn't really work if your can't full screen. So great otherwise
  R