For this project we used one laptop running QLab, one laptop running Resolume, MadMapper, and Processing, and a desktop PC running TouchDesigner.

We used QLab so the stage director could just push “go” to trigger the next cue in each scene. QLab would then send an OSC message to both of the other computers simultaneously.

The laptop running Resolume and MadMapper was using all three outputs on the Matrox Triplehead2Go Display Port edition. This laptop was also running Processing to send a video Syphon feed from Resolume.

We were really eager to use TouchDesigner for many reasons. We experimented with a lot of different techniques such as using the X-box Kinect for motion tracking, and we are still working on some ideas for the official debut.

KinectExp by Di

We ended up using TouchDesigner with CamSchnappr for 3D mapping parts of our stage. We had two fake rock faces on either side of the stage made out of scraps of spray painted card board and then staple gunned to the barn doors. We used the Kinect with the Skanect software to scan in 3D models of our rock faces. We cleaned up the models in Cinema 4D, imported them into TouchDesigner, used CamSchnappr to snap our geometry into perspective, textured the geometry with rendered animations, and also created realtime animations with the geometry.

One of the really great things about building a cueing system in TouchDesigner is having uncompromisable control over every parameter with each cue. Once we programmed all of the cues we didn’t have to touch anything during the performance. The only clicking was the stage directors single mouse click for the beginning of each scene. The computer running Qlab would send Touchdesigner a single cue which would point to a specific row in a table. Each column in the table contained the values for the effects and video cues for that scene. Thank you Matthew Reagan for your help with setting up the cue list.