#ArtForge: Open Visual Generator
twin solar
Getting Started
Right-click a track or MIDI clip → “ArtForge: Open Visual Generator.”
From MIDI: visuals react to notes (pitch = color, velocity = intensity)
From other tracks: free mode
Seed
Controls randomness. Same seed = same result.
Enter a number to lock a look
Hit âźł for random
Save seeds you like
Modes (8 total)
Plotter — geometric curves (Rose, Lissajous, etc.)
ASCII — noise rendered as characters
SDF Glow — glowing metaballs
Flow Lines — fluid ink-style strokes
Particles — trail-based flow particles
Wave Clock — spiral trig patterns
Fractal — regrowing branching trees
Cellular — Game of Life visuals
Blending
Layer modes together using Blend chips.
Amt controls intensity
Stack multiple modes (e.g., Plotter + ASCII)
Sidebar Controls
🎲 Randomize Everything — full random setup
Speed — animation rate (syncs with BPM if enabled)
Complexity — detail density
Scale — zoom
Noise Warp — distortion (clean → organic)
BPM Sync — matches Ableton tempo
MIDI Reactive — enables note-driven visuals
Color
Choose palette → adjust Hue, Saturation, Brightness, Opacity
Canvas
Trail/Fade — motion persistence
Paper Grain — texture
Vignette — edge darkening
Mode Settings
Each mode has custom controls (e.g., curve type, character set, particle count)
Recording / Export
Set duration (5–120s) + resolution
Hit ⏺ Record (auto-stops, saves as .webm)
Press again to stop early
Cancel
âś• closes without saving or affecting your Ableton session
dark creek
this is sick! Is syphon support implemented or planned?
twin solar
i think if i went as far as building a standalone app or used a separate native app to implement syphon properly i could but from my understanding the webkit webview in the Extensions SDK has no access to masOS frameworks
its definitely something i could try and do at some point it would be cool to have some full on VJ capability and making something that could integrate with live easily and is super user-friendly
dark creek
makes sense! Videosync does already exist as a standalone VJ application that is designed specifically to be controlled in ableton via max for live, and being able to use artforge alongside it would be super cool!