LAStudio: Free add-on for LD2000 and FB3

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Abstraction

Abstraction is the LAStudio program for the creation of abstracts. Each abstract image is based on 3 oscillator banks for the geometric form, and 4 oscillator banks for color generation. Each geometric oscillator has a separate frequency for X, Y and Z plus a common modulator. Just as with LD2000, you are able to use frames as the waveform for oscillation.

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Abstractions in LAStudio is one of most powerful objects. It allows include animations, texts or other abstractions as primary oscillator bank and at the same time all geometric oscillator banks remain available for use. This makes it possible to build very complex abstractions where one abstraction includes other abstraction. Additional feature for making an interesting pictures is ability to use effects inside abstractions. Its very simple to add rotations, scaling or motion effects inside abstraction.

Features

Geometric form

• 3 Banks of oscillators
• Each bank has 3 oscillators for X,Y, Z axis, plus a common modulator.
• Each oscillator or modulator has its own wave form.
• 5 predefined waveforms + custom waveform. Special editor for custom waveform creation.
• Ability to import the frame as custom waveform.
• Ability to change oscillator/modulator parameters from MIDI.
• Ability to change oscillator/modulator parameters based on audio input.
• Controllable phase of oscillators/modulator.
• Ability to change blanking periods based on the modulator.
• Controllable oscillator interaction. Bank/oscillator may be added, multiplied in static or dynamic mode, or bank may be used as additional modulator for previous bank.
• Beam mode - abstraction can generate a sequence of non-connected points.
• Effects attachment - 2 effects that are used on different stated of geometric form generation.
• Image attachment - any playable image like sequence of frames, abstraction, text may be used as primary geometric form. In this case resulted geometric form will be a fusion of attached image and 3 banks.
• Ability to use attached image as sequence of colors or as sub-track. In this case abstraction will merge 2 images.
• Build-in rotation effect - rotation by X, Y and Z axis.

Color form

• 4 banks of color oscillators
• Static color that can be controlled by means of audio or via MIDI
• Oscillators for RGB color channels
• Color cue (up to 16 colors)
• Color gradient (up to 16 colors)
• Color sequence (up to 16 colors)
• Smoothed color sequence (up to 16 colors)
• Blanking mask
• Controllable color scrolling speed

Special features:

• 3D mirrors
• 2D mirrors
• Reflection by X, Y and Z axis
• Horizontal and vertical clones
• Oscillated clones based in standalone oscillators for X,Y Z axis
• "Rounded" clones
• Delay between clones
• Clone Fade-out effect

In addition

A software-only audio effect is possible based on the standalone program "Spectra" that uses FFT.

There are various ways of using FFT based audio effect. Depending on the audio input, Abstraction can change amplitude or periods number of geometric oscillators. Also abstraction can change colors (brushes) based on audio. Audio also can take effect on clone functions.

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