Input Nodes

This category contains 33 nodes.

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Audio BandsCopy Anchor Link

Splits the audio into six frequency bands. React to kick drums with Sub or Bass, snares with the Mids, and hi-hats with Treble.

Inputs: The time offset reads from recent audio history, where 0 is now and 1 is about 4 seconds ago.

Outputs: Sub (deep bass), Bass (bass and kick), Mid-Bass (low punch), Lower Mids (body), Upper Mids (presence), and Treble (highs). Each band has an average and a peak output.

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Audio Bands DecayCopy Anchor Link

Works like Audio Bands, but the bands decay gradually, so visualizations flicker less.

Inputs: The time offset reads from recent audio history, where 0 is now and 1 is about 4 seconds ago.

Outputs: The Sub, Bass, Mid-Bass, Lower Mids, Upper Mids, and Treble bands. Each band has an average and a peak output, both with a smooth decay.

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Audio LevelCopy Anchor Link

Measures the overall audio loudness as a smoothed average that follows general volume changes.

Inputs: The time offset reads from recent audio history, where 0 is now and 1 is about 4 seconds ago.

Outputs: The loudness, from 0 (silent) to 1 (loud).

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Audio Level DecayCopy Anchor Link

Follows the audio level with a smooth falloff. It rises fast with the music and falls gradually, like a VU meter.

Inputs: The time offset reads from recent audio history, where 0 is now and 1 is about 4 seconds ago.

Outputs: The smoothed level, from 0 (silent) to 1 (loud).

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Audio PeakCopy Anchor Link

Measures instant audio peaks. It responds sharply to transients like drum hits and bass drops.

Inputs: The time offset reads from recent audio history, where 0 is now and 1 is about 4 seconds ago.

Outputs: The peak level, from 0 (silent) to 1 (loud).

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Audio Peak DecayCopy Anchor Link

Follows audio peaks with a smooth falloff. It jumps instantly on hits and decays gradually. Use it for flash-and-fade effects.

Inputs: The time offset reads from recent audio history, where 0 is now and 1 is about 4 seconds ago.

Outputs: The smoothed peak, from 0 (silent) to 1 (loud).

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Audio ReactiveCopy Anchor Link

Makes any parameter respond to music. The output range and the sensitivity set how much the audio affects your effect.

Inputs: Sensitivity sets how strongly the audio affects the output. Min and Max set the output range. The time offset reads from the audio history.

Outputs: A value between Min and Max that follows the audio level.

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Audio SpectrumCopy Anchor Link

Reads the intensity at one frequency. Combine it with Pixel Position to build a spectrum visualizer that spreads the frequencies across your fixtures.

Inputs: Frequency from 0 (bass) to 1 (treble). The time offset reads from the audio history.

Outputs: How loud that frequency is, from 0 to 1.

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Audio Spectrum CentroidCopy Anchor Link

Measures the brightness of the audio. Low values mean a dark, bassy sound, and high values mean a bright, trebly one.

Inputs: The time offset reads from the audio history.

Outputs: The brightness, from 0 (dark and bassy) to 1 (bright and trebly).

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Audio Spectrum Centroid DecayCopy Anchor Link

Works like Audio Spectrum Centroid, but its value changes gradually.

Inputs: The time offset reads from the audio history.

Outputs: The smoothed brightness, from 0 (dark) to 1 (bright).

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Audio Spectrum DecayCopy Anchor Link

Works like Audio Spectrum, but the intensity decays gradually. Use it for smoother visualizers.

Inputs: Frequency from 0 (bass) to 1 (treble). The time offset reads from the audio history.

Outputs: The smoothed intensity at that frequency, from 0 to 1.

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Audio Spectrum PeakCopy Anchor Link

Reports which frequency is loudest right now. Use it for pitch-reactive effects that follow the dominant tone in the music.

Inputs: The time offset reads from the audio history.

Outputs: The dominant frequency, from 0 (bass) to 1 (treble).

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Audio Spectrum Peak DecayCopy Anchor Link

Works like Audio Spectrum Peak, but its value changes gradually. Use it for less jumpy effects.

Inputs: The time offset reads from the audio history.

Outputs: The smoothed dominant frequency, from 0 (bass) to 1 (treble).

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Audio Spectrum RangeCopy Anchor Link

Measures the average intensity across a frequency range you choose. Use it for bands beyond the six in Audio Bands.

Inputs: Start and End set the frequency range, where 0 is bass and 1 is treble. The time offset reads from the audio history.

Outputs: The average intensity across the range, from 0 to 1.

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Audio WaveformCopy Anchor Link

Reads a raw sample of the audio waveform. Combine it with Pixel Position to draw the shape of the sound wave across your fixtures.

Inputs: The position along the waveform (0 to 1). The time offset reads from the audio history.

Outputs: The wave amplitude, from -1 to 1, where 0 is silence.

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Audio Waveform EnvelopeCopy Anchor Link

Follows the smoothed overall amplitude of the waveform. It tracks the shape of the sound in both the positive and the negative phase of the wave.

Inputs: Samples sets the smoothness, from 8 (responsive) to 64 (very smooth). The time offset reads from the audio history.

Outputs: The envelope level, from 0 to 1.

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ColorCopy Anchor Link

Outputs a fixed color. Use it for solid colors or as the starting point for color effects.

Inputs: The color you pick.

Outputs: The selected color.

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Controlled ValuesCopy Anchor Link

Values you control from the UI panel. Add an output for each parameter you want to adjust during playback.

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Dynamic ColorCopy Anchor Link

Outputs a color from a gradient, a preset (Primary, Secondary, or Tertiary), or a special mode such as Rainbow.

Inputs: The color type and its settings.

Outputs: A dynamic color to wire into other nodes.

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Layer SettingsCopy Anchor Link

Reads the current layer's intensity, so an effect can respond when the layer intensity changes. In a group, the intensity includes the group's fader.

Outputs: The layer intensity times its group's fader, from 0 (off) to 1 (full).

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Leap DigitsCopy Anchor Link

Reads the per-finger extension state of one Leap Motion hand. It reports which fingers the tracking model sees as straight, how many are extended, and whether the whole hand is open or in a fist.

Inputs: Handedness picks which hand to read (Left or Right). It is fixed when the effect compiles.

Outputs: Present is 1 while the hand is tracked and 0 otherwise. Thumb through Pinky are 1 when the finger is extended (straight) and 0 otherwise. Extended Count is the number of extended fingers (0-5). Open is 1 only when all five are extended, and Fist is 1 only when none are. Open and Fist are 0 while no hand is tracked.

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Leap MotionCopy Anchor Link

Reads motion and continuous gesture data for one Leap Motion hand. The data includes palm velocity, the pinch and grab measures, and the time since tracking of the hand started.

Inputs: Handedness picks which hand to read (Left or Right). It is fixed when the effect compiles.

Outputs: Present is 1 while the hand is tracked and 0 otherwise. Velocity is the palm's motion in millimeters per second, as a signed direction vector. Pinch Distance is the thumb-to-index gap in millimeters. Grab Angle is the average finger-to-palm angle in radians, from 0 (open) to about pi (fist). Visible Time is the time since tracking of the hand started, in seconds.

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Leap PalmCopy Anchor Link

Tracks one hand from a Leap Motion controller and outputs its palm position and its grab and pinch strength.

Inputs: Handedness picks which hand to read (Left or Right). It is fixed when the effect compiles.

Outputs: Present is 1 while the hand is tracked and 0 otherwise. The interaction box normalizes Palm Position X, Y, and Z to 0-1. Grab and Pinch run from 0 (open) to 1 (closed).

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Leap PoseCopy Anchor Link

Reads the full pose of one Leap Motion hand. It adds palm orientation and the five fingertip positions to the data from Leap Palm.

Inputs: Handedness picks which hand to read (Left or Right). It is fixed when the effect compiles.

Outputs: Present is 1 while the hand is tracked and 0 otherwise. The interaction box normalizes Palm Position, Stable Position, and the five fingertip positions to 0-1. Stable Position is smoothed and lags the raw position. Palm Normal and Palm Direction are unit orientation vectors with components around -1 to 1. Orientation X, Y, Z, and W form the palm orientation quaternion. Grab and Pinch run from 0 to 1.

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Leap RawCopy Anchor Link

Reads a single bone joint from one Leap Motion hand. Pick the hand, the finger, the bone, and the end of the bone. The node reads the position, rotation, and width of that joint.

Inputs: Handedness, Finger (Thumb to Pinky), Bone (Metacarpal to Distal), and Joint (the bone's near or far end). All four are fixed when the effect compiles.

Outputs: Position is the joint position, normalized to 0-1 by the interaction box. The node does not expose raw joint positions in millimeters. Rotation is the bone's orientation quaternion (X, Y, Z, and W, unbounded). Width is the bone width in millimeters. Extended is 1 when the tracking model sees the selected finger as straight and 0 otherwise. It has the same value for every bone of that finger.

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NDI InputCopy Anchor Link

Samples color from an NDI video stream, so you can map video onto your fixtures by position.

Inputs: Position, whose X and Y (0-1) map to video coordinates. Filter sets the sampling quality: nearest gives sharp pixels and linear gives a smooth result.

Outputs: The RGB color of the video at that position.

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NumberCopy Anchor Link

Outputs a fixed number. Use it for parameters like speed, size, or intensity.

Inputs: Any number.

Outputs: The entered number.

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Pixel PositionCopy Anchor Link

Outputs the current fixture's location in 3D space. Position-based effects such as gradients, waves, and patterns start from it.

Outputs: The X, Y, Z position from your fixture layout.

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Previous ColorCopy Anchor Link

Outputs the color this fixture had on the last frame. Use it for trails, fades, and feedback effects that build on earlier output.

Outputs: The color this fixture displayed last frame.

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Random PositionCopy Anchor Link

Gives each fixture a random position that stays constant over time, so each fixture has its own fixed random offset.

Outputs: Random X, Y, Z values from 0 to 1, unique per fixture.

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TimeCopy Anchor Link

Outputs timing values for animation. Use Beat Progress for music-synced effects, Bar Progress for longer cycles, Cumulative Progress for continuous animation that never loops, or Timestamp for raw time.

Outputs: Beat Progress cycles 0 to 1 each beat, and Bar Progress cycles 0 to 1 each bar (4 beats). Beat Index counts beats within the bar, and Cumulative Beat Index counts total beats. Cumulative Progress counts total beats as a continuous number that never resets. Seconds is the time since start, and Active Seconds is the time since the layer turned on. They are Timestamp and Active Time in seconds instead of milliseconds. Activation Count goes up by one every time the layer turns on, so you can randomize a bump on each activation.

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True/FalseCopy Anchor Link

Outputs true or false. Use it to switch parts of your effect on or off.

Inputs: On or off.

Outputs: True or false.

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VectorCopy Anchor Link

Outputs a fixed 3D position or direction. Use it for offsets, centers, or movement directions.

Inputs: The X, Y, Z coordinates.

Outputs: The entered position.

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