Resynthesize node: controls, inputs and a free patch

Resynthesize

An iterative image mutator: instead of reprocessing the original source each frame, it feeds its own previous output back into itself and mutates it again, so the image drifts progressively further from the source over generations. An XY pad cross-fades between eight mutation operators, and its motion can be recorded and looped.

What it does

Resynthesize is an image effect: it changes the picture that flows through it. It takes picture in and gives picture out.

Try it

Record a slow FX-pad path with high feedback and low source-pull, then loop it so the image evolves through the same mutation journey every cycle.

Video / ShapeResynthesize Output

Inputs and outputs

Inputs

picture input

Outputs

picture out

Controls

Every control with a range can be driven by a modulator, a note, an audio level or a sketch.

Control	Range or options	Default
mode	Drift, Quilt, Cellular, Spectral, Shatter	0
chaos	0 to 1	0.349999994
mutation	0 to 1	0.400000006
feedback	0 to 1	0.850000024
source pull	0 to 1	0.119999997
auto iterate	on or off	off
loop path	on or off	on
seed	0 to 100	0

Example patch

This patch wires Resynthesize to what it needs and shows the result. Download it, then use File, Open in Infinite, or read it here: it is plain text.

infinite-patch 1
rev 2
# Resynthesize: a starting patch for the Resynthesize node
node 1 Effects Resynthesize
  id node
  pos 520 300
end
node 2 Source Ramp
  id in0
  pos 0 300
end
node 3 Utility Output
  id out
  pos 1080 300
end
cable node 0 in0
cable out 0 node