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Standalone Video Instrument

Patch any signal. Shape it in real time.

Videomancer is a standalone instrument for video synthesis — FPGA processing, hands-on controls, and a deep library of programs for color, glitch, keying, patterns, and feedback.

Videomancer — FPGA video synthesis instrument

Demo Reel

Twenty-four programs, straight from the instrument.

Before and after.

Drag to compare. Each pair is one Videomancer program on the same source — no plugin chain, no laptop.

Pop Art Posterize output
Pop Art Posterize input
SOURCEPROCESSED

Pop Art Posterize

stipple

Technicolor Film output
Technicolor Film input
SOURCEPROCESSED

Technicolor Film

glorious

Signal Scramble output
Signal Scramble input
SOURCEPROCESSED

Signal Scramble

scramble

Scanimate Warp output
Scanimate Warp input
SOURCEPROCESSED

Scanimate Warp

elastica

Thermal False Color output
Thermal False Color input
SOURCEPROCESSED

Thermal False Color

isotherm

Retro Color Quantize output
Retro Color Quantize input
SOURCEPROCESSED

Retro Color Quantize

stic

Real hardware.

Heavy enclosure, panel-mount jacks, solid knobs with end-stop feel. Built in the spirit of broadcast video electronics from the 70s and 80s.

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Built by video freaks.

Designed, assembled, and tested by hand in a small workshop in Portland, Oregon.

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Why this instrument.

Plug in and perform

Patch any HDMI, composite, or component source. Load a program. Start patching. No software, no plugin chains, no laptop.

An ever-expanding library of effects

Twenty-four programs today — broadcast color correction, keying, feedback, glitch, pattern generators — with more in every firmware release. Every update is free.

Open source SDK

Write your own programs with the open source Videomancer SDK. Share patches, trade ideas, and ask questions alongside artists and engineers on Discord and GitHub.

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About LZX Industries

LZX Industries designs and manufactures analog and digital video synthesis instruments in Portland, Oregon. Our Eurorack-format modules give artists, musicians, and VJs real-time control over color, pattern, and motion — bridging the worlds of modular synthesis and visual art. Every product is engineered, assembled, and tested in-house.

What Is Video Synthesis?

Video synthesis is the art of generating and manipulating video signals with electronic circuits. Unlike conventional video editing, a video synthesizer creates imagery from scratch — oscillators produce patterns, ramps define gradients, and voltage-controlled processors blend, key, and colorize signals in real time. The result is a live, performable visual instrument that responds to hands-on control and external audio.