Live Performance
Turn any camera or HDMI feed into live motion graphics. Every control on the front panel is mapped, no menu diving.
Get Started with Videomancer
- 1Connect Power
Plug the included 12V DC power supply into the barrel jack on the rear panel.
- 2Connect HDMI
Connect your HDMI source to HDMI IN and HDMI OUT to your display.
- 3Power On & Load a Program
Switch power on, press SYSTEM, then use the Rotary Encoder to browse and load a program like Passthru or Prism.
Videomancer is a standalone real-time video effects console: programmable FPGA video processing, hard-mapped front-panel controls, and a large library of programs for color, glitch, keying, patterns, and feedback. HDMI and analog I/O work in both directions with effectively no perceptible latency—what you change with a knob is what you see on the display.
Line-level and modular signals, MIDI, and USB (firmware, expansion) are covered end-to-end in the in-site documentation. Unboxing, menus, every program, modulation, and I/O: use the Manual tab. For ports and block diagrams, use Specs.
See what it does.
Drag each slider. Same source, different program — results in real time on the hardware.
Pop Art Posterize
stipple
Technicolor Film
glorious
Signal Scramble
scramble
Scanimate Warp
elastica
Thermal False Color
isotherm
Retro Color Quantize
stic
Start where your patch starts.
Live camera, modular signals, HDMI, MIDI, audio — pick the workflow that fits what you already have.
Glitch & Texture
Hands-on glitch, color, and keying on any source. No laptop, no plugin chain.
Format Converter
HDMI, composite, S-Video, component, and LZX 1V modular, convert between any of them.
Audio-Reactive
Patch MIDI, CV, audio, or a USB controller into any of Videomancer's twelve Parameters. Your sound drives the picture.
Built to patch.
Front panel, rear I/O, and a chassis made for the desk or the rack.
Made in Portland.
Assembled, tested, and packed in our workshop — not a drop-shipped black box.
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.
