Visuals

Name	Description	Links                            Platforms	Price	License
Blender	3D creation suite		Free	GPL-3.0-or-later
cables	tool for creating beautiful interactive content		Free	MIT
Cathodemer	pixel-based video synthesizer and CRT display simulator		$25	Proprietery
Chataigne	artist-friendly modular machine for art and technology		Free	GPL-3.0-or-later
Datamosh 2	data moshing plugin for Adobe After Effects		$60	Proprietery
Dither Boy	all-in-one software for authentic retro image, video, and animation dithering		£60	Proprietery
GifSlap	vj software for people who love gifs		Free	Source Available
Hydra	livecoding networked visuals in the browser		Free	AGPL-3.0-or-later
JWildfire	powerful, flexible and user-friendly static fractal flame editor		Free / $12	LGPL-2.1-or-later
JWildfireSwan	sequel to JWildfire that supports animated fractals		Free / $25	LGPL-2.1-or-later
Magic Music Visuals	modular interface to create interactive animation and video effects		$80	Proprietery
Milkdrop 3	audio visualizer based on MilkDrop with additional features		$10/$50	Source Available
modV	modular audio visualisation powered by JavaScript		Free	MIT
Mosh-Pro	real-time effects for image + video		$50 / $25/year	Proprietery
ntsc-rs	nostalgia of VHS from the comfort of your home computer		Free	MIT
Nuvotion Visuals	powerful free tool for creating audio-reactive visuals		Free	Proprietery
ORCΛ	esoteric programming language		Free	MIT
Ossia Score	interactive sequencer for the intermedia arts		Free	GPL-3.0-or-later
PHYSARUM	slime mold simulator		$6	Proprietery
PraxisLIVE	hybrid visual live programming IDE		Free	GPL-3.0-or-later
projectM	cross-platform, open-source audio visualizer based on MilkDrop		Free	LGPL-2.1-or-later
Radiance	video art software designed for live performance, written in Rust		Free	MIT
Resolume	media server and vj software		€300-800	Proprietery
ShaderBeam	overlay for running BFI/CRT beam simulation shaders on top of Windows which focuses on motion clarity		Free	MIT
ShaderGlass	overlay for running GPU shaders on top of Windows		Free	GPL-3.0-or-later
Synesthesia	audio-reactive visual instrument used by vjs, musicians and creative coders		$200/$400	Proprietery
TiXL	the sequel to Tooll3		Free	GPL-3.0-or-later
TouchDesigner	node-based visual programming language		Free / $600	Proprietery
vimix	performs graphical mixing and blending of several movie clips and computer generated graphics, with image processing effects in real-time		Free	GPL-3.0-or-later
Web Shaders	shader magic for frontend web frameworks		$250	Proprietery

Audio

Name	Description	Links                            Platforms	Price	License
MiniMeters	audio metering application & plugin suite		$20	Proprietery
Tenacity	multi-track audio editor/recorder based on Audacity		Free	GPL-2.0-only
VCV Rack	software modular synthesizer		Free / $150	GPL-3.0-or-later

Players

Name	Description	Links                            Platforms	Price	License
foobar2k	an advanced freeware audio player		Free	Proprietery
mpv	reliable media player that can do almost anything		Free	LGPL-2.1-or-later
Potplayer	tried-and-true gongo player		Free	Proprietery
WACUP	neo winamp		Free	Proprietery

Gaming

Name	Description	Links                            Platforms	Price	License
ReShade	post-processing injector for games and video software		Free	BSD-3-Clause
vkBasalt	vulkan post-processing layer for linux		Free	Zlib

Streaming

Name	Description	Links                            Platforms	Price	License
Chatterino	powerful Twitch chat client, developed by pajlada		Free	MIT
Chatty	Twitch chat software with the spirit of a classic IRC client		Free	GPL-3.0-or-later / MIT
DankChat	Twitch chat client for Android		Free	MIT
Emote Wall	home-made emote wall browser source overlay		Free	Unlicense
FFZ Browser Extension	the best Twitch browser extension		Free	Apache-2.0
OBS	software for live streaming and screen recording		Free	GPL-2.0-or-later
↳ DistroAV	network audio/video in OBS using NDI technology		Free	GPL-2.0-only
↳ obs-3d-effect	3D effect filter		Free	GPL-2.0-or-later
↳ obs-backgroundremoval	allows you to replace the background in images and video		Free	GPL-3.0-or-later
↳ obs-dvds3	will it hit the corner?		Free	GPL-2.0-or-later
↳ obs-recursion-effect	add recursion effect to a source using a filter		Free	GPL-2.0-or-later
↳ obs-retro-effects	collection of OBS filters to give your stream that retro fee		Free	GPL-2.0-or-later
↳ obs-shaderfilter	filter for applying an arbitrary shader to a source		Free	GPL-2.0-or-later
↳ obs-tuna	displays currently playing song information		Free	GPL-2.0-or-later
↳ obs-waveform	displays a frequency spectrum graph and other metrics of an audio source		Free	GPL-3.0-only
Sery_Bot	moderation bot that protects your stream from hate raids, bots, and spam		Free	Proprietery
veadotube	easy to use pngtuber software		Free / $8/month	Proprietery

Upscaling

Name	Description	Links                            Platforms	Price	License
Topaz Video	video upscaler		$25-$58/month	Proprietery
Upscayl	image upscaler		Free	AGPL-3.0-or-later

Videos

• Awesome Computer History
• Awesome Sci-Fi
• Internet Archive
• Letterboxd
• Every time "Fingal" is said in Overdrawn at the Memory Bank

Hardware

gongogear as seen on twitch.tv/greatsphynx

31/10/2022

mirrored from: https://imgur.com/a/imyhSDU

this is all the stuff that make the gongo go

---
config:
  look: neo
---
flowchart TB
    A["Camcorder Source"] --> B["AVE"]
    B --> n1["Fritz Deconontroller"] & n3["V8"]
    n1 --> n2["AVE5 Feedback Chain"]
    n2 --> B
    n3 --> n4["V8 Feedback Chain"] & n5["OBS"]
    n4 --> n3
    n5 --> n10["MX1"] & n6["Final Output"] & n7["Pschenizer"]
    n7 --> n8["CRT"]
    n8 --> A
    n10 --> n5 & n9["MX1 Feedback Chain"]
    n9 --> n10

    A@{ shape: rounded}
    B@{ shape: subproc}
    n1@{ shape: h-cyl}
    n3@{ shape: subproc}
    n2@{ shape: rounded}
    n4@{ shape: rounded}
    n5@{ shape: rounded}
    n10@{ shape: subproc}
    n6@{ shape: rounded}
    n7@{ shape: h-cyl}
    n8@{ shape: rounded}
    n9@{ shape: rounded}

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Final image is a composite of this + an internal feedback signal on the Edirol V8.
The MX1 output is only used occasionally as a 2nd input to change the feedback patterns or add highlights.

Detailed Gear List

not everything is always used all the time

Mixers: Videonics MX-1, Panasonic WJ-AVE5, Edirol V8

Enhancers (non-glitch): Videonics Video Equalizer, Vidicraft Detailer 3, Archer Super Video Enhancer

Circuit Bent Gear: BPMC Fritz Decontroller (modified Videonics Titlemaker), Tachyons+ Psychenizer (Modified Archer Video Processor)

Indio Gear (stuff made by small producers, not modified old hardware): Melted Electronics Chrome Corruptor and StrangeLoop, Freedom Enterprise Mismatcher Petite, Statikstramentz Delux Distorter and Color Deformer

Other stuff: 2x RCA patchboys, lots of high quality cables from ShowMeCables, couplers, avid to rca adaptors, 4ch and 8ch powered splitters, unpowered splitters / y-cables (I'm moving away from using these, way too much signal loss that you have to get back later in the chain). A few RCA, Ovid and HDMI switches

TV's: 13in toshiba standard CRT, 241n flat panel RCA CRT

Camcorders: Uhh idk a panasonic one and a sony one, they were cheap from goodwill, I just made sure they could sync to 60hz.

Upscalers / Downscalers / Capture TV-One C2-2105 Downscaler, Some cheap crappy amazon downscaler, Retrotink 5x Upscaler (expensive but fantastic), 10-Data GV-USB2 (probably highest quality RCA to USB2 capture device you can get), Blackmagic Shuttle USB3 (if you can find one cheap used it's ok but It has issues with noise). PCI-E HDMI capture cards Avermedia Live Gamer HD2, and El Gato 4K 60 pro (I have both of these from regular streaming).

Software: OBS, TouchDesigner (commercial), After Effects, Physarum, Cathodemer, Unity, Blender

ON ORDER: LZX Chromagnon, LofiFuture T-420, BPMC Fluxus Duo, Televandalist.

gongogear as seen on twitch.tv/thezomo

23/08/2025

mirrored from: https://git.zomo.dev/zomo/StreamPlaylistArchive/src/branch/main/stream-setup/hardware.png

---
config:
  look: neo
---
flowchart TB
    Twitch

    subgraph Computer
        subgraph OBS
            Emote_Overlay["Emote Overlay"]
            Game_Capture["Game Capture"]
            Final_Composite["Final Composite"]
        end

        subgraph TouchDesigner
            Camera_Input["Camera Input"]
            Main_Effects["Main Effects\n(too much to describe)"]
            Camera_View["Camera View"]
        end

        Foobar2000["Foobar2000\nw/ Beefweb Remote Control"]
        Cider_2["Cider 2"]
    end

    subgraph Modular_Video["Modular Video"]
        Decoder["Decoder\nSyntonie VU003B"]
        Potentiometers["some potentiometers\n(working on expanding this)"]
        Encoder["Encoder\nSyntonie VU007B"]
    end

    CRT
    Camera_Out["Camera"]
    HDMI_Conv["HDMI → Composite → Component"]

    Emote_Overlay --> Main_Effects
    Game_Capture --> Main_Effects

    Camera_Input --> Main_Effects
    Camera_Input --> Camera_View
    Main_Effects --> HDMI_Conv

    Foobar2000 --> Main_Effects
    Cider_2 --> Main_Effects

    Camera_View --> Final_Composite

    Final_Composite --> Twitch
    HDMI_Conv --> Decoder
    Decoder --> Potentiometers
    Potentiometers --> Encoder
    Encoder --> CRT
    CRT --> Camera_Out

    Camera_Out --> Camera_Input

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