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The MVIP (Mini Video Image Processor) Euro module is now available from Dave Jones Design.

The MVIP is a Euro rack module, designed to fit into audio synthesizer racks made by Doepfer and other manufacturers. It is a stand alone video module, not part of the larger video synth system that I am still developing.

Specs:

Width: 14HP (2.8 inches)

Depth: 2.56 inches (6.5 cm)

Power: 140ma of +12 and -12 volts

Inputs: Composite video (NTSC or PAL), five control voltage inputs for +5 to -5 volts

Output: Composite video (NTSC or PAL) matches the format of the input, or jumper selected if no video input

Price: $595 plus shipping

Available: In Stock

User Manual: MVIP_instructions_booklet.pdf

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The YouTube video of the MVIP is fairly blurry so I am posting some screen captures from the original video so you can see the difference. The top one is the original, the lower one is a screen capture from YouTube.

Here are a few other screen captures at half size from the original recording:

Coming in December 2010 from Dave Jones Design is the MVIP Mini Video Image Processor.

This Euro rack module is not part of the larger video synth system that I am designing for Euro rack. This is a stand alone video processing module. It mounts in a Euro rack and is compatible with Doepfer and other Euro audio modules. This module has a single composite video input and output. It works in NTSC or PAL, and auto-detects whichever you plug into it.

Unlike the larger video synth system that I am designing, this module does not require any other video modules to work. The larger video synth system will require video input, sync and output modules, plus whatever video processing modules that you want. The MVIP doesn't require any of those. It works by itself. On the other hand it also only processes a single video input and doesn't combine multiple video signals like the larger system.

You can see a very simple demo of the MVIP on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPXCnTyDXFA

(be aware that the YouTube video is very blurry compared to the original)

That demo doesn't use the control voltage inputs. It simply shows the changes made when turning the manual control knobs. I added titles to the video to show which knobs are being turned.

Full specs and prices will be posted by Thanksgiving, and modules will be available by Christmas.

(for those with a vivid imagination, the "3D" shapes on the panel are printed on, they are not physically 3D)

The new Jones Modular Video Synthesizer from Dave Jones Design follows the same basic system model used by Dave Jones since the early days of video synths.

Back in the mid 1970s Dave Jones was building video synthesizers as a "system" concept, though physically they were not plug in modules like the new system. That system concept revolved around two core devices: a sync generator and an "Output Amp", surrounded by a collection of video processing and control voltage processing devices. The system was tied together with a central patch panel. Instead of each processing device being a plug-in module, the early systems were built with groups of devices in rack mount cases and those cases all connected to the patch panel to connect them together.

The Jones Modular Video Synthesizer has been under development for almost 5 years. The first few years were spent with general system planning and a lot of research into the newer types of electronic parts available these days, and some general circuit design tests using those new parts. Even after 35 years of designing video synths, I find new parts and techniques all the time.

The past couple of years have been spent designing specific modules and building test boards to try out variations of different circuits. During the last year those have been coming together into a concrete set of module designs. One set of prototype modules has been in use in video performances for a little over a year.

One of the original inventors and creators from the analog video synthesizer movement of the 1970s is back with a new video synthesis system. Dave Jones, well known in the video art world for his original and creative tools for artists, is proud to announce a new series of video processing tools in modular form.

The new Jones Modular Video Synthesizer system from Dave Jones Design is a series of modules designed to be compatible with the popular Eurorack format of audio synthesizers, made popular over the past decade by Doepfer and other audio module manufacturers. These video modules fit in the same racks, use the same power supplies, and accept control voltages from current Eurorack audio modules widely available around the world.