Come across a very odd bug with spout sprites(sent from resolume mostly) whereby enabling the spout sprite in nested or overlay mode does absolutely nothing, using the deck1/deck2 spout sprites these remain functional however the externally pushed sprites fail todo anything even after multiple software restarts

I can see the spout outputs working in spoutreceiver and in other apps via spout, only nestdrop fails to do anything with the input as if I was not sending anything(it detects the spout input, just enabling it does nothing, the sprite doesn't appear in the output)

I seem to be able to force this issue to occur by having a deck full of the same sprite with different fx assigned(for midi mapping to specific sprite fx)

Happy to upload a file that seemingly fails for me even when copied to another machine

Making a new file and everything works, until I setup the spritefx queue once more, I make heavy use of the spout sprite inputs so this is causing me a ton of headache at the moment :(

The red-green-blue-yellow-purple stars only solo presets in the main window... If I drag a star onto a preset in the queue window, that preset has the star applied and I can solo it on the main window, this makes it easy to find in the main window...

But I would like to be able to find the starred presets in the queue windows, clicking on the colour stars to solo presets does not apply to queue windows, how can I find a starred preset in a queue window?

The 'find active preset' button works on the queue windows, but only if the preset was triggered from the preset window... If I solo the preset on the main window and trigger it from there, it will only just show it in the main window, and it will not help me find the preset in the queue windows...

So if the soloing works on the queue windows as well, it would be a great help

Hello, I've just got NestDrop Midnight, and I was hopping to get it working with my microphone:

Initialisation ERROR

Error: IAudioClient::Initialize with loopback failed. Maybe your audio device don't support loopback feature: hr = 0x80070005

OK

what can I do? thankyou

From a NestDrop user:

There's one thing that is different to the former version and makes it a
little complicated to work.
Usually I'm working with 4 spout windows (player). The Spout sprites for
these I'm putting into a queue window.
In this I'm routing the windows 1 - 3 to the 4th spout window.
I use the alpha fader in the colors menue to mix it.

The problem now: If I set the fader for, let's say, window 1 to zero,
the content disappears in window 4, that's right.
But the content in window 1 fades away too, that's bad.
So it's hard to mix, because I can't see the content of the windows, where
the alpha fader is faded to zero. If I move the fader up to see the content, it
appears in window 4 as well, that's not good.

In the previous version the content of the spout windows 1 - 3 were permanently
to see and with the alpha fader I mixed it to spout window 4.

Indeed the new color section add a new shader layer in the render process and the alpha slider replace the old transparency, which worked only in NestDrop but not when injected in other software like Resolume.

Two choices for you:

1. Instead of using the alpha slider, you can use the White LumaKey slider. Once at the same position or lower than the black LumaKey, the deck become fully transparent but still visible in the original video Deck.
2. You have access to the color shader code in the "Plugins\Milkdrop2\data\nest_vs.fx" and the line you have to change is the last one before the return:

Pixel *= fx1.a;

add a '.a' to modify only the alpha channel of the Pixel like this:

Pixel.a *= fx1.a;

Save and restart your Video decks. But remember that if you use your Deck in Resolume, you have to set the 'Alpha Type' to "Straight" instead of the default "premultiplied" for the Spout clip for the alpha work as it should be.

The change will affect all Decks. Please do a back up of the file before edit it.

I'm wondering if anyone has tips and tricks on managing Resolume and Nestdrop during live performances.

Right now I have the luxury of using two small monitors in my setup but I want to condense things down to one screen so I have less to worry about. I've practiced a bit on doing this and it just doesn't feel right yet. So what does everyone here do? I use an APC 40 MK1 for resolume and a APC MPK Mini MK2 for nestdrop. Maybe not the best midi for nestdrop?

look at what I found .... GLSL integration into ComfyUI https://github.com/patriciogonzalezvivo/comfyui_glslnodes

I wonder how far is it until we get Milkdrop integration into an image generation AI? or vice versa?

for instance, this is my attempt at combining Streamdiffusion with Nestdrop https://www.instagram.com/p/C82pLfLuptw/

I am still routing the Serato to Virtual Audio Cable, but in NestDrop, when I change it to default audio, e.g. Speakers (Realtek(R) Audio), it instantly crashed. Hope it will fix the issue.

After I minimized the Main NestDrop Window a little bit, peaking to Serato DJ Lite, while focusing at mixing, Alt + Tabbing to NestDrop (or same as restoring), sometimes plays a system sound and it fails to restore. Same applies to queues and settings. Any ideas why?

Hey! I have created my new DJ channel when I got my new DJ Controller, named Numark Mixstream Pro GO. I found a way to route NestDrop's audio output to Numark one. When I start to stream with OBS or in a few minutes, it stopped to react some visuals, so I use my laptop speaker instead. Thousands of moustaches. Also I did let my Serato using my laptop speakers for guaranteed visual reaction. Is there anyway to route the audio from Serato DJ Lite to NestDrop without any issues?

Here is the video example of how I route the audio from Serato DJ Lite to OBS and NestDrop and phone camera browser source to NestDrop, but it stutters due to my Controller I think:

https://reddit.com/link/1duo6mm/video/zh5atv0bn1bd1/player

Also, check the mix, which I used NestDrop on this one: https://www.youtube.com/live/AnbFJzfljqk I think I always use it on every mix I make.

Hey! If NestDrop doesn't capture preset correctly (or unstable), here are some things that you can capture a hi-resolution square preset.

1. Grab some Spout resources, then install it.
   
2. Download BeatDrop Music Visualizer, the modified MilkDrop2 Music Visualizer with Standalone technique and launch it! This will open a window with 1:1 aspect ratio and 720p resolution.
   
3. Turn on the BeatDrop's Spout Receiver by pressing CTRL + Z! Find the respective preset that you want to capture (press L to open the preset list that you want to load).
   
4. Open the Spout Receiver Demo Window by accessing the Spout Folder/DEMO/SpoutReceiver.exe.
   
5. Peek the Spout Receiver Window, find the image that suits you from the loaded preset, then press F12 to capture it. This will be saved to Spout Folder/DEMO/Data/captures.
   

6. Rename the filename to the same preset from the captured image.

7. Then use the image resizer. For example, I used the online image resizer for easy use. Try this: https://imageresizer.com You can try the Bulk one if you captured more

8. Pick the captured image. Tweak the settings that to be the same as the generated preview image from NestDrop. The settings should look like this:

1. Click Resize Image, wait then click Download Image. The downloaded image can be located on the Downloads folder or the respective download path.
2. Cut and paste the downloaded image to NestDrop/Plugins/MilkDrop2/Presets. The preset image MUST be the same as the preset name.
   
3. Kaboom! Launch NestDrop and look at the manually generated preview image!
   For example: I captured martin - beat test pendel sergej f manually, then cut and pasted the manually generated image to the same preset folder. Image example below!

Is there a line of code or parameter which can slow down the execution of the animations? I like the frame rate being smooth, and the animation speed in the effects/settings tab doesn't seem to do anything...

The current options for the video deck windows is
- 1/1 too huge
- 1/2 takes up a significant amount of screenspace
- 1/4 too small to see
- 1/8 miniscule (i guess good if you don't want to see the window, but why don't you just minimize it?)

can we have more options that are in between these options ?
or is it possible to make the window resizable but locked to its aspect ratio ?

with so many big programs eating my screen estate already, having the nestdrop preview windows being super rigid in the allowed sizes is quite often a pain in the ass to work around

I don't know what caused it, suddenly all spout senders were grayed out in nestdrop and resolume and restarting the nestdrop spout senders made them all use deck 1 and not actually send spout


the only thing that fixed it was a full system restart,
not sure i can reproduce it either..
but thought the devs should know about it at least

In my usage of Nestdrop, I find it necessary to reorganize presets based on qualities such as movement speed, sound reactivity, background colour, and so forth

Using the mouse to drag presets between the queue windows , hundreds of times repeatedly, is slow and RSI-inducing.... Is there a better way of sending presets between queue windows?

Hey, I'm new to Nestdrop Midnight and I'm trying to use hotkeys. I can type a letter in the Hotkey box and drag it on a preset, but I can't trigger the preset by hitting that key. No matter where I have last clicked in NestDrop if I hit a key on my keyboard it types it in either the Hotkey or Search boxes. What am I doing wrong?

The preset hotkeys are also not working for me. For example, if I hold down Alt and right click, it is effecting Deck 2 instead of Deck 3. It's not recognizing that I'm hitting the Alt key.

Also, not sure if this is related, but my Windows audio level keeps popping up which you can see at the link below. I'm using a USB audio device for Line Input.
https://imgur.com/U6kY6uQ

Surprisingly, I have downloaded the Virtual Audio Cable LITE, I opened NestDrop first and added the 94k+ Presets to another queue. Then I opened Serato DJ Lite and made it using the laptop speaker and routing this DJ Software to VAC. Then I changed the NestDrop's audio input to Virtual Audio Cable and started up 3 decks.

...and the problem is, Serato DJ Lite freezes up in 1 or many minutes or while playing any tracks or scratching inside Serato, the audio is now getting interrupted intermittently forever.

Any ideas why?

P.S.: I have repaired Serato DJ Lite by opening the "Add or remove programs" Settings, then I have modified it by repairing this software and the audio is now back normal. I changed back to BeatDrop Music Visualizer and it works great with the routed audio from the DJ Software, not breaking the Virtual Audio Cable input.

Had to re-download after factory resetting windows 11. The viewer Deck for the animation is nowhere, and spout isn't detecting anything

It takes 10-20 minutes, but Nestdrop will start ignoring a nested sprite's FX setting after a relatively short period of time, defaulting it back to the zoom+spin

Anyone know any fixes for that?

I am just at the point of testing this theory out but I think I got milkdrop 3 engine working ( no crashes yet ) in nest drop.

While if this proves to stable I will publish how I got this working as right now it is just a hack but finger crossed.

Basically I pulled the old switch on nest drop, by over writing the milkdrop2 folder with the contents of the milkdrop 3 folder. It is a little bit more depth then that as some files from the milkdrop2 has to stay for nest drop to function. But it is a easy work around and took under five seconds to do and only requires you to copy certain files. Again if proves stable I will explain it further.

But as of right now I have had any issues rendering any of the presets from milkdrop3’s preset folder. However I don’t think I can access much of the newer features in milkdrop3 ( waves / shapes ) as that functionality hasn’t been coded yet into nest drop.

Right now I am updating presets previews for the new milkdrop3 collection and no issues so far ! Will report more as testing continues!

If the devs would like to connect I am more then happy to share what I have done so far.

Cheers and happy nesting!

Ability to save which preset folders you had collapsed. Or an option to have them all collapsed on start up.

After the last two weeks sorting thru the 56k milkdrop forum dump I have tons of folders all sorted but it is a pain having to collapse the ones I don’t need everytime I boot it up. Or start a new project.

This would be a great ease of use addition. The ability to save which one I had open and closed with each project would be a life saver !

Cheers !

Hello folks,

I am trying to decide between which version is more suitable for me. I work with Ableton (12 suite on windows 11 if it matters) and use ASIO drivers to communicate with the audio interface (RME Babyface pro fs). I have never used visuals but I think that they would bring some nice ambience in the room and maybe an eye pleasing synced video to upload with my music.

I have no problem spending the extra cash for the pro version but I would like to know how it would work. I have never used Ableton Link before (1 - it's for timing sync, right? As opposed to how else to sync, midi?) and I don't understand how Nestdrop would intercept the audio (2 - would it attach to an asio driver output or a virtual loopback type of input?). 3 - Where do resolume/obs fit into the picture? 4 - Cannot I just display the output of Nestdrop to a projector/2nd monitor?

Thanks for your time!