"Digit" is written and produced by Frank Serafine, who produced another track on the laserdisc called "Breath". I don't think the track was ever releases outside of this title, i've certainly not been able to track it down anywhere.
Now that I watch it again I actually think it's a very early digital system, like on of the Quantel boxes. The boxes and lines sweeps are pretty hard to do with analog hardware on a raster image.
There is a way to do edge detection with analog though.
You turn the contrast ALL the way up so you essentiall get monocrome. Then you invert the image and slightly enlarge og shrink it (depending on wheter you want the line in or outside the shape), then you do a delta on the to images and display the difference. Presto! Out lines!
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great strategy .. thanks for posting .. =)
fivequotes 1 month ago
This must be the inspiration for the new Sufjan Stevens video for "Too Much."
fractalrock 1 year ago
The exploding star image reminds me of the 1983 opening sequence to both Saturday Supercade and Star Search (Ed McMahon).
TonyKanameKuran 1 year ago
i have a vhs with a lot of tracks of ron hays but this song was different there
PJack3600 2 years ago
How could that dancing girl effect be made with today's technology?
oberstadt 2 years ago
Yes, but digital technology has a different feel.
lorezapocalypse 2 years ago
@oberstadt with coding, check for Cinder, Processing. Search for "flight404's videos on Vimeo", he have good stuff, good luck :)
JOJOKYRA 1 year ago
absolutely amazing
Backhendal 2 years ago
that was so cool, loved the music too
U5096 2 years ago
After the Midnight Special, after Tom Snyder, there was Ron Hays and MusicVision.
I waited up extra late for these music videos. This was 72-74, you know, the good old days.
tenagliac 3 years ago
Any idea who did the music?
Bullittproof79 3 years ago
"Digit" is written and produced by Frank Serafine, who produced another track on the laserdisc called "Breath". I don't think the track was ever releases outside of this title, i've certainly not been able to track it down anywhere.
hushpuppy69 3 years ago
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Backhendal 3 years ago
Now that I watch it again I actually think it's a very early digital system, like on of the Quantel boxes. The boxes and lines sweeps are pretty hard to do with analog hardware on a raster image.
Frisenette 4 years ago
Simple and awesome! How the f*ck did they do edge detection on an analog system?!
Frisenette 4 years ago
High contrast images :). The system was essentialy black and white - every was colorized later on.
SkuldChan42 4 years ago
There is a way to do edge detection with analog though.
You turn the contrast ALL the way up so you essentiall get monocrome. Then you invert the image and slightly enlarge og shrink it (depending on wheter you want the line in or outside the shape), then you do a delta on the to images and display the difference. Presto! Out lines!
Frisenette 4 years ago
nice idea m8
nannolino 4 years ago
wow, I was under the impression that this was all prerendered. really impressive for the early 70's!
UltraBibendum 3 years ago