Is there any way someone could explain to me how to do this?

Hello everyone
Recently I download Touch Designer to learn new skills to apply for my projects. I'm a completely noobs in this program which I manage myself to learn some tutorials through youtube about sound reactive particle work. The work itself when realtime is on looks very cool and fit my eyes. However when I turn the function off, the frame rate start to drop and video become extremly choppy. There's error showing that it is about my AudioFileOuts not interact properly when plug to MovieFileOut.

I have a look on some posts they said the audio is distorted because of the framerate drop. Just like visuals won't playback smoothly, audio will degrade.

Some recommendations is to use to ENGINE COMP to run in a separate process and not be affected by the frame drops introduced in my video main process but I really dont know how to do that !!

please help me a step by step guide to fix this problems or use the engine comp to seperate the audio file and link back to MFO because the audio is very distorted to enhance the visuals, Is there any way I can export with the original audio file but still hold on in the effect of the distorted audio ?

Rigid bodies physics + flow field for movement; Soleil renderer; runs at 60fps

TouchDesigner Study_10 — Particle Interaction

I’ve been experimenting for a while with creating efficient particle interactions in TouchDesigner without relying on Ray POP.

The idea was simple: instead of using a generic force, I wanted the particles to react to the actual movement of an object. I ended up sampling the effector geometry, calculating its motion between frames, and transferring that velocity to nearby particles.

After a lot of trial and error, this became a pretty flexible system — different geometries can interact with the particles while everything stays real-time and audio-reactive.

Trying to push these studies a little further with each post. 🫡

Video by Alex Green on Pexels

Track ID is 'Say Nothing' by Ashez, Chmura

I made a physics solver for TouchDesigner. Initially, I used the XPBD framework to VBD (Vertex Block Descent) and Augmented VBD based on the SIGGRAPH papers from the University of Utah, and I am getting a much better output when it comes to soft-body collision. This is me playing with just soft bodies with a collider mesh and getting 60fps. When I add a rigid body into this mix, the frame rates drop, so I need to work on that next. I tried working on a ray-traced refractive shader, but it's not perfect as of yet, and I would be working on it as I go along

Rival Consoles Memory Arc

The second audio visual that I've worked from a collection tribute to Machinarium and its beautiful soundtrack

Track ID is 'Abatina' by Calypso Rose

What Computer are you using for big Touchdesigner Projects with 3 or more screens? For example with a 3 Beamer setup.
I really dont like windows so i was looking at a Mac Studio M5 Max. Also, i like the reliability that macOS gives. But i wonder if graphics support is conciderably better with Nvidia. Are the Nvidia Specific features like native Vulkan implementation important for performance?

Interested to hear what you all use for live purposes!

Plot twist: this doesn't actually use the twist POP

Hey everyone!

I'm a creative technologist and visual artist looking to connect with people who have more experience in this field and would be open to offering some guidance or mentorship.

My work spans a few different areas, including VJing, projection mapping, lighting design, motion graphics, and interactive installations. I've been experimenting with TouchDesigner, Resolume, DMX lighting, ESP32/LED systems, and hand-tracking technology.

I've been teaching myself a lot of these skills through personal projects and live performances, but I've reached a point where I feel like having guidance from someone more experienced would make a huge difference.

I'm especially interested in learning how professionals approach technical workflows, integrate different systems, develop larger-scale installations, and turn these skills into a sustainable creative career.

I know mentorship is a big ask, so I'm also very open to casual conversations, portfolio feedback, collaborating on projects, or simply connecting with people working in similar spaces.

If anyone has advice on finding mentors in this industry, knows of communities I should join, or would be open to connecting, I'd really appreciate it!

Thanks in advance!