The Omega Verksted Video Synth is a modular video synthesizer system. It is connected to a matrix video switch which can route video signals around the room. The rack it is housed in ("The Sofa Rack"), is also intended as a platform for people to experiment with modular synths in general. Currently 3x84HP of eurorack space is installed, fitted with eurorack power supplies for +/-12V providing a total of 18A for each channel.
Analog video was the standard before digital video formats were developed. There are many different standards of analog video. Most are conceptually similar, but they have varying numbers of signal channels (wires, or signal/return pairs), as well as different modulations. They are all based on the analog signal(s) drawing the horizontal lines of the image one by one, and then starting at the top again for the next frame. Some are backwards compatible and/or semi-cross-compatible. Some common standards:
The OV video synth uses mainly composite video, but also some YPbPr, and some VGA externally.
Decodes and encodes composite video. Based on:
Knobs:
Ports:
Matrix mixer that outputs three signals generated from weighted averages of four input signals. Weights are determined with the knobs.
Intended as an RGB mixer towards the end of the signal chain before the composite encoder.