Analog Glitch Art FAQ

There are two main approaches:

Re‑scanning (CRT method)

• Simply Point a DSLR or phone camera at a CRT that's showing your glitch.
• You will bypass sync issues entirely and The CRT screen will also
• introduce a characteristic grain and glow.
• To avoid flicker and banding when capturing CRT output:
  • on PAL systems: Use 1/50 shutter speed
  • on NTSC systems: Use 1/60 shutter speedos
  If possible on your camera, set the shutter angle to 360°

Direct Capture

1. Composite Video out → capture card
   An 8‑bit Blackmagic Intensity Shuttle works if the TBC signal is clean, other cheaper devices like the Ezcap usb capture card might be less pristine looking but are you usually more tolerant to glitched sync signals.

Not always. Glitch hardware introduces timing errors that make modern LCD capture cards and projectors lose lock and go to a blue/black screen, but if you work with older CRT screens (those old big and "deep" TVs) they will almost always happily display your signal.

A TBC regenerates clean sync and color burst so downstream devices see a stable signal while the image itself stays broken. You can also try to work on tamer settings to avoid dropouts. Rack‑mount broadcast TBC are best, but a Panasonic ES10/ES15 DVD recorder in "passthrough" mode costs ≈€50 and works almost as well.

Another option is using a video mixer like the Panasonic AVE-5, that will always provide a stable signal for the display/projector thus avoiding the dreaded "NO SIGNAL", even if image might still freeze or break when the sync is too distorted.

Yes! There are many inexpensive HDMI to AV adapters (under 10 $) that will allow you to use your PC as an analog video source. Just make sure they are HDMI to AV and not viceversa.

It will take around 2 weeks for new orders to ship. Each unit is made to order in small batches so it takes a little to put them together, but turnardound times are still pretty quick.