TiXL Meetup 2026-06-01 / New Timeline, Spline Editor, Audio Clips & AI Coding

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A 3h49m TiXL 4.2-alpha developer meet-up with live Q&A: a new performance dashboard, the alpha-build workflow, a big timeline / keyframe / spline overhaul, new audio clips and I/O recording, an extended look at using AI agents for contributions, and hands-on point, mesh and shader demos.

🆕 new feature · 🛠️ improvement · 📘 operator · 📝 walkthrough · 🧠 deep dive · 🍿 showcase · 🎯 planned · 💬 discussion · ⚠️ heads-up

Chapters

• 0:00 🆕 Recording hiccups + the new performance dashboard
• 5:07 🧠 Reading the performance histograms
• 9:30 📝 Quick startup animation (DrawPoints, orbit camera)
• 16:18 💬 Agenda + the AI-coding topic
• 17:17 🎯 The v4.2 project board and plan
• 19:50 🆕 The alpha-build workflow (pink splash, in-app release notes, separate folders)
• 24:43 🆕 Guided feature tests
• 28:42 🛠️ CI, nightly builds, preview deploys
• 37:44 🧠 Using AI: the release-note / acceptance-test / manual triangle
• 41:30 🛠️ Project-specific settings
• 49:50 🛠️ Skill Quest tutorial improvements
• 53:50 🛠️ Timeline overhaul: motivation and goals
• 56:20 🆕 New timeline editing (regions, snapping, cycle modes)
• 1:01:05 🆕 New spline interpolation (adjustable tangents, Smooth-clamped)
• 1:05:16 🆕 BPM/bars grid and beat snapping
• 1:07:50 📝 Trigger-keyframe workflow
• 1:13:00 📘 Set Sequential Values + RandomChoiceIndex
• 1:19:00 ⚠️ 4.2 file-format / compatibility caveats
• 1:20:10 🆕 Audio clips and I/O recording
• 1:36:00 💬 TiXL vs Touch Designer
• 1:44:00 📝 Simulating recorded I/O data; namespaces
• 2:03:17 🧠 Animating bypass: Pick vs Switch and the "magic index"
• 2:13:30 💬 Animated preset blending (and the export obstacle)
• 2:21:40 📝 Feedback effects and custom shaders
• 2:30:00 📝 CustomPixelShader walkthrough
• 2:37:44 💬 AI-contribution policy
• 2:56:00 💬 Reviewing a community pull request live
• 3:14:54 🎯 Plans for procedural mesh modeling
• 3:23:00 🍿 City-builder demo (RepeatMeshAtPoints, RandomizePoints)
• 3:30:00 📝 Custom point shader by index; duplicating operators
• 3:36:00 🎯 Feature request: duplicate-as-new-type copies resources
• 3:39:00 🍿 SelectPointsWithSDF demo + wrap-up