---
title: "Tutorials"
description: "Step-by-step, prompt-driven tutorials for tdmcp — build an audio-reactive visual, a camera installation, a live VJ set, or a generative art loop, from nothing to a running scene."
level: beginner
---
# Tutorials
Each tutorial is a short, prompt-driven path: you paste plain-language prompts
into your AI assistant and tdmcp builds, wires and previews the real network in
TouchDesigner. Every prompt is a copyable code block — hover to copy it in one
click.
Before you start any tutorial, make sure you've [installed
tdmcp](/guide/install) and made [your first visual](/guide/first-visual).
## The four tracks
| # | Tutorial | Level | You'll build |
|---|----------|-------|--------------|
| 1 | [Your first audio-reactive visual](/guide/tutorials/audio-reactive-visual) | | A spectrum-driven visual reacting to your mic, with one live control. |
| 2 | [A camera-interactive installation](/guide/tutorials/camera-interactive-installation) | | A webcam that turns viewer movement into particles and trails. |
| 3 | [A VJ set with a timeline](/guide/tutorials/vj-set-timeline) | | Two scenes cued to a tempo-synced timeline you trigger live. |
| 4 | [A generative art loop](/guide/tutorials/generative-art-loop) | | A self-evolving loop that looks alive left running. |
## How the levels work
- — no prior TouchDesigner or tdmcp
experience needed beyond installing it.
- — assumes you've done a beginner
tutorial and are comfortable running prompts and exposing controls.
- — deeper reference material; see the
Advanced group in the sidebar.
Stuck on any step? Every tutorial ends with an **If it goes wrong** section, and
you can always check [Troubleshooting](/guide/troubleshooting) and the
[FAQ](/guide/faq).