MixEmergency, Serato-Driven Mac Visual App, Gains Loads of New Features
MixEmergency is a little-known Mac visual app, but it's got a passionate following. (How do I know? I get excited shouts from them every now and then.) With so many options for live visuals, what would inspire such enthusiasm? Simple: MixEmergency, in addition to some powerful features, can integrate with ... read more.
Scratching Live Video Input: Ms. Pinky + Max for Live
Scratch Yourself Stupid from digital funfair on Vimeo. Can you do exciting things with video inside Ableton Live using Max for Live? Yes, you can. It's just a proof of concept/demo, not really a polished performance, but Digital Funfair has revealed with his Max for Live work how you might scratch incoming ... read more.
Vinyl Scratch Animation: Turntable-Controlled, Interactive Cel Animation with Ms. Pinky
Jack Lykins sends us a really amazing video he assembled using Ms. Pinky, the vinyl control system, and its included Maxi-Patch Max/MSP/Jitter patch to control animation interactively. We’ve seen vinyl triggering and controlling video, of course – as on the Serato VIDEO-SL, previously reviewed here. But there’s something ... read more.
Live Streaming Audiovisual Geekup Tomorrow: Sampology + Herovision, The Return
After our previous performance at Game On, Sampology and I have been asked to return to the State Library of Queensland to wind up the Game On exhibition with a bigger, brighter, geeklier AV turntablist set, which we'll be streaming live tomorrow night. You've already seen what Sam can do with ... read more.
Resolume Avenue Review on Skynoise: “Audiovisual Kick-Ass-O-Clock”
Australian audiovisualist and Thinker Jean Poole has spent some time with Resolume Avenue and recorded his thoughts on the subject in a handy and informative article, with words and pictures: It’s a well considered approach, and becomes intuitive fairly quickly. What especially jumps out is the audio parameters integrated in each ... read more.
Visual Turntablism: Jaymis Live with Sampology on Serato Video-SL
Last year dj rndm and Robotkid gave us a review of Serato's Video-SL plugin for Serato Scratch Live. Recently I was able to collaborate with Sampology, a local turntablist, for the last Game On night of 2008. Sam used Video-SL to put together a gaming-themed AV set, and I added a ... read more.
MixEmergency: Mac Visualization App Adds Video, Quartz Compositions to Serato
MixEmergency is a new attempt to expand the DJ techniques into the visual realm in a single, integrated environment. And once again, Serato is the backdrop. We saw Serato's own Scratch-Live, which provides digital vinyl control in Serato, when dj rndm gave us a detailed hands-on earlier this year. The VIDEO-SL ... read more.
Turntablist Visualism: Cut Chemist vs. DJ Shadow
We've seen visual vinyl, via the video stylings of Serato's VIDEO-SL plug-in. But here's a more literal approach: stick the camera on the turntable. Via a multi-camera setup, Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow are doing that with their honest-to-goodness, scratching turntablist sets. I especially like the camera ... read more.
Hands-on Review: Serato's VIDEO-SL for Visual Vinyl Turntablism
DJs are spoiled for choice when it comes to melding vinyl turntablism skills with digital mixing. But visualists have had no real mature option. Serato's VIDEO-SL plug-in promises to change that, when coupled with their Scratch LIVE software and the Rane TTM-57SL mixer. To give the results ... read more.
VIDEO-SL Vinyl + Video: Beta Hands-on From DJ Steel
We're planning an in-depth test of the new visual vinyl plug-in for Serato's Scratch LIVE, VIDEO-SL, but in the meantime, one beta tester has already got his hands on it. DJ Steel puts together a pretty clear demonstration of what VIDEO-SL does and what makes it special, particularly in regards ... read more.
