We've only heard about Compton in rap songs but like Eazy-E, we did get the 8 ball rolling. Here is Resolume Avenue & Arena 6.0.8. This version has more than 40 ounces of bug fixes and is packing some nice additions to the Parameter Envelopes. You can now create envelope presets. Edit the parameters of an envelope keyframe and when you're done fold it to make it smaller.


Now don't drink brass monkey but get funky on the 6.0.8 download.

New
9153 Envelope Presets
8682 Envelope Keyframe Parameters
10526 Envelope Folding
10970 Slice Transform, allow flipping in Mask mode
9668 Can i has F2 to rename a screen/slice?

Fixed
10883 Resolume indentifies two displays as the same on PC
11038 Clip loading hangs on a grey bar
11024 MM can't relocate files which have & (&) character in the original file path
11062 Input & Output Guide when importing image stays blank
11013 After duplicating a clip, you cannot add effects to the original
10919 Cannot select stereo FFT input.
10978 Group dashboard assignment is broken
10953 MM: Relocate by double click doesn't work
10957 Alley shortcut on desktop points to wrong folder
11224 Instant app crash Shift + dragging clip onto layer's playing clip thumbnail slot
11187 Layer master fader dashboard assignments are bound to the composition dashboard on reload
11212 Decklink mini hdmi signal contains transparency
10954 Distribution of DMX values over ParamChoice is incorrect
11014 Allow reordering of decks without switching
10991 When you set a clip to SMPTE timeline, the time remaining label initially displays milliseconds
10989 Envelope: if Value is at max you can't edit it anymore using the spinner
10987 Autopilot incorrectly triggers action after being reenabled and clip has been around the block
10976 Don't render a VirtualOutputDevice if its texture is not being used
10964 Add a 'Blur Distance' parameter to the Blur plugin that acts as a multiplier to 'Blur X Distance' and 'Blur Y Distance'
10912 slide effect shows black gap between texture instances when animated.
10904 Fix last used layout not being restored on restart
10873 Hue jumps back to 0 when saturation is 0
10724 Crop effect on a layer: Right and Bottom max out on composition reopen to 1920 and 1080
10722 OSC mapping: clip in/out points have the same address as the playhead, they can't be changed this way.
10658 Weird result when envelope is first applied without automation
10542 Slice input list gets messed up when screen and layer/group names are the same as screen names
10176 OSC: composition/layers//clips//connect not launching clips when getting selectedclip/connect at the same time
9883 OSC output all preset doesn't output /composition/layers/position
8848 group audio/vst source not cleared corretly after audio clip eject
7674 Envelope editor, placing several points to the most left or right edge, the lines connecting the dots disappear
11000 After duplicating a clip it can't be replaced any more by dragging a file to it's clip slot
11174 Shaper Source controls can't be assigned to dashboard
11029 The NanoKontrol MIDI preset does not actually do what we says it does
11041 Don't set audio device type from input device combobox
11163 OSC: Shaper source Shape1 and Shape2 OSC addresses are incorrect

With this Resolume release the Easter Bunny hops to version 6.0.7. Fixes a couple of bugs, makes some performance improvements and eats his chocolate eggs. Download!

8877 OSC, /composition/direction sends -1 for each direction
10163 MM: unable to relocate files when path is the same, cross platform
10408 Fix of #9842 results in Envelope Graphs being bugged with Shaper Effects
10529 Selected Clip on Selected doesn't give a midi feedback
10695 DMX Input is disabled until you open Preferences unless you have a DMX Output enabled in ASS
10720 Deadlock using Text Block
10843 Sometimes frame prediction breaks on start of clip
10882 Composition 16 bit color depth not applied on Resolume start composition auto load.
10886 Global Playback Controls have Piano options; but doesn't have the expected effect.
10895 Colorize and Tint effects don't use input color's alpha value
10907 Composition Master's parameter ranges not set to default when creating new composition
10915 Fix output shortcut manager eating entire core although no output shortcuts are enabled
10920 Clip in group with unpinned direction does not have composition's pinned direction applied on launch
10921 Group direction gets pinned to composition's pinned direction on composition open if group direction is not pinned.
10927 Stingy sphere's near side is transparent so you see through to the far side
10930 Playing with Transport controls (on BPM Sync) on clip level creates a feeze
10940 AutoMask, add Channel option to determine which channel defines the mask
10960 "DNA upload test" is part of the generators in 6.0.6 public release
10969 Fix layer's connectSpecificClip param being serialized
10971 Fresh installation of 6.0.6 on windows 7 is broken
10975 ConnectSpecificClip does not send upstate for clip triggers
10978 Group dashboard assignment is broken
10982 Cannot add audio track when dropping audio file on video clip panel
10995 OSC "All" shorcuts send * as index instead of a number
11001 Fix 0% opacity layers still being rendered
11034 FPS doesn't recover when you have ran out of vram (possibly)

...and of course an assortment of egg shaped crashes have been boiled, painted and oooh-ed at.

Minor point updates are like those songs that get stuck in your head.

In time, another song will come along and you'll wonder why you liked this one so much. But right now, it's the best thing in the world. You're blasting that baby on repeat, singing along at the top of your lungs, moshing out in the bedroom. While your significant other looks on in equal parts amusement and embarrassment.

Fire up your guilty pleasures on Spotify while you hit that download.


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6.0.6 adds two new songs to the album!

New
6966 Identify Slice or Fixture: new option in the Show Slice and Grid menu, will draw a slice white when mouse-overing
10830 NDI Ptz controls: Pan/tilt/zoom and focus controls in the Clip Properties

Also, we hang our head in shame for ever listening to these songs. We were young and emo was still cool, ok.

Fixed
10660 Shortcuts panel missing
10670 Random BPM Sync drunk walk is broken
10694 Slow loading time when entering MIDI Shortcuts
10734 Midi Clock jumps to 20 or 500 bpm
10779 Unable to save alpha type of an transparent image file
10787 External FFT broken on group parameters and effects

While we were at it, we got rid of these annoying commercial jingles and various crashes.

Fixed
9475 Only open the audio device channels we need
9575 Not all thumbnails are correct for GIF images
9946 Resolume hangs when using multiple USB ports for capturing.
10199 FFmpeg implementation not 100% ok
10200 AudioFormatReaderFFmpeg leaked on shutdown
10228 OSC output shortcut dropdown can be empty
10254 shortcut multi select changes target when multi selection contains composition level target
10285 can't select soundcard for audio input on Windows
10389 Group transport controls in deck UI don't behave properly when Envelope is on it.
10404 Appcrash - Unplugging Black Magic Intensity while active
10449 Touchbar controls don't respect parameter ranges
10459 Fader Start = On; shows one or few frames where you last went on 0 opacity instead of picking up from the beginning.
10524 Don't set Text parameter when applying a Text animator or Text Block preset
10537 NDI memory leak when dragging in (non connectable) source
10556 Some text fonts lose the style setting on deck switch or composition save
10560 Assigning multiple midi input - gives incorrect feedback
10587 FFT Animated parameters on effects on non playing clips cost a lot of FPS
10602 Memory leaks when plugging / unplugging monitors on windows
10616 Transport freezes when using beatloopr & bounce
10635 OSC Output /composition/selectedclip/... doesn't get updated when selecting new layer
10666 Slice's input list headers are missing, when multiple slices are selected
10671 Text Editor Changes Parameters when switching decks
10675 No footage installer should not include example comp with footage
10719 Ableton push not working in Resolume 6, works on the same machine in ableton.
10727 Exiting mapping mode leaves unlinked dashboard dials in enabled state
10730 Fix animation getting into a state of having no duration.
10731 Parameter shows when using FFGL mixer on effect
10732 Composition Master and Video opacity movements do not show in recording
10733 Premultiplied & Straight options for NDI
10737 Fix generators not getting released
10753 Better sorting of available formats for capture devices
10757 masks don't load properly sometimes when you replace a masking file
10775 SMPTE input from high number sound card input does not work
10777 size of attached files is incorrect on composition reopen
10783 Cursors in Default Key Shortcuts doesn't work properly on Windows
10794 Changing the Hue, Saturation or Brightness of color through OSC has no effect if Color is in RGB or Picker mode and vice versa
10799 Fixture Editor: Generic channels can only have even numbers as default
10833 Control + clicking on a parameter - + buttons set the parameter to -1 or 1 respectively
10834 AV DXV flashes file's first frame start on launch if clip is set to loop.
10841 DMX clip, column launch relaunches clip constantly above the launch threshold value when channel is changing
10844 Link Unavailable after assigning VST effect parameter to dashboard
10848 Fix ffmpeg file reading taking too long (windows)
10855 apphang dropping magewell source to composition in 6.0.5 works in 6.0.4
10857 ContextManager warnings on shutdown
10858 Magewell PCIe boxes no worky
10881 Displayed time remaining on license is a non-existent number
10885 Generic channels can only have even numbers as value
10894 Pre-updating video clips breaks group direction & speed

Resolume 6 needs to phone home every 30 days to check if its registration is still good. This is so you no longer need to contact us for help with broken or lost computers. You can just manage your license online, whenever you need it, even when it's the middle of the night in The Hague and we're all sleeping. Most of you never noticed because Resolume verifies your license automatically during startup.

But some of you noticed. We made a mistake by not clearly informing you about this change. So, 30 days after Black Friday, of course right during Christmas, a few of you got an unpleasant surprise when Resolume went into demo mode midshow. That sucks. The show suffered and that should never happen. We messed up and we apologise.

On this release, we've addressed this by letting you know right when you register. Also, you now get a warning on the toolbar after 15 days offline use. 5 days before your license expires, you get a pop-up during startup. You still need to go online, but at least you get ample warning when your license is about to expire.
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Also, we fixed a big bug with Blackmagic cards showing black and no magic. This was a big one that a lot of you reported since the 6.0.0 release. We finally figured out there was a color space problem on the Intensity 4K and Ultrastudio 4K series. In other news, we now own pretty much every box that Blackmagic ever made.

For the rest, we fixed a lot of UI and workflow problems, as well as a truckload of minor crashes. Keep sending in those crash reports because they help a lot!

Now hit that download or Check for Updates... in the application.

Fix List
Registration expires without warning
Blackmagic devices capture black
Resolume hangs when you accidentally quit while MM is copying
'Select Specific Deck' shortcut button missing
Bypassing fixture doesn't mute DMX output
Composition fader no worky work with Art-Net
Layers above one below masking layer in a group, don't show in group output
Connected clip state on APC 40 doesn't update on deck switch
Cannot quit Resolume during autoupdate on PC
GIFs with alpha show white where they should be transparent
Fader Start doesn't work with Master Slider
Default Key Shortcut settings are missing S for Scale and P for position for adjusting clip parameters
Default MIDI Shortcut APC40MK II - "Session" button breaks the workflow, makes Resolume go spastic.
By Position is the new default on layer and group shortcuts
By default "Update clip panel on external triggers" should be ON. Just like v5
Delay effect stutters
When clip is set to pickup mode and play once and hold, and previous clip has played til it's it should start at the beginning again
BPM Clip set on "Play Once and Hold" doesn't continue when you set it back on "Loop"
Files panel keeps refreshing in windows user's folder root when resolume is maximized
(Re)Trigger Selected Clip no worky
This Group column shortcuts are lost on composition reload
Crash launching clips with StingySphere effect
Error initializing Art-Net with adapter that doesn't exist
DMX Prefrences tab gives the option to output 17 (0-16) universes while only 16 (0-15) are possible
DMX monitor shows incoming artnet from different device if localhost is selected
Multiple midi-clock devices possible in preferences, this is wrong
Opacity animation jumps on clip start when clip was previewed on disconnect
Mouseover for preset buttons no worky
Mac; Opening Composition with Multiple decks; get renamed back based on folder instead of saved state by user.
Watermark not applied on dmx output
Custom Names on Group Dashboard Dials reset to Parameter name after closing the program or changing compositions
Dragging a panel from a panel group above the group creates empty space under dashboard
Particle System, Wind and Gravity Parameters stay at 0.0
Adjusting brightness/contrast or colors on a screen screws up fonts and points in Advanced Output
OSC output uses a lot of cpu

Everybody likes new toys for Christmas right? Here is our new little toy; Alley. It's a super quick and efficient video player for previewing your video files and soon also for converting your videos. Consider this version a preview of what's to come, now it's a viewer, we're working on the conversion and that will be available in an update early 2018.


Download Alley for both Mac and Windows

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Team Resolume

After just releasing 6.0.0, there's 6.0.1 already? Yes, here it is! Although we haven't found any huge showstoppers in 6.0.0, there's always improvements to be made. So we keep this truck on rolling.

We like JAY-Z. We gotta keep it movin'....

On to the next one
On to the next one
On to the next one
On to the next one

Download 6.0.1


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Fix List
10084 Slice transform effect Black BG switch doesn't make effect/BG black with bypassed slices
10064 Color/hue of Colorize effect from R5 composition is not imported correctly into R6 colorize effect
10063 Apphang accessing clip with missing track from R5 imported composition
10058 Auto mask effect breaks original alpha
10031 Twisted effect Twirl rotates the opposite direction as in R5
10030 Tunnel effect's far end tunnel point is closer than texture
10029 Tile effect's parameters work inverted compared to R5
10024 Mirror quad effect flip y works inverted compared to R5
10013 Freeze effect Y parameter freezes from Bottom on R6, in R5 it freezes from top
10008 Cube tiles effect flips texture upside down on tiles
9756 Pickup mode for animated params only works on Opacity
9559 Crash when opening ASIO device
10095 Brightness effect is not converted correctly from 5 to 6
10079 Multiple BMD cards in a system capturing black with R6, work with R5
10025 Radar effect trail and angle inverted in R6 compared to R5
9991 Wrap around soft-edge is no worky on R6, works in R5
7799 Slice transform cuts texture when dropped on clip by default
2392 GUI help
10159 BeatLoopr UI incorrect
10158 Importing Large JPEG & PNG (32000pixels wide) makes Resolume crash
10155 Group audio meters display the same as the composition audio meter
10117 Preferences are reset when opening 6.0.1 build after 6.0.0 build and vice versa
10077 Remove . (dot) from beginning of font names
10048 'Paste effects' removes destination clip's original effects
10046 Custom OSC output stays visible
10026 Stingy Sphere effect launch/init freezes rendering
9987 Artnet Error: WSASendMSG is not availible 10022
9958 Spout Video Source is Missing Alpha Type setting
9929 Clip / Layer / Group bypass & solo not applying fades on audio
9912 Deck can have no clips in hard to find case
9895 Fix pressing enter opening a random menu after opening a composition
9657 Preferences - Clip start offset not working
9587 Clip launches with last direction when comp direction pinned
9473 Metronome and FFT gain can overlap, if you have panels on the right

After almost 2 months of beta, here is the final Resolume Avenue & Arena 6.0.0. Download is now open to everybody. Come and get it.

Thank you all for your feedback! Thanks to you we have been able to find and fix a lot of bugs and we think this version is ready for prime time.

This version can now open compositions from Avenue 4 and Arena 5. Simply select Composition > Open... from the Menu. Browse to ~/(My)Documents/Resolume Arena 5/compositions/ or ~/(My)Documents/Resolume Avenue 4/compositions/ and select the composition you would like to open. Double check if everything is working correctly. 99% of all your old composition settings should work just fine in version 6 but some things are not transferrable.

Please continue to send us your feedback. Because v6 can update itself we plan to release minor updates much more often. We have already started on 6.0.1...

We're soldiering on towards the final 6.0.0 release, here is Beta 3. Again, many crashes have been fixed, bugs squashed, pencils sharpened. Perhaps it's time for you to try this version on a gig?

Please log in to your account and download Beta 3. Let us know on the forum how it goes!

It's less then two weeks since we released Resolume 6 Beta 1 and here is Beta 2! In this version we fixed a lot of crashes and made many improvements. Please log in to your account and download this second Beta. Let us know on the forum how it goes!

Thank You!
When we released Resolume 6 two weeks ago, we must admit, we were quite nervous. But we were overwhelmed by all the positive response from so many of you! It's so nice to see your enthusiasm for something we have worked so hard on for so long. Brenton March sums it all up with his top comment on Facebook: "YOU DID IT! you fixed EVERYTHING! the media manager alone makes me smile so hard, but all the other stuff, the custom UI, the new grouping system, wow. and 64 BIT!"

And we love how sometimes the little things matter the most. Cosmowe says on the forum: "OK...I'm done!.....the scrollbar is Midi mappable!!!!! :-)" And Nils Voges comments on Facebook: "wooohooo 'next-button'! major improvements! thank you!"

Ryan Whitmer expressed his joy with this gif:

Thank you all for making us smile and glow with pride :-)

Quartz Composer Removed
It wasn't all fun and giggles last week, unfortunately we had to make the difficult decision to remove Quartz Composer playback from Resolume 6. Quartz Composer was causing a lot of bugs and crashes that are impossible for us to fix because it's really not made to be used in a multi-threaded rendering application. Apple has abandoned Quartz Composer for years already so these problems are not going to be fixed. Of course Quartz Composer playback is still in trusty old Avenue 4 and Arena 5 and it will always stay there.

Ooh boy are we ever excited to finally show what we have been working on for years now: Resolume Avenue and Arena version 6. This is by far the biggest release we have ever done. It has a completely rewritten video rendering engine that is an order of magnitude faster than the previous so you can play more layers, higher resolution video and thus bigger stages.



Checkout the video to see the highlights of version 6 and checkout the What's New page for more details.

Beta
Because there is so much new it still has a few rough edges but we could not wait any longer we wanted to share this beta with you now. We need your help in the coming months to find the last few bugs and give us feedback. Together we'll tame this beast and have it ready for main stage as soon as possible. It's available for all Resolume customers so please log in to your account and hit the download.

Buy Now! (limited time offer)
Buy Resolume now because only now you get both Arena 5 AND Arena 6 for the price of one. Or Avenue 4 AND Avenue 6 for the price of one. This offer applies while Resolume 6 is in beta, so don't wait too long. Did you buy Avenue or Arena in the past couple of weeks? Contact us and we'll work something out.