This months' releases showcase three very different packs, each with a very distinctive style. And that's the way we like it. Experience an acid flashback to the prehistoric age with AcidCaveman by VJ Hummer, get itchy in places with WormParade by Beeple and get run over by the impression that RoadKill by LucidHouse makes on you.

We're very happy to welcome Beeple to the Resolume footage label. If you do not already know, Beeple is Mike Winkelmann, a graphic designer from Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. His short films have screened at onedotzero, Prix Ars Electronica, the Sydney Biennale, Ann Arbor Film Festival and many others. He has also released a series of Creative Commons live visuals that have been used by electronic acts such as deadmau5, Taio Cruz, Tiësto, Amon Tobin, Wolfgang Gartner, Flying Lotus and many others. He currently releases work on Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder imprint. For more examples of his work, visit beeple-crap.com


WormParade VJ Footage by Beeple


RoadKill VJ Footage by LucidHouse


AcidCaveman VJ Footage by VJ Hummer

We're very excited to bring you a guest tutorial on how to use the wonderful Tagtool for iPad as a source in Resolume, using the magic of Syphon.

But before we dive in to the techy goodness, you may be wondering what Tagtool is. I'm glad you asked!



Tagtool is a wonderfully fun application for the iPad, which allows you to unleash your painting skills, and animate and play with the result, all within a simple and intuitive interface. [fold][/fold]You can even link up multiple iPads via Wifi and draw and play collaboratively. We've had a lot of fun with Tagtool, and we're sure you'll agree.

For more info on Tagtool check out http://www.tagtool.at

Then before I leave you with the tutorial itself, I just wanted to say Tagtool one more time. Tagtool. Now I'm done.

Using Resolume & Tagtool

Workshop at the University of Applied Arts on the 22nd May 2013



This tutorial will guide you to the basic steps of how to setup a Tagtool session within Resolume. We use a Macbook Pro – 2.66 GHz – Intel Core 2 Duo – 4GB Ram (DDR3) connected to one projector and one iPad 4 running the latest Tagtool version.

Download the free trial-version of Air Server (4.6.5) to receive the video signal of the iPad. Configure the software settings>Mirroring and change to optimise for “Projector (1024×768)”. It´s important that Laptop and iPad are connected via the same wireless network.



On the iPad open the Airplay settings and select the laptop as the streaming device.



To finally receive the Tagtool output in Resolume Arena just enable the built-in Syphon module within the Preferences>Video Preferences.



Now fire up your iPad and launch the Tagtool app – the laptop is already getting the desktop screen transmitted. Create a new composition according to the size of the syphon stream – 1024×768. In the very right area select the “sources” tab and left-click the syphon source. Render settings and transform settings are correct – so we simply drag&drop this item into the video layer.





Depending on the WiFi signal strength and the resolution size we had a good performance with 1024×768 – but the laptop was struggling with performance as soon as more video layers or effects were added. The frame rate dropped at 3 layers to 14 fps and we stopped the experiment there.

You will get better performance with project sizes like 640×480, but you will have to crop the video stream of the Tagtool. Anyway! Endless fun ahead!





Thanks to the lovely folks at Tagtool and Neonrost for providing this wonderful app and tutorial. Austria VJ maffia!

It's time for a Dubassy Triple Whammy! Yes, you read it right, the stock master pulls a hat trick. No less than three releases to make sure you get your fill. Techie LED wall filler with MagicNumbers, disco party ammo with HeyMrDJ and just downright hilarious with GrandpaDJ.


GrandpaDJ VJ Footage by Dubassy


HeyMrDJ VJ Footage by Dubassy


MagicNumbers VJ Footage by Dubassy

Another week, another Resolume update. Version 4.1.6 fixes a problem with OSC on Windows and solves a few Flash oddities. Hit that download!


Every day I try to make my fake smile just a little bit fakerrrrrr.

Everyone that's been around in the generative scene for a bit, knows VVVV can be used to create amazing realtime visuals.

But as with any generative software, doing a whole 12 hour show by noodling your output together was not something for the faint hearted. You knew it wasn't that hard, but could you really be bothered patching up that front end and putting in those blend modes and warping effects? Of course not, you'd rather focus on the fun parts.

Enter Elio, a prolific VVVV user who was fed up with Syphon envy and decided to take matters in his own hands: http://vvvv.org/contribution/directx-freeframegl-bridge



He has mastered the black art of sharing DirectX textures to OpenGL.

What that means in normal people language is that you can use his plugins to render your VVVV output straight in Resolume, without the need for additional screen capture workarounds! Like a live camera! At 58 fps! Which is awesome!

Read more about it in the link above, or on the thread on our own Res forum: http://resolume.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=10334

Add to this the recent plugins by Trypta that allow for sharing video between Touch Designer and Resolume and all of a sudden, the Syphonless part of the world does not look so bleak anymore ( Cinder/oF people, it's time to step up to the plate! )

Show us the fun stuff you're doing with these nerdy setups. We love a good nerd session.

We love making Resolume but sometimes ...

We released version 4.1.4 just 2 weeks ago but it introduced a bug in Arena which caused erratic DMX input behavior. This is now fixed in version 4.1.5.

Please download and resume normal operation.

There are currently over 7 billion people on this planet. 99.99999% of those have never heard of Resolume VJ Software. Most likely they never will.

Still we're plodding away for you, the 0.00001%. Because you matter to us. When we look up to the sky at night, we're not humbled by seeing the context of how small everything actually is. Instead we're thinking of new ways to improve your workflow or how to squash that one annoying bug.

When the sun burns out, we'll be there illuminating the darkness with bright pixels flying past at 60fps. With your help, we'll light up this world with massive glowing screens.

Resolume 4.1.4 adds new features and stomps on critical bugs. Free download
on the site, full release notes below.

Also we updated The Manual to a new format. It's now easier to find things online, and more importantly it's also available in Spanish, Chinese and Japanese. High fives to Carlos, Antonio and Haruka-san!

And of course huge thanks to all of you, from the bottom of the hearts of the whole Resolume team!

PS. 87% of all statistics are made up on the spot. 73% of all people know that.



[NEW] Trigger multiple clips with Enter
[NEW] Master and parameter BPM divide and multiply by two
[NEW] Show more fractional values on parameter when the value is selected
[NEW] Calculate number of beats based on length of clip and default BPM of 120
[NEW] Removed beats counter on toolbar because it had absolutely no purpose whatsoever
[NEW] Crop effect improvements, parameters have bigger range
[NEW] Mirror effect improvements, takes input left or right, top to bottom
[NEW] Norwegian (Norsk Bokmål) interface & help localisation

[FIXED] Flash broken on Windows 8
[FIXED] Multiple clip selection /deselection
[FIXED] Autopilot gets out of sync after a while
[FIXED] Autopilot gets confused after scrubbing playhead
[FIXED] BPM Sync should ignore "continue" setting from the timeline transport
[FIXED] When switching from SMPTE to Timeline the clip does not play
[FIXED] Clip effects get duplicated when quickly loading decks from browser
[FIXED] Syphon composition output no worky when advanced output is active
[FIXED] Crash when triggering a lot of clips quickly via midi and long transition time
[FIXED] Dashboard Dials no worky with effects presets
[FIXED] Crash when ejecting flash clip in other deck
[FIXED] Slice wrap does not show correct pixels
[FIXED] Transition loads previous clip when set to play once and eject
[FIXED] Recorder complains that Quicktime is not installed when it actually is
[FIXED] 1 frame records
[FIXED] Re-triggering a paused clip jumps forward a few frames when clip start offset != 0
[FIXED] ProRes memory leak
[FIXED] h264 thread leak
[FIXED] Window background is white on startup, should be black
[FIXED] Keyboard shortcut with range outside of param's start & stop will not toggle
[FIXED] Can't drop a source on an empty clip panel
[FIXED] Enabling midi out for APC40 dial in relative React mode causes jitter
[FIXED] Strobe effect: frequency 0 should mean strobe off, add fade
[FIXED] Remove black line in mirror and slide plugins
[FIXED] Stop motion effect glitches in superwide composition
[FIXED] Colour pass renders white in some computers
[FIXED] StingySphere quadratic leak
[FIXED] Audio part on clip panel becomes blue when you hide the audio controls
[FIXED] Update Spanish localisation

Calling all visual chefs!

Live visuals are a lot like 3 Michelin star cooking.

It's one thing to prepare a decent meal every night. It's another to serve up fresh recipes and new taste sensations to 1000s of patrons every night.

Even if you grasp the idea of turning on an oven or sautéing your onions, there's still a lot to be learned from the 3 star chefs at Resolume HQ. After all, they made the whole darn kitchen.

So come join us for another workshop session at the visual kitchen at Resolume HQ. We'll be serving starter VJ courses, projection mapping main dishes and sweet live performance desserts.

We also serve lunch.

27th to 31st May 2013 at Res HQ.

More info and sign up at https://resolume.com/shop/workshops.php

SINCE WE ARE STILL GETTING EMAILS ABOUT THIS, THREE YEARS AFTER IT WAS POSTED: THIS CONTROLLER IS NOT REAL. IT'S AN APRIL FOOLS' JOKE. IT'S JUST A TRICK USING PROJECTION MAPPING. THERE'S A PICTURE AT THE END SHOWING HOW WE DID IT.

Which is the best Midi controller for Resolume? If we had a penny for every time we are asked that question, we would be [s]sipping caipirinhas[/s] developing Resolume on a sunny beach island resort.

But now we can finally answer it. This one!



This is a prototype of the upcoming custom Resolume controller that we have developed together with Akai.

It’s got full support for the Midi protocol, but the truly great thing is that it also has video feedback. The buttons are custom OLED buttons, that receive video data via OSC. So you can actually see what’s playing, and see a preview of your clips, with the active clip in full motion. Thumbnails are even updated in realtime when effects are applied.



All this OSC is actually controlled by the processor of an AR.Drone helicopter. After Bart ’accidentally’ broke ours (by landing it upside down from a first story building), we found out its internal motherboard actually runs Linux. We took this out and put it in the Midi controller with our own custom Linux distribution on it. This allows the controller to receive pixel data wirelessly with little to no delay.



We truly believe that this is the future of controllerism!

//EDIT April 2nd//
So to prevent people from sending emails asking about this controller two years from now, here's a little making of shot. Check out that duct tape action.



So yes, it was a hoax. Hope you all had a good laugh about it, and see you next year ;)

KanZeOn is a rarely seen view of Japanese culture revealed through ancient rituals and extraordinary musical spectacle. KanZeOn is less a documentary and more a spiritual experience. It's structured as a series of chapters or incantations, and revolves mainly around three fascinating figures and musicians - a young Buddhist priest who takes care of a temple near Kumamoto City and spends his spare time as a hip-hop DJ, a woman who has spent her life mastering an ancient Chinese bamboo wind instrument called a sho, and a Noh theatre and kotsuzumi drummer who also happens to be a huge fan of jazz.

amoeba was asked by the films directors Tim Grabham and Neil Cantwell to re-interpret this acclaimed piece of work.

Given complete access to the film footage and audio field recordings, amoeba set about re-structuring the films audio and visual narrative through a series of re-graded, re-composited montages, ritualistic loops and hypnogogic visual edits.

amoeba has been featured on our blog before. Refresh your memory here.