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365mag & Unis Academy have teamed up with Ableton, Resolume and EKKO to present to you a very special workshop demonstrating today’s Ultimate Combination in Audio - Visual Performances.
The event is focussed on the latest in Music & Media Technology combined with a local and international artist Patrice Bäumel along side Trial & Error - the Utrecht based animation/VJ collective.
This special edition features the combination of the latest Ableton Live edition and Resolume's Avenue 4 as well as it's amazing 3D mapping possibilities.

PART 1. SYNTHESIS AND LIVE PRODUCTION with Cenk Unis and Alex Thomson
The evening will start off with Ableton Certified Unis-Academy lecturer’s Cenk Unis and Alex Thomson building a track live on stage in 45 minutes. For this purpose they will make use of synthesis along with a variety of production techniques and a couple of Ableton’s “hidden features” to show you how everything, including basic drum sounds, can be done from scratch. This means no samples whatsoever!

Unis Academy will be starting its next Ableton Master Course Program on the 24th of April 2012.
For more info just ask Alex or Cenk on the night or e-mail: [email protected]

PART 2. RESOLUME AVENUE 4 with Joris de Jong
The second part of the evening will focus on the newest in VJ-ing and live visual productions using Resolume's Avenue 4. Avenue 4 is an instrument for VJs, AV performers and video artists which puts all your media and effects right at your fingertips so you can quickly improvise with all your live visuals.

Joris de Jong, one of the main brains behind Resolume will be on stage explaining exactly how Resolume works, and how to custom make your own visuals in an easy to use and intuitive manner. Resolume has enabled VJs, A/V artists and Live visual productions to reach new levels of expertise.

Unis Academy in association with Resolume will begin its next Visual Course on the 25th April. It will be taught by Joris de Jong himself at Unis Studio in Amsterdam.
For more info please e-mail: [email protected]

PART 3. AUDIO/VISUAL PERFORMANCE USING ABLETON AND RESOLUME with special guest Patrice Bäumel
For the third part of the evening internationally renowned DJ and producer Patrice Bäumel will explain and demonstrate how he used Ableton in conjunction with Resolume to create his amazing, upcoming audio/visual performance.
About Patrice:
Patrice Bäumel is a German electronic musician who has been living in Amsterdam for the last 14 years. Before fully committing his life to making music, he had a career in teaching, computer programming and design, which makes him the perfect person for this event.

PART 4. MAPPING WITH RESOLUME ARENA 4 with VJ Collective: Trial & Error
Trial & Error will demonstrate the mapping possibilities of Resolume's Arena 4. To do this they will use everyday materials such as a piece of cardboard and a simple roll of duct tape along with Arena 4 they will demonstrate just how easily you can leave the flat world behind you and immerse yourself into a 3D wonderland. While using the same interface as Avenue, Arena opens up a new perspective and gives you the ability to create amazing results with minimal efforts and investments.

OVERALL INFORMATION
Date: 11. 5. 2012
Time: 19.00 – 22.30
Location: EKKO
Address: Bemuurde Weerd WZ 3. Utrecht
Price: € 12,50
Ticket link: https://v1.paylogic.nl/frontoffice/?command=paymentMenu&merchantModuleID=54449

Hate to say it, but it's more or less true. Less is More.


MNMLv2 by RebelOverlay
Again. Less is More.


WireSystem by Unit44
The devil is in the details, and detail is something WireSystem has in abundance. Prepare for take off in the 3d city, make sure you check your vitals on the Heads Up Display. Top it off with some Plexus action for any music style, and all systems are go.


Butterfly by Unit44
but·ter·fly ef·fect /ˈbʌtəflʌɪ ɪˈfɛkt/ the phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere.

FIBER Festival 2012 connects digital art with contemporary club-culture and enacts the in-between.
Audiovisual network festival FIBER is preparing to once again merge different worlds into one unified interdisciplinary experience of (visual) art and music.
The second edition of FIBER Festival will take place March 24th 2012 at ‘De Verdieping’, the basement of the renowned venue TrouwAmsterdam. Tickets are available in online presale at fiberfestival.nl and can be bought at the door during the event.

In the Resolume workshop, no-one other than Edwin will introduce you to our latest software and its mapping features. You will be mapping different objects and experiment with the possibilities of the software. And if you're good little boys and girls, you may even get a sneak preview of the new mapping features of 4.1 (l*y*r r**t*ng? m*sks? cr*ps? s*ph*n *np*t and **tp*t? Would you like to buy a vowel?)

365MAG & UNIS ACADEMY present ABLETON LIVE & RESOLUME MASTERCLASS special guest- Patrice Bäumel


365mag.com & Unis Academy team up with Ableton & Resolume ,supported by Sugar Factory, to present a very special workshop about today’s ultimate combination in Audio Visual Performances.
The event is focused on the latest in music & media technology combined with an international artist. This special edition features the combination of Ableton and Resolume. THE ULTIMATE A/V COMBINATION.
The last four DJ, Producer and VJ Masterclasses by 365mag were completely sold out and were a big hit! Get your tickets in advance via Sugar FactoryThe doors for the event will open at 19.00 hours sharp, there will be limited tickets available on a first come first serve basis.

THE PROGRAM

1. ABLETON LIVE: Unis Academy's Ableton Showcase - Building a Track - Live on Stage.
The evening will start with the Ableton Certified Unis-Academy lecturer's Cenk Unis & Alex Thomson, who will be showcasing a variety of production techniques as well as exposing some of Ableton's "hidden features". This will be done by creating a unique track on the fly and it will include various synthesis techniques allowing them to create their very own kicks, snares, hi-hats and other drum sounds, they will also dig into sampling, quick composing tricks and other different methods to help producers get the most out of Ableton.

2. RESOLUME: VJing, Visual Productions and Audio-Visual Performances.
The second part of the evening will focus on the newest in VJing and Visual Productions using Resoulme's Avenue 4. Resolume have made it possible to custom make all your own visuals in an easy to use and intuitive manner.
Cenk Uniswill give a demostration of Resolume’s interface and how to set up your visual or Audio visual set with connecting midi controllers for hands on control! Resolume have enabled VJs and Visual productions to reach new levels of expertise.

3. SPECIAL GUEST: Patrice Bäumel, A/V Performance Using Ableton connected to Resolume.
The Internationally renowned DJ & PRODUCER Patrice Bäumel will conduct this. Patrice Bäumel is a German electronic musician who has been living in Amsterdam for the last 14 years. Before fully committing his life to making music, he had a career in teaching, computer programming and design, which makes him the perfect person for this event. Patrice will explain and demonstrate how he uses Ableton with Resolume to create his unforgettable upcoming Audio-Visual performances. ABLETON + RESOLUME= THE ULTIMATE A/V COMBINATION

Date: SAT-17-03-2012
Time: 19.00 – 22.30
Location: Sugar Factory
Address: Lijnbaansgracht 238, 1017 PH Amsterdam
Price: € 12,-
Ticket link: https://v1.paylogic.nl/frontoffice/?command=paymentMenu&merchantModuleID=53948

http://www.ableton.com
http://www.sugarfactory.nl
http://www.365mag.com
http://www.unis-academy.com
http://www.resolume.com

The following broadcast is Dutch only, but great news if you're from these parts.

Voor alle creatievelingen
Op 7 April geven de veejays van Vision Impossible en Sense Studios een
uitgebreide kennismakingsworkshop in de Sugar Factory in Amsterdam.
Maak kennis met het vak, de beelden, software en de apparatuur.
Leer hoe je prachtige visuals maakt en hoe je indruk maakt op een uitzinnig
publiek.
Schrijf je nu in voor de introductieworkshop op 7 april. En wie weet win je
later in april de talentenjacht…
De perfecte start voor jouw veejay-carričre in Amsterdam, de veejay-hoofdstad
van de wereld!

Meer info op http://www.VjAcademy.nl

Here's what you get when you throw Avenue, Quartz Composer, IRMapio, two 10K projectors, a dance company and a whole lot of talent in to a blender:

Creative talent behind all this is Mika Ventura, and he kindly explained more of the details to satisfy your geeky needs:

Geneva dance company Diadé hired us to create a backdrop video for their new show "Metro". The whole backdrop had to look like a metro train, so we built a 9m by 3m screen to project upon. The elements had to be independently triggered : opening of doors, tilting of the metro axis, outside view (through the windows), charting speed, insertion of other elements as vehicles or fake billboards, etc.

The need to use Resolume became obvious really fast, as 80% of the content was created with Quartz Composer, like the 3D metro train or the backdrops charting on different layers. The Resolume interface, with its layer levels and its possibility to directly control Quartz Composer elements offered us the flexibility we needed. More over, we had to use two 10.000 lumens projectors connected to a Mac via a Matrox Triplehead2Go. Using IRmapio, we were able to create a soft edge in no time.

Resolume's structure was set up as such :

layer 1 : forground elements, tv noise, flames, smoke
layer 2 : QC metro controlled by slider parameters (published input splitters in QC)
layer3 : QC backdrop and some video loops for the subway station

Here are a few pictures :

Metro setup in Resolume:



Metro setup in Quartz Composer:




For more of Mika's amazing work, check out his blog at http://mikaventura.tumblr.com/ There's some cool stuff to be seen there!

This footage release introduces two new artists on the label, which is always an exciting thing. Fresh blood with fresh styles is good for the gene pool.

AkustoOptik is a VJ team from Berlin, a town buzzing with creativity. In fact they show just how much Berlin is buzzing with their new set MiniBerlini.


MiniBerlini by AkustoOptik

Unit 44 blasts itself on the label with the grungy GFX. Originally developed as a video clip to satisfy their craving for brutal 3D work, they now let their baby loose to wreak havoc on the world.


GFX by Unit 44

And not new but still fresh we got our very own Hybrid Visuals, offering slick and stylized motion work in hypnotic patterns. As always, the Quartz Composer for even more Repetitive Strain on your eyes.


RepetitiveStrain by Hybrid Visuals

We're quite happy with the stability of Resolume 4.0.0. For most people Avenue and Arena are running rock solid. But there's always the odd bug here or there and this update (4.0.1) fixes a few annoyances. Just fixing bugs is no fun so we could not help ourselves and put a few tiny new features in. Just because we can.

The most handy feature ever is that you can now do calculations in all numeric fields. So if you want to make for instance a clip half the width you just type in: 640 / 2 and it will make the width 320 pixels. This is really handy in the advanced output screen if you need to move a slice 10 pixels, you just type + 10 after the position value and it will move. We just love it ;-)



Thanks to Daniel Radutu, Oscar Vaquero Viñes and Ronam Bonfim, Resolume is now also available in Romanian, Spanish, Catalan and Brazilian. Would you also like to translate Resolume? Japanese? Chinese? Swahili? Send us a [email protected].

Go download Resolume Avenue or Arena 4.0.1. It's a free update as always.

Resolume 4.0.1 Changelog
[NEW] Math in number input fields. SUPER HANDY!
[NEW] Romanian, Spanish, Brazilian and Catalan translations
[NEW] Mask relocate
[NEW] Disable Quit confirmation
[NEW] Automatically detect if OSC msg uses a bundle
[FIXED] Cue points triggering with keyboard broken
[FIXED] Registration only works on one user account
[FIXED] Video speed is not stable, videos drift out of sync
[FIXED] Slider in-out points click area too small
[FIXED] DMX automap PDF contains wrong channel numbers
[FIXED] Windows installer contains old FFGL plugins
[FIXED] Windows installer does not contain VST plugins
[FIXED] Masks can't be dropped from Finder or Explorer
[FIXED] Crash: Open advanced output when it's minimized
[FIXED] Clicking the name of a playing clip in the layer jumps to the layer tab instead of the clip tab
[FIXED] Decks clear after switching between them
[FIXED] When a file used for a mask is moved, Resolume crashes when it tries to use it
[FIXED] Quartz crash with some compositions
[FIXED] Speed/pitch slider does not show midi range in midi mapping mode
[FIXED] Opening a 'closed' deck from a composition causes crash
[FIXED] Shortcut is not cleared when moving clip in composition midi map
[FIXED] OSC stability improvements
[FIXED] Flash animations set to 10x the original speed make the interface very slow
[FIXED] Master fade and cross fader are not properly reset when choosing 'composition new'
[FIXED] Setting range for midi control in clip context is not remembered for other clips.
[FIXED] OS X Dock and Menu overlap fullscreen output
[FIXED] Multiple shortcuts can be assigned in composition map
[FIXED] Shortcut still works even when menu item is disabled
[FIXED] Effect Clip preview isn't working.

Nobody would have thought it when we started making Resolume more than 10 years ago, but the VJ software business is booming. It's booming so much in fact that we need more people to help us out.

We have a lot of users and a lot of ideas. What we don't have, is enough hands to build it all.

So this is where you come in. Do you have hands? Do you have brains? We have a full-time position available at our Resolume HQ in The Hague, The Netherlands. We work in a small team with a flat hierarchy, so your input will help shape the future of Resolume.


What we're looking for:
* 5+ years experience in developing software using C/C++ & OpenGL on Mac OS X & Windows
* Fluent with GLSL shading language
* Advanced foosball skillz

What makes our hearts beat even faster:
* VJ-ing experience
* Experience with Objective C
* Experience with FFGL SDK
* Affinity with creative coding environments like openFrameworks, Cinder and Processing.


So here it is. Your chance to work for one of the worldwide market leaders in the live visual industry. And to learn a whole new way of playing foosball.

To apply, send a cover letter, your resume and examples of your work to [email protected], ℅ Bart van der Ploeg.

Recruitment agencies don't have to respond.

Last year at the lovely VJ Fest Istanbul, I was lucky enough to attend an awesome lecture on the history of audiovisual performances. The lecture was given by Cédric Chabuel, a kind and soft spoken gentleman who performs with his own AV work under the name Ouananiche. It was awesome to get insight in the development of the medium from someone so closely involved with it, all of it well illustrated with striking examples. I was so impressed we asked Cédric to make a written version for the Res blog, so you can now have your mind expanded as well...

Video musical remix is my way of putting together what I know best : part DJ, VJ, director, sound designer and musician. It's an all too simple and too complex mechanic : sample movies and recompose video and music tracks without ever breaking picture and sound synchronization. This is called DVJ, live AV, audiovisual mash-up or video music... Personally, I prefer the term « Video Musical Remix » because it reflects both my intention and the trend it fits in. It's not about remaking the film or video clip, but it's about using picture and sound to create music. Pushing the limits of cinema, video art, concert and digital art, Video Musical Remix is a journey in between codes and languages to define a new genre. As one picture is worth a thousand words, here is one of my first production.


<Un Petit Bonhomme> by Ouananiche

Going back to the source is not an easy task. Researching my first video musical remixes brought me back to 1997, where I can identify two main founding influences.
The first one was on a CD-ROM ( crazy right? ) that came along with the latest Coldcut album « Let Us Play ». On this bonus CD, I found videos that blew my mind. In collaboration with Hextatic, Coldcut used video and sound samples with musical beats. The most famous piece is called « Timber ». The sugar on top was Vjamm, a software that really let us play with their videos on our very computer keyboards. Today, Vjamm was one of the first tools dedicated to video music and audiovisual live.


<Timber> by ColdCut/Hexstatic

Tasman Ridcharson, from the FameFame collective based in toronto, publishes « Jawa Manifesto » the same year to express their vision of video musical remix with a simple expression : «Sex and violence». In a much more hardcore/breakcore tendency, FameFame artists don't add sounds and only use the sound provided by the pictures. « A single frame of Darth Vader instantaneously evokes the whole mythology of Star Wars and that character » says Tasman. That's the stumbling block of remix art : telling a story with combined sensical samples. Jubal Brown, ex-founding member of FameFame, still organizes today one of the most popular event devoted to video mash-up : Videodrome, which attracts a solid crowd every year at Toronto's MOCCA. Here is one of his videos, typical of Toronto style ( Beware : shocking images. )


-Anti-Feelings- by Jubal Brown

Vjing and electronic music are linked since they were born. It was only logical that they ended up together. The same basic techniques : sampling and synthesis. Remix and sampling always go together : cut and pasted elements from an original piece then create new meaning, weather the reference with the original is kept visible or not. For video musical remix it's the same mechanic but you keep the original synchronization of sound and picture. So you can actually see music. It's technically the same process as electronic music using samples, except that it now happens on an editing timeline with more constrains than just sound.
There are many softwares for music and video editing... but very few are really powerful in both sound and video editing. For now, each artist creates his own path through many different tools but it is a clear tendency that in a close future all softwares will be fully audio visual.

But one of the main problem when dealing with remix remains copyright. The twentieth century was the century of copyright. What has originally been a system to protect artists, authors and respect for intellectual property became an arbitrary and absurd limit to creating. Art is copy, and those who want to divert, quote, remix, illustrate from existing creations now have three choices :
- Clear the sample, i.e. get the proper authorization from the copyright holder ( in other words be insanely wealthy )
- Ponder if it's worth the risk over and over to finally accomplish nothing
- Take all risks and try to look cool before the FBI nails you

The copyright situation today is in total contradiction with art and culture history. Brett Gaylor gives a great example in « RIP! A remix manifesto » : Walt Disney creates an empire ripping off popular culture fables (Sleeping Beauty, The Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin... ) but sues anyone getting near Mickey Mouse image.


<RIP - A Remix Manifesto trailer>

Occasionally artists, producers and copyright holders reach an agreement, when hollywood movies are remixed for commercial use by the collective Addictive TV. These products are « official remixes ». In my case, after playing live with pirated material many times, I was offered movies to remix by adventurous producers. « Next Floor » by denis Villeneuve, « Les Manifestes en Série » by Hugo Latulippe and more to come. If intellectual property and copyright stakes are of any interest to you, I suggest you check out this compelling conference by Lawrence Lessig, founder of Creative Commons.


<Next Floor Remix trailer> by Ouananiche


<Les Manifestes en Série extracts> by Ouananiche

Here is a brief and incomplete summary of international video musical remix artists :
– Coldcut
– Addictive TV
– EclecticMethod
– label V-Atak (Rko,VJMeat,Nohista)
– GiovanniSample
– Systaime
– Vidéosampleur
– Kutiman
– Pogo
– label Dropframe (Skeeter,Wnodtlem,etc.)
– JubalBrown
– Tasman Richardson
– Ouananiche
- Amoeba
- Frank Sent Us

And to conclude, as Jim Jarmush says : « Nothing is original, Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don't bother concealing your thievery -celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said "it's not where you take things from -it's where you take them to." »

Be sure to check out Cédric's work at poissonsmorts.com, and of course feel free to add links to your favorite AV artists via the comments!
Translated from french by MattBen