The deal is closed, negotiations are done, contracts are signed, hands are shaken, champagne bottles popped. It's official. Media Satellite is now distributor for Resolume in the Benelux. That's The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg for those not familiar with european geography. We are very happy to expand our network with Media Satellite because they are not just a great distributor for Ableton, Propellerhead, IK Multimedia, Tischmeyer and ASK Video. But they are also very active in marketing events and education. Checkout the Media Satellite website and the boxed Resolume 3.

It's been a while but we finally have loads of new footage releases: CandyGirls by VJ Hummer, UrbanSalad by LucidHouse, Kinetics by Chromosoom, Alphabetti & FilmBits1 by Dubassy. CircleThing and cityLapse001 are now also available in PAL, NTSC, 720p and 1080p HD resolutions.

CandyGirls by VJ Hummer


UrbanSalad by LucidHouse


Kinetics by Chromosoom


Alphabetti by Dubassy


FilmBits1 by Dubassy


CircleThing HD by RebelOverlay


cityLapse001 HD by Medcraft

The Mapping festival is already in full swing for about a week and we're also flying to Geneva this weekend to do a workshop. We're excited to finally meet the guys from Modul8, they are one of the few VJ software developers we have never met before. If you're in the neighborhood, come see all the performances, join the workshops or participate in the VJ battle!

Very comprehensive German review of Resolume 3 on amazona.de. "Hier zeigt sich deutlich, was man beim Entdecken des Programms immer wieder feststellt: Die meisten Funktionen sind schnell verstanden, bieten aber eine solche Flexibilität, dass man sich tagelang nur damit beschäftigen kann, seine Komposition einzurichten. Diese Freiheit stellt einen Quantensprung in der Entwicklung von Resolume dar und ist allein schon Grund genug, einen sehr genauen Blick auf Avenue zu wagen."

We're looking forward to participate at the L.E.V. festival on saturday the 2nd of May. The Resolume workshop starts at 18:00 and after this we'll be drinking Spa rood while enjoying performances by Aphex Twin, Isolée, Alva Noto, Byetone, AGF, our dutch pride Kettel and many more. We hope to see you there!

All those social networks might prove to be a huge waste of time in future but we're having a lot of fun with them right now, especially Twitter. So follow us on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook, see our pictures on Flickr, videos on YouTube and Vimeo or become a friend on MySpace and comment us with your spam. Thanks for the Add!

SAE Institute is introducing a new part time course that will teach you the principles and the art of VJ'ing. During this 6 month course you will learn to work with VJ hardware and software and the opportunity to show your skills during a real club event. Every student will receive an official license of Resolume Avenue. Checkout all the details here: http://www.sae.nl/vj_course/

Celluloid Remix: dé online remix contest waarbij je van uniek Nederlands filmmateriaal iets totaal nieuws kunt maken. Remix de Nederlandse filmgeschiedenis en maak kans op prachtige prijzen. De winnende inzendingen worden tijdens het Nederlands Film Festival bekend gemaakt en vertoond.

Het Filmmuseum stelt 21 unieke stille filmfragmenten (uit de periode 1917-1932) ter beschikking. De filmfragmenten geven een beeld van de snelle veranderingen op industrieel en maatschappelijk gebied in de jaren na de Eerste Wereldoorlog.

Geef jouw visie op de snelle veranderingen in de wereld van vandaag, morgen en overmorgen. Remix de fragmenten met eigen materiaal en soundtrack tot je eigen korte film over vooruitgang, in letterlijke, figuurlijke, technische, maatschappelijke of andere zin.

Lees alle details op http://www.celluloidremix.nl en download de films en bekijk de eerste remix van Eboman op http://celluloidremix.blip.tv

We did a Resolume presentation at the official Ableton Live 8 launch in Amsterdam last weekend. While preparing for this presentation we have written a tutorial on how to control Avenue with Live. It covers MIDI sequencing, triggering clips & columns, linking parameters and MIDI clock. We get many questions about synchronizing Live and Avenue so we hope this is useful for many of you. Leave a reply if you have any more questions!

We will do a Resolume demo at the official Ableton Live 8 launch party in Amsterdam on Saturday 11th of April. We'll show how Live 8 and Resolume 3 can work together to create a fully integrated AV show using Live for audio and midi sequencing and Resolume for video. We hope to see you there!

On Saturday, April 11, Ableton, 365Mag, SAE and Media Satellite will present the official Benelux launch of Ableton Live 8 and Live 8 Suite at the Sugar Factory Club in Amsterdam. Expect a full-featured Live 8 and Live 8 Suite workshop, special guests, free goodies - and an exciting after party with internationally known UK DJ Lee Burridge!

It’s an event not to be missed if you want to stay up to date on the hottest product in music production and technology. The new Ableton Live 8 and Live 8 Suite incorporate a plethora of new features and great new virtual instruments. Product specialist Dankmar Klein (Ableton, Berlin) will host an exclusive, in-depth Live 8 and Live 8 Suite workshop and give a performance during which he will showcase the many jaw-dropping features of this innovative software. In addition to the official Ableton Live 8 kick off and workshop, the evening features an exclusive short introduction to the new Resolume Avenue 3 VJ software, a tool that works great with Ableton Live.

Each attendee will receive a free UDG bag with freebies and is invited to stay for the afterparty with Lee Burridge. Capacity is limited to only 250 guests, so get your tickets soon!

When:
Saturday, April 11, 19:00 - 23.00
Afterparty, 23:00.

Where:
Sugar Factory
Lijnbaansgracht 238
Amsterdam

Cost:
Door: 12 EUR
Advance: 10 EUR
For tickets and more information, visit
http://www.beatfreax.com/index.php?s=tickets&tid=24461