I'm not a VJ.
I make music, and just took advantage of the black friday sale and bought Resolume Avenue as I'd like to make audio-reactive videos for that music.
I've been using Magic Music Vizualizer, but bought Resolume in the hope that it was a step up, with a lot more control.
I'm used to things with a timeline where a bassline starts at 0:30 and ends at 0:50, and at 0:40 I can fade something in and have it stop at 1:00. I was hoping I could do this with Resolume and have a video clip come in at 1:30, add a mirror effect at 1:40, then fade in a solarize effect at 1:50 for 10 seconds, then invert it all at 2:00, and record the video and audio together as one MP4
How can I do this with Resolume ??
Sorry I know it's a noob question, but we all gotta start somewhere =) Hope you guys can help me.
so, how can I string a video together ?
Re: so, how can I string a video together ?
Hi Fascin8,
since Resolume is meant to be a live performance tool, I’m sorry to say that there is no "timeline-like" feature in Resolume out of the box that lets you pre-compose visuals alongside, for example, an audio track.
There are ways to somewhat misuse certain features to achieve this, but it can become very time-consuming, fiddly, and ultimately quite inflexible if you decide to make changes later.
There are third-party tools like Vezer (https://imimot.com/vezer/) or Zoltan's Linear OSC Controller (http://palffyzoltan.hu/?url=controller&src=signature) that --might-- help you achieve something close to what you're looking for by controlling Resolume differently. I haven't used these tools myself - just heard about them.
Best wishes,
cosmowe
since Resolume is meant to be a live performance tool, I’m sorry to say that there is no "timeline-like" feature in Resolume out of the box that lets you pre-compose visuals alongside, for example, an audio track.
There are ways to somewhat misuse certain features to achieve this, but it can become very time-consuming, fiddly, and ultimately quite inflexible if you decide to make changes later.
There are third-party tools like Vezer (https://imimot.com/vezer/) or Zoltan's Linear OSC Controller (http://palffyzoltan.hu/?url=controller&src=signature) that --might-- help you achieve something close to what you're looking for by controlling Resolume differently. I haven't used these tools myself - just heard about them.
Best wishes,
cosmowe
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yeah that's the conclusion I've come to. I bought Synesthesia too, and I think it's the same.
The thing I wanted to try and capitalize on is resolume's visuals and shader effects. I thought if there's a way of hearing my audio file within Resolume, and getting an mp4 to react to it, that I could at least use sprout to output , via OBS, at least the video part that's reacting in time to the audio ( but have only the video rendered ), but then it would be a case of having to align it with the audio track in Vegas Pro, so that it syncs to the beat and bpm.
This is all a new discipline for me, and there's sooooo much that I don't know about what I need to be able to do. Thanks for replying Cosmo =)
ps. can't use Vezer as it's a mac only program. Im using windows 11
The thing I wanted to try and capitalize on is resolume's visuals and shader effects. I thought if there's a way of hearing my audio file within Resolume, and getting an mp4 to react to it, that I could at least use sprout to output , via OBS, at least the video part that's reacting in time to the audio ( but have only the video rendered ), but then it would be a case of having to align it with the audio track in Vegas Pro, so that it syncs to the beat and bpm.
This is all a new discipline for me, and there's sooooo much that I don't know about what I need to be able to do. Thanks for replying Cosmo =)
ps. can't use Vezer as it's a mac only program. Im using windows 11
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Re: so, how can I string a video together ?
To start off.... welcome to the family I hope you're gonna enjoy resolume and VJing in general.
Let me point a few things out for you. if you would like to do things with audio reactiveness, never use movie files that are compressed as MP4. This is a nice small file size that is easy for streaming and sharing of video files, but it is not a good format if you want to VJ with it. if you look in your application folder, you will see that besides Resolume Arena there is also Resolume Alley, that is a extra program that converts video files to a format that Resolume likes, preferably DXV. Although your file size get much bigger, the results will be in much better and your computer will like it better too. check this
When it comes to audio and reactiveness. Arena can definitely react to audio. You could drag in a .Wav or AIFF file. This you can play in Arena and use as a source for controlling parameters. So you could make a audio file from every song import those in arena and use them as a base for your reactive visuals this could work, but then you'll have to sync your songs exactly to you Dj software.
A other option would or could be to root the live audio internally from your Dj software to Arena. There are many third-party software's that can do this. Here is a link https://www.google.com/search?q=Interna ... s-wiz-serp
If the audio is not coming from your own computer, you could use a audio interface to input the audio signal from the DJ and use that to control parameters, both this and the one before are reliable options that can do nice things. Check out these tutorials for some more ideas and explanation
And although we don't have a real timeline as you have an audio software, we do have a clip grid with new auto pilot features for clips, layers, groups and composition. With some tinkering, you can make some very complex compositions and you could do exactly as you described in your example. Think of it like this every clip can have a certain duration set in seconds or beat. And you can shit how every clip shoot react when it comes to its end so in theory you could have a basic visual for 30 seconds or 64 beats and when the base comes in, it will jump to a next clip for X beat then it can fade out after X seconds, etc. etc. this way you can get some very complex edits. I would recommend you to watch this tutorial about the auto pilot features. Besides that there are many more interesting and useful tutorials there, and there are also a lot of users that make tutorials of more specific used cases. I always think this is a very nice fast and easy way of learning things.
I hope this helps you on your way if you have any more questions feel free to ask them.
Let me point a few things out for you. if you would like to do things with audio reactiveness, never use movie files that are compressed as MP4. This is a nice small file size that is easy for streaming and sharing of video files, but it is not a good format if you want to VJ with it. if you look in your application folder, you will see that besides Resolume Arena there is also Resolume Alley, that is a extra program that converts video files to a format that Resolume likes, preferably DXV. Although your file size get much bigger, the results will be in much better and your computer will like it better too. check this
When it comes to audio and reactiveness. Arena can definitely react to audio. You could drag in a .Wav or AIFF file. This you can play in Arena and use as a source for controlling parameters. So you could make a audio file from every song import those in arena and use them as a base for your reactive visuals this could work, but then you'll have to sync your songs exactly to you Dj software.
A other option would or could be to root the live audio internally from your Dj software to Arena. There are many third-party software's that can do this. Here is a link https://www.google.com/search?q=Interna ... s-wiz-serp
If the audio is not coming from your own computer, you could use a audio interface to input the audio signal from the DJ and use that to control parameters, both this and the one before are reliable options that can do nice things. Check out these tutorials for some more ideas and explanation
And although we don't have a real timeline as you have an audio software, we do have a clip grid with new auto pilot features for clips, layers, groups and composition. With some tinkering, you can make some very complex compositions and you could do exactly as you described in your example. Think of it like this every clip can have a certain duration set in seconds or beat. And you can shit how every clip shoot react when it comes to its end so in theory you could have a basic visual for 30 seconds or 64 beats and when the base comes in, it will jump to a next clip for X beat then it can fade out after X seconds, etc. etc. this way you can get some very complex edits. I would recommend you to watch this tutorial about the auto pilot features. Besides that there are many more interesting and useful tutorials there, and there are also a lot of users that make tutorials of more specific used cases. I always think this is a very nice fast and easy way of learning things.
I hope this helps you on your way if you have any more questions feel free to ask them.
Re: so, how can I string a video together ?
As it's been pointed out Resolume is not an editing application which is what you describe. For the future I suggest that you try demos of things before parting with your cash!
Having said that, there are workarounds which might help you achieve what you're after.
A combination of autopilot, sound reaction and clever use of envelopes can achieve very good results.
I have a YouTube channel full of tutorials, tips and tricks with a lot of focus on content creation entirely inside of Resolume.
This might be a good start:
This is an audiovisual piece with the visuals created 100% with Resolume.
Having said that, there are workarounds which might help you achieve what you're after.
A combination of autopilot, sound reaction and clever use of envelopes can achieve very good results.
I have a YouTube channel full of tutorials, tips and tricks with a lot of focus on content creation entirely inside of Resolume.
This might be a good start:
This is an audiovisual piece with the visuals created 100% with Resolume.