Monthly Archive for March, 2009

Resolume 3. Out of Beta


Resolume Avenue 3 Getting Started from Resolume on Vimeo.

Resolume just dropped version 3 out of beta and into the world.  Massive improvements have been promised and it looks like Bart and Edwin have been busy up in The Netherlands.  Every issue I posted about in the forums has been resolved!  Downloading now.  Can’t wait to see what they’ve done.  Now if I could just get my hands on a APC 40 with which to trigger all these massive improvements…

Netbook


I’ve had this netbook for about 4 months now. It’s an MSI Wind U100. Hackable: software and hardware. Basically everything you could possibly want in a fun little computer with wicked functions wrapped up in a tiny little package. I’ve had a few of these netbooks but the Wind is by far my favorite for general use and messing with.

I voided the warranty (bah – it’s for only one year anyway!) and I’ve upgraded the RAM swapped out the wireless card for one more to my liking. And just the other day I found out that the VDMX5 demo runs on this little guy with video out! Amazing! Resolume looked like someone passed the video out signal through a blender – but VDMX5 rocked a large 24 LCD with not even a hick-up and Audio out was right in sync. Next week I’ll try loading video from an SD card and see if that is fast enough for clips. MSI WIND + SDs for clips + Korg Nano Control / Pad – and presto I’ve got the smallest cheapest VJ set up in the world, could literally fit in my smallest messenger bag. Now if I could only build a set up that let me see everything on a 10 inch screen…

The future…now


g-speak overview 1828121108 from john underkoffler on Vimeo.

I’ve sent many of you this video in the past but just for kicks I’ve included it here.  I’m interested in many things, not the least of which is visual performance.  As I sit inside on this rainy Monday my mind drifts to visions of what would be possible mixing a live visuals set with just my hands, conducting the video feeds…sweet.  Also the geek in me is filled with wonder of finally being able to visually navigate large data sets with ease.