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deepvisual — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:23:56 GMT

deepvisual were approached in October 2009 by the Free Sam Hallam Campaign and asked to help raise awareness of his case. This resulted in a collaborative projection event in Hoxton Square by some of London's finest VJs.The great news is Sam has finally been released after spending 7 years inside for a murder he didn't commit.

[LON] 09/06/2012 Looking Sound presents 'Future Warehouse Visuals' @ The Finsbury

VSS2 — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:09:41 GMT

Looking Sound presents 'Future Warehouse Visuals' @ The Finsbury, 336 Green Lanes, N4 1BY

09/06/2012

Audio Visual Performances, Live Music, Live Digital Art and DJ sets.

9th March 2012 @ The Finsbury - FREE ENTRY.

Looking Sound are here once again for a night of visual audio sickness from the collection of A/V perfomers, live bands, visual artists and DJ's that will combine on the 9th June like a b***acl***t transformer to become FUTURE WAREHOUSE VISUALS.

Check out the vibes :

Looking Sound presents Future Warehouse Visuals 10 12 2011 - YouTube

Stormfield A/V set Recorded LIVE @LookingSound 10/09/2011 - YouTube

DJ Bad Bwoy Selecta and VJ Harper collabo LIVE mix set Recorded @LookingSound 10/09/2011 - YouTube

www.lookingsound.com

Future Warehouse Visuals 9th June, 2012 at The Finsbury, N4 1BY presents :

DJ Warlock Rag and Bone Recordings
with VJ 5LAYER newfuturenow.org
Continuum Live electronic bass busic
with Mr Faff Looking Sound resident
Bitvert A/V Set AVTV / Random Records / Light Surgeons
Punkture Sluts Tsunami of bass heavy beats
DJ DS1 Cross Bones Sound System
DJ Bad Boy Selecta Roots and Reggae regular

Still interested? Heres some more info on the acts blessing Looking Sound.

DJ Warlock

Acid House was what got me on the decks. It made me get involved rather than just being a spectator...

East London. This was 89 and a fantastic time. An electronics student built me a transmitter and for 6 months we were blasting out on the airwaves. This all came on top, but fortunately I got a slot on Pulse 90.6FM. Things were going really well, but looking back, maybe 3 shows a week was pushing it, because one Tuesday night it all abruptly came to an end. The DTI bust through the door, taking all my tunes and slapping me with a hefty fine. I got a few sorted residences. I�ve got many happy memories from doing Slimetime and also Labrynth when it was down at 4 Aces, Dalston � one of the most unique venues ever - it has to be said. Plenty of the big raves were happening, and I was getting slots at places like Helter Skelter, Interdance, Universe, Elevation, The Eclipse, Quest, Kinetic and 2000AD to name a few...

I returned in 2001 and had regained my enthusiasm. I got back on the case. Combining forces with long-time dj, Stacey (now known as Noyeahno), we put our studios together and laid plans for Rag & Bone. We had both been through similar genres and wanted to do something with it. The label has evolved into a melting pot of dubstep, breaks and electro, with the occasional hint of old skool and techno. Its ended up being a bit uncompromising as an imprint, skirting the fringes of several scenes and sounds but not really getting stuck, trapped or defined by any particular one of them. Probably not the best way to go about things, but the label is about putting out what we like, what moves us and releasing music that pushes things to another level.
And that's how I'm spinning - I just like to mix it up and make people move with edgey forward thinking beats. The last few years have been good. Playing here and abroad at a range of underground events like Dead Silence, Wang, Haywire, Delta 9, Unsound, Yardcore, Toxic Dancehall plus places like Uglyfunk, Rebel Bass, Colony and Interakt. And when there's been time, putting on our own events under the Rag & Bone moniker with a policy of good underground music, new and old.

http://www.myspace.com/warlockdj
http://www.ragandbonerecords.co.uk/
http://www.ragandbonerecords.co.uk/warlock.html
http://www.ragandbonerecords.co.uk/warlock_discog.html

VJ 5LAYER

Recently back from Tokyo, Japan and doing visuals with Luke Slaters Planetary Assault Systems. VJ 5LAYER has many aliases and his recent tricks include feedback, technicolor, and 3D type workings coming out in all directions.

Other endeavuors include regular graphics night under the alias VJ Typeography and a bike night for an exhibition aka VJ SKYWAY.

You can rest assured that his visual work will be something to come and check out in its own right but when you combine VJ 5LAYER with the tunes of DJ Warlock it will be a true A/V treat.

Continuum

Continuum is a bass producer supplying remixes for numerous labels, and writing and producing for a number of different chart acts.
The live show is an intense explosion of underground beats and bass, merged with commercially vibrant hooks.
Live drums, bass, synths, samplers and effects create an original and huge sound in every one of his performances.

http://soundcloud.com/continuumuk
http://www.continuum.so/Video.html
https://www.facebook.com/c0nt1nuum

Mr Faff

Looking Sound resident Mr Faff will be taking the muscial sickness that Continuum produces and expressing it as live visuals. What do you think bass looks like?

Follow on twitter @MrFaff
www.lookingsound.com

Bitvert

Bitvert is a Music Producer,Sound Designer and Artist based in East London.
Previously he has worked with The Light Surgeons,The Agents,Scanone and Cristine.

Bitvert produces Electro/Punk/Electronica and New Wave music.
Influences are Joy Divison,Whitey and Suicide.
Bitvert also creates music for Film,Installatiions, Live Events and other media.

http://vimeo.com/bitvert
http://www.axisweb.org/seCVFU.aspx?ARTISTID=11609

Punkture Sluts

Tsunami of bass heavy beats.
Rupture of sonic soul.
True stories and lies.

Punkture Sluts - No Hopah - YouTube

http://www.myspace.com/punkturesluts
http://www.facebook.com/punkturesluts
http://punkturesluts.bandcamp.com/

DJ DS1

This man, knows his hardcore and jungle. If '92 was a significant, if not pivotal year for him and it wasnt because that's when he grduated.

If you like to dance to hardcore and jungle then this set will close the night off proper.

VJ Lightmare

Rocking a vvvv setup Lightmare will be treating you to some high quality 3D visual stimulation so your eyes will be able to keep up with your jaw making this DJ/VJ combo much more than a spine tingler.

DJ Bad Boy Selecta

He has been flinging down reaggae on Looking Sounds for years and this bwoy is gona do it again. Nice vibes guaranteed.

DJ Bad Bwoy Selecta and VJ Harper collabo LIVE mix set Recorded @LookingSound 10/09/2011 - YouTube

VJing in NYC

movic — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:57:30 GMT

Hello everybody,

I'm planning to go to New York this next summer to play visuals and I've been checking by Internet, but I haven't found any specific forum, or platform or anything special about that.

Does anyone know anything about VJing in NYC? I mean areas in the city, specific clubs or bars... or forums, groups meeting from time to time, any VJ already playing there who I could contact with, any DJ, manager...

I went to London two years ago the same way and i found some clubs where to play but there were more information around at least, to begin my adventure. Well any clue would be very helpful!

Thank you very much.

Animated gifs in Quartz Composer and CoGe

.lov. — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:20:32 GMT

Hello,

I wrote a guide about how to using animated gifs in Quartz Composer and CoGe, may some of you guys find this interesting.

http://www.cogevj.hu/blog/2012/anima...artz-composer/

DXV codec not an option in Adobe Premiere Pro

Mezi — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:53:54 GMT

When I go to export media within Premiere, there is no DXV codec option.
Ive installed the standalone DXV codec from the Resolume site as well.

anyone else had this issue?

introducing vpDude

toastbrot — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:41:49 GMT

Tag your clips on your machine, search, drag&drop to your VJTool. We have added direct connection to videopong.net also to download directly inside vpDude.

more info here: http://www.videopong.net/static/vpdudepreview

we forgot to post it here, as its already out some time.... just for those that did not see it up to now...

cheers,ivo

youtube downloading

Mezi — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:29:47 GMT

What's the best app out there to download from youtube?
most are spyware/malware
I tried searching the forums first and couldn't find anything so excuse me if this has been addressed already.

OPEN CALL plutofestival 25-27 October 2012 Opwijk, Belgium

llumen — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:14:29 GMT

Open Call Pluto 2012 (sorry for cross posting)

Pluto 2012 is an audiovisual festival. It wants to provide a stage for audiovisual, performance and new media artists. The festival encourages artists working with novel performance technologies and a multidisciplinary contemporary approach.

What is Pluto?

Pluto 2012 has partially rebranded itself as an audiovisual performance festival. More than ever, the focus is on the synergy between audio and visual found in performances, video installations, VJ�ing, new media, etc. The innovative use of multi and new media is key and will set the tone throughout the festival.

The evening program is build around representative ambassadors of contemporary electronic music. Some names from previous editions: Four Tet, Amon Tobin, Hexstatic, Dimlite, Little Dragon, Rustie, ... Also, many contemporary artists have contributed over the years: Philippe Beasley, Pieter Jan Ginckels, Tarik Barri and Studio Roosgaarde, ...

Each day of the festival, innovative acts compliment the line-up around a central name. We are looking for daring, experimental acts that can provide an engaging experience, regardless of genre, in audiovisual performances.

Pluto 2012 wants to link sound and vision as beneficial and exciting as possible for both the audience and the contributors.
By means of setting up a series of sessions, artists are encouraged to collaborate on projects for and during the festival, providing an optimal festival setting.

Artists at Pluto 2012 are given extensive logistic support to ensure ideal conditions for their acts.

In addition, Pluto2012 provides a series of workshops and information sessions for the public to get an in depth view on the creation process. Therefore artists are encouraged to document their artwork and present it this way.

To contribute:

Pluto 2012 is open to anything and anyone. Students and young artists, especially, are encouraged to contribute.

Practical:

The fifth edition, Pluto 2012, takes place from 25 to 27 October 2012 in and around Nijdrop, Kloosterstraat 9 -1745 Opwijk, Belgium

Dates:

Deadline: send in proposal by 30/06/2012 to pluto@nijdrop.be by filling out the online document be found at http://www.nijdrop.be/pluto/Entry-formPluto.pdf.
The proposal should contain all relevant information about your project:
short description
technical rider

For additional information & questions: pluto@nijdrop.be

Edirol / Roland P-10 firmware update.

theLABvisuals — Sun, 13 May 2012 19:56:53 GMT

Version 1.12 of the P-10 firmware has been released. Along with this release, there is also an updated Windows version of the P-10 software (1.03). Mac OSX remains at version 1.01.

Updates for the P-10 appears to be cosmetic at first. Rebranding the unit to Roland (as per 1.09 release) but also brings into the MIDI the newly adopted "MIDI VISUAL CONTROL" protocol. This seems to be the inclusion of VLink into the standard MIDI protocol.

Quote:

Update history

［ → Ver.1.12］
Changed the opening screen of P-10.

Supports for MIDI VISUAL CONTROL protocol.

［ → Ver.1.09］
Removed the P-10 panel image from the opening screen.

On PAL(25fps), P-10 might not be able to play back a movie file recorded until the maximum size of an SD card which size is 2GB or more because there is an error on the error-handling routine. The error is corrected.

Changed the brand name on the PC screen from Edirol to Roland when connecting the P-10 with the PC.

［ → Ver.1.07］

[BUG FIX]
Video Format setting might be changed unexpectedly just after performing the Factory Reset function.

［ → Ver.1.06］
[BUG FIX]
When letting the input video signal go thru output, the output video might be shifted four lines downward.

The system was stopping video playback by a MIDI Offline message, so the playback might be stopped unexpectedly.

Full details HERE.

Notice on MIDI update HERE.

Tagtool Touch - the app for animated projection painting

iink — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:14:41 GMT

We�re proud to announce Tagtool Touch, the app for animated projection painting. With the new Tagtool you paint and animate with your fingers, multiple users connect to work collaboratively, and everything works completely free of cables. It�s the next step for our unique approach to creating intuitive and inspired visuals.

We found that while people absolutely love Tagtool when everything is set up, they are intimidated by the long and complicated road from wanting to owning a Tagtool. They complained that the full Tagtool setup is to big, too heavy, has too many cable connections and is expensive when you consider everything. People without gaming experience � especially traditional artists � have trouble using the gamepad for animation. And the list went on � in the end we were able to compile a detailed specification of requirements, which sketched out an ideal instrument for animated projection painting � unreal, like something out of a science-fiction novel.

So what does all this mean for the existing Tagtool community? For the DIY fans � we can assure you that we are proud of our hacker roots, and that the existing Tagtool system will continue to be open source and freely available. In fact, we are thinking of bringing the Arduino-based Tagtool into the Donut Universe in the future, so old school and new school can co-exist and collaborate peacefully. We are also re-working our logo and homepage; this is most probably the last feature on this blog.

The new Tagtool will be unveiled at the renowned Mapping festival in Geneva. From 16th to 18th of May, visitors can take part in multiplayer sessions and experience the artistic use of the tool, before it will be available on the App Store in summer 2012.

Background video solution for a mobile DJ

wildboy1983 — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:54:06 GMT

Hi. I am exploring differnt effects to use in place of my current 4m x 2m led curtain backdrop. Ideally I would love a nice LED screen but due to the cost im looking at video projection as an alternative.

I would need something that sets up and tears down quickly and easily. My inspiration for looking at Projection was this video here:

Fish On Percussion - Britain's Got Talent 2012 Live Semi Final - UK version - YouTube

I would either project forward like in the video or ideally stick the projector behind me and project up to a screen.

I wonder what kind of projector would be a decent solution for this kind of effect? I noticed that this particular video is very radiant and probably an expensive projector but my budget is around �1000 all in. Would this touch the sides?

Any help in the matter would be truly apreciated.

Where to Sell Used Equipment

ljk-wxm — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:36:36 GMT

Hi,

Recently bought an Edirol V-8 to replace this:

DIY rack mount system of Video splitters, video scalers, video distribution amps, matrix, etc.

How can I find out the value of the gear and what websites would you recommend for selling them?

Thanks.

Fire loop

antcupa — Fri, 11 May 2012 09:20:50 GMT

Hallo guys i need a fire loop!
Do you have it?

How to install Xnth v1.750

Optrix — Fri, 11 May 2012 02:00:57 GMT

hi All

New tutorial video online with how to install Xnth v1.750.
check out: http://youtu.be/HXCB2iYaws8

There is also a new forum... http://www.Xnth.org
I've uploaded a demo content pack, lots of new VTX's (Xnth 3D geometry file), textures, and presets.. All free. check it! http://www.xnth.org/forums/topic/demo-pack-update-v2/ for the complete list.

Oh if your new to Xnth, it's realtime 3D generating software for VJ's who want to video texture wrap animated 3D objects live. Check out http://www.Xnth.eu for more info.

Also we dropped the price to �199 and increased the number of computer activation's to 3. So yeh you can now use your license on 3 computers!!

:)

benski

AMD vs Intel for HD decoding

ogwolf — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:22:46 GMT

I have been doing some testing with VJing using full HD 1080i files and have found some strange results. While testing in Resolume Arena I discovered that while clips encoded with DXV codecs run smoother on a cutting edge 8-core AMD build, that I am actually getting faster results on an older intel i5 setup with anything that is encoded as PhotoJPEG.

Have any of you seen a noticeable performance difference with FPS when playing HD content with an intel iSeries chip vs the new AMD3+ chips?

Should I give up on the AMD and just get a Sandybridge?

Thanks for any and all advice :)