Resolume 2.4 beta now available

[Bartholomew]

Finally a new Resolume version comes scorching from the heat of our headquarters in The Hague, Holland. As previously announced we are now releasing a beta version of Resolume 2.4. With some exciting new features and massive speed improvements, this version is smokin!

BPM Clock
With the BPM clock in Resolume it is very easy so synchronise video clips to the tempo (Beats Per Minute) of the music. By setting the the video clips in BPM mode the speed of the clips is automatically adjusted to fit in any number of beats. The BPM clock can be set manually or can be linked to an external Midi clock.

With this function your visuals are so easily synchronised to the beat of the music! The BPM clock can also be used to drive effect parameters and to have them play synchronised to the music.

DMX
DMX can be used to control Resolume but also to send DMX signals from flash movies playing in Resolume. This enables you to integrate your visuals and video with lights, strobes, lasers, moving heads, LED pannels and any other device that is DMX compatible. DMX signals can be send via Artnet over a computer network or via USB with the Enttec DMX USB Pro Interface.

Speed improvements
We took some extra time to totally dissect the Resolume engine and Edwin was able to improve the playback speed dramatically, with one layer playback framerates can be up to 80% faster and running multiple layers can be up to 10-20% faster. So if you were thinking about switching from 320x240 to 640x480 now is the time to try it out.

Other improvements & changes
- Effects now have a little feedback button, use this in combination with the opacity slider to directly apply feedback to an effect.
- The layer opacity can now be animated just like an effect parameter, it just looks slightly different because all the buttons are vertically aligned.
- The FFT audio analyser is much more accurate, it could even be usefull on drumm 'n bass music ;-)
- Freeframe plugins can be in different subdirectories, all subdirectories below the plugins folder are scanned and placed in different categories
- Capture driver list can be refreshed to be able to access camera's that have been connected after having started Resolume. This is convenient because you might forget to turn on your camera before starting Resolume.
- Freeframe internal parameter range has been changed to 0-511. Especially when animating parameters this is a good improvement. Animation will be more fluent and accurate.
- Decks, settings and recorded files are now stored in the directory ~/My Documents/Resolume 2.4/ this is to facilitate environments where the user does not have administrator rights. (manly schools)
- There is no longer a 15-day trial period. The output is now watermarked every 2 minutes with the Resolume logo so you can practice as long as you like.

Our private beta testers are very happy with this version but we decided to call it beta just to be on the safe side.

[evomedia]

looking good guys, nice job...

[fullscreamriot]

bpm clock
mmmmmmmmmm

[jimmyogenic]

just been testing this out, and the bpm clock rocks

you may have persuaded me not to install grid pro on my new shinny mac!!!

nice one guys

[Bartholomew]

thanx y'all ;-)

[homing]

Yeah the bpm clock is awesome! I was waiting for this feature for quite a while!

Cant wait to test in live gig!

[mxmai]

nice work dudes. only thing i've missed about moving to a mac has been no resolume!

i'll definitely fire up the PC and give this a spin tonight.

[DrEskaton]

can you look at adding something to stop decks getting lost when drive letters change in the final release version?

this seems to be a very common problem when people use external drives.

should be an easy fix just pop up a dialog saying "woops can't find these clips, please tell me the new drive letter" then have it do a global search and replace in the deck files of the drive letter.

this would save people so much grief!

[Motionreactor]

I downloaded and tried the beta, and must say I'm impressed. The BPM sync is working well and the resync button (such a simple idea) is really a huge improvement over what I have used before.

[Jukkis]

Originally Posted by mxmai

nice work dudes. only thing i've missed about moving to a mac has been no resolume!

But new macs come with xp too, so I think you can run resolume (+ all other "pc only" software) this way also with mac computers.