Future of Modul8

[madsmeskalin]

First of all: I know you guys dont have answers to this, but I want to hear the thoughts of somebody who has more experience than me.

Ive been using Modul8 since 2009, being the only interface that made sense to me. I tried Resolume back then, but it didnt really give me a hard-on. But lately Resolume seems to catch up, and go beyond. When I was playing with Resolume, the quality of my compositions went up a notch. It was easier to make good transitions, and the effects seemed a little more mature than Modul8´s. The DXV codec is a selling point in itself.

As it havent been a major update for quite some time, what do you guys think we will see from Garagecube in the future? Are Resolume a more stable company, with more resources for development, or do you think Garagecube will surprise us "apple-style" with something big in the near future?

[MoRpH]

I agree it has been rather stagnant, hoping for new focus on it now they are done with MadMapper

[sleepytom]

Does it matter?

Work on better content, the "live" aspect of VJing is massively over rated.

With good content you can do a good show with almost any VJ software.

[MoRpH]

That is true Tom, I couldn't agree more, and thats what I've personally been doing for along time now. That said I would like to see all the VJ softwares continue to evolve, new functionality can open new creative doors

[vanakaru]

I have been even Modul8 fanboy not so long ago. I like it still and use it on every show but I am a bit disillusioned about its future. There are many things with Modul8 that have been asked to address for YEARS and have been kind of ignored or brushed aside by developers. Sometimes just a good explanation and reasoning would suffice, but it has not happened.
For me the main issues are MIDI (and why not OSC) proper implementation. There is an improvement with abilities saving MIDI maps and choosing devices but why they did not go the whole way. It was discussed a lot.
Then the darkness about preview and output sizes that has not been completely explained is just baffling. Why there has to be such a mess with preview window and ”normalizing” and Advanced Output when we use clips sizes anything but 640x480 is beyond me. So many years and so many questions asked!!??
And thing that has beed requested for some time to be able to lock a layer - result is silence, not even a comment.
Anyway I am sad that I did not choose VDMX when I started. Or jumped to Resolume when they really got going recently. Maybe?
On the positive side M8 have given me the best performance so far. Latest test with MXO2 live capture Modul8 performed absolutely the best. 1-2 frames latency while Quicktime had 5-7, so did many other apps I tested.
And I agree with Tom as well. I would like M8 to be good and well functioning player with the features it has. But it must work solid.

[thomase]

I totally agree with Tom. Good content and even QT is a good vj app

[lotech]

The Garagecube guys often counter our requests with 'that can be done with a module' but that just makes me want to smash my head against the wall. It would be fine if they had improved the module editor and included more keywords for us to use in the modules.

I don't even think the app needs to change much, I like the way it works but filling my screen with modules to add basic functionality is a pain.

I have tried to add a bunch of the features I want in to a few modules but would rather have them in the main UI (as my coding skills are terrible).
Things that should just be there now -
Layer lock.
Basic layer playback controls (play/pause/rewind).
Thumbnails of layers.
Less flakey MIDI/OSC.
BPM module built in.
Cross fader controls.
Preview/output/advanced output setup.
Media management - merging/moving/media panel size.

Theres obviously more things but these things should be in there - and 2 years ago.

[deepvisual]

I dunno what the fuss is about.

its stable - unlike all the others
it runs very well if you dont overload it.

thats all I need.

[sleepytom]

I've never been able to use Modul8 because of the way it fudges output size / layer size. It's not really an issue for some people but I simply cannot use an app that won't tell me what size the output and layers really are.

I also find the GUI is a bit of a train crash! So I'd love it if they would update the application and fix these things.

[sleepytom]

I've never been able to use Modul8 because of the way it fudges output size / layer size. It's not really an issue for some people but I simply cannot use an app that won't tell me what size the output and layers really are.

I also find the GUI is a bit of a train crash! So I'd love it if they would update the application and fix these things.