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The Hackintosh VJ/Media server project came about through the need to have a powerful, stable and reliable multi platform machine for live performance, VJ and visual installation use. After weeks of hunting, nothing on ...

Hackintosh Visual Media Server

Hardware, Hire, News, Software

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We wanted another new challenge here at VDHQ so we thought we'd try an experiment in which we are using an analogue audio source such as a guitar or the human voice to trigger a selection of video clips in real ...

Triggering Video Clips with a Guitar!?

Hardware, News, Software

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We've explained in a few of our previous tutorials how useful Syphon is to get video content between software applications. Basically Syphon Recorder pipes video between VJ software like VDMX and projector mapping ...

Recording with Syphon Recorder

News, Software

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We've been doing a little work with the XBox Kinect to see what techniques we can use for live shows. Here's a little sneak peek into what we've done so far.   Kinect, QC and Resolume XBox Kinect, Quartz ...

XBox Kinect, Quartz Composer, Synapse, Syphon & Resolume Avenue 3

Hardware, News, Software

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Play Magazine is a well established electronic music publication in the UK. They featured us in an article about the state of VJing in London and how to get into VJing in 2008. Click here to read the article of click on the ...

Play Magazine – Pixel Play with Visual Division

Hardware, Live Shows, Press, Software

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There's a certain buzz on the VJ circuit at the moment around the new(ish) mapping techniques being used to project video on 3D objects. I want to touch on the two most exciting developments of late which we've been testing ...

What’s New in VJ land? Syphon & Mad Mapper! That’s What!

News, Projection Mapping, Software

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We're in a kind of festive mood so thought we'd share some of the countdown visuals we use in our VJ sets. There are two that come in very handy. One is a .swf flash file which will take it's time off of your computer's own ...

Free New Years Eve Visuals!

News, Software

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Some of us still want to use those old trusty FreeFrame plugins in our sets. Here are a few we've used over the years. Please be aware that FreeFrame plugins in newer VJ software, although supported, is not always the best ...

Old FreeFrame Plugins – Download

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