Bastl’s new Déjà vu is the 4HP module for when you need to fader stuff

This looks like a good case of what happens when a simple idea does a ton of stuff — the opposite of a unitasker. Two faders, but there’s attenuator, attenuverter, crossfader, preamp, line level booster, panner, mixer, and and and…

The Era of Hardware Mixing for Laptops Cometh: SPARK D-FUSER Available

*spark d-fuser: demo from toby*spark on Vimeo. It’s been a long time coming, but it’s nearly here. The first hardware mixing for laptops that’s practical and affordable for the visual community has arrived. And it should be just the tip of the iceberg. Back in 2009, we celebrated Toby Spark’s community-led video mixing, and bravely […]

Peter Kirn - August 21, 2012

ArKaos GrandVJ 1.1: Proper Alpha, Crossfader Support, Smart Input, Painted Black

Just as VDMX and Resolume have been treated to ground-up rewrites, so, too, has a name in VJ apps that has endured since the early days of computer VJing: ArKaos. GrandVJ is a completely new program, though it does maintain ArKaos’ signature feature – a music keyboard along the bottom of the screen. Now, I’ve […]

Peter Kirn - March 19, 2009