Serato Meets Responsive Visuals in Quartz Composer: Video Tutorial Quickie

Serato’s ability to work with Quartz Composer opens up some unique possibilities for audiovisual DJ sets. I could describe what those are, but here Venus Rollergirl shows them off in Serato Scratch, as it’s easier to see than talk about. (That’s not to be confused with Serato DJ, now a separate product.) In this case, […]

Serato Video 1.1 Adds Media and Effect Handling, Delay Compensation Features [Videos]

Serato Video seems poised to be a leader in introducing visuals to the DJ world. It’s maturing fast, and while there are a lot of options for these kind of visuals, few could boast this sort of friendly, minimal, familiar Serato-style interface. It’s also eminently controllable for turntablists and controllerists – at least if they’re […]

Peter Kirn - September 25, 2012

Beeple: Brilliant Visuals, as Creative Commons VJ Clips, Cinema 4D Source Files

Beeple isn’t just one of our favorite animators. He’s also a creator of open-licensed VJ content that you can use in live sets and other works. In addition to video clips, you get the raw materials on which those animations were based, in the form of Cinema 4D files you can open and manipulate. That […]

Peter Kirn - April 5, 2012

Epic Audiovisual Mix, Produced with VIDEO-SL

Peter Kirn - December 21, 2011

VIDEO-SL, Video for DJs, Turnablists: $99 Deal, CDM Giveaway, and How it's Used

Peter Kirn - December 19, 2011

VIDEO-SL, Video for DJs, Turnablists: $99 Deal, CDM Giveaway, and How it’s Used

Peter Kirn - December 19, 2011

MixEmergency, Serato-Driven Mac Visual App, Gains Loads of New Features

Peter Kirn - July 30, 2010

Scratching Live Video Input: Ms. Pinky + Max for Live

Peter Kirn - February 5, 2010

Vinyl Scratch Animation: Turntable-Controlled, Interactive Cel Animation with Ms. Pinky

Peter Kirn - April 16, 2009

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