DVI mixer... finally! Someone has done it!

My history with VJing started with software running on a laptop. I don't know what the percentages are of how many people are using laptops now for VJing and/or other activities involving mixing images live using a projector. Considering the growth of this area in the last five years I would not be surprised at all if the number of people using just their laptops out numbers the amount of people using a V4 with two input sources without laptops. That leaves us with a lot of people using laptops that have the potential for high quality being back clocked with NTSC/PAL in their final output.

I have a passing fascination with the V4. Using modul8 and sometimes occupying whole nights with just 1 laptop I never really saw the advantage of a V4 and never bought one. The effects in it did not interest me and I much preferred a VGA output over composite. It looked more 'direct' if that is a good description for it.

Boris and I have always dreamed of a VGA mixer. One of those discussions that meandered through cost effectiveness to the V440 HD and finally culminating in a long sigh.

What we both always felt was that we did not really care about effects, BPM function or even keying. Just the simple pleasure of switching between two computer signals smoothly so one of us could take a break.

This past summer I was invited to Lisbon once again to participate in the small festival mentioned before here called Arbertura3. Toby Spark was also invited, en route to Brazil to deliver and supervise the tech of a new project by D-Fuse that called for mixing a VGA signal with two laptops and a TripleHead2go(!). Upon his arrival, I am always glad to see Toby, he pulled out a neat little black padded case, a few inches thicker then a regular laptop case and opened it up to reveal what appears in the image above. A VGA mixer. I remember my heart pacing wildly and my mouth running dry from the excitement of seeing this realizing what it could do. As I had my laptop open I sent a message to Boris via Skype and not a minute later he was talking with Toby on the phone.

So now it is here. Not quite. Its really up to you now to go over to his page and put your money where it counts and order one of these things, custom built just for you. Your support will drive this device into demand. Just imagine that clean signal you always wanted for your VJ sets and performances. Fill in that demand sheet today!