Modul8 2.6 available now!

Modul8 2.6 available now
The live video performance tool of choice gains new features:

Sound Analysis

Fine tune how compositions react to specific sounds. Isolate frequencies using the Sound Analysis Configuration panel and turn sound into movement.

DMX control
DMX
Open yourself up to controlling lighting and other stage production tools, or expand your existing control of the stage into video.

We created several basic modules that you can download from the GarageCUBE online module library to get you started. For stage designers you can use the DMX Layer Fixture module to control Modul8 using a light desk.

If you are completely new to DMX and want to control lighting using a MIDI controller you can use the new Midi2DMX module.

DMX control with Modul8 works exclusively with the ENTTEC DMX USB Pro device and requires the installation the Virtual COM driver.

Up to 4 live video feeds
4x live camera input
Incorporate several view points using multiple video cameras and mix them together as you would any other media within Modul8.

Import/export MIDI and key mappings
Import/Export Midi/Key mappings
Start every new project with a familiar feel by quickly incorporating the controls that serve you best, or share your Midi/Key mappings with your friends.

Movie folder

Quickly create a slide show by dragging a folder from desktop that contains images and dropping it into the Modul8 media set. Incorporate new images or edit out ones you don’t want on the fly by simply removing images for the folder.

Blend modes
Blend Modes
An essential feature for most compositing tasks, blend modes allow for artistic experimentation with any image based media. Furthermore the implementation of these blend modes is very efficient, requiring very little CPU usage, so your frame rate does not suffer when your creative juices start to flow.

Wacom tablet support
The Painter module responds to pen pressure allowing you to add a natural, lively feel to your video performances.

Additional new features:
• Screenshot of preview and output windows
• MIDI device filtering
• Customizable aspect ratio of the preview panel
• Specify the rendering size of your Quartz Composer patches
• Support for Snow Leopard.

New modules
All of the following modules are available for download from the GarageCUBE online module library.

• Midi2Dmx (dmx) – Allows you to control DMX fixtures using your Midi controller.
• DMX fixture (dmx) – Use Modul8 like a DMX control device.
• DMX color test (dmx) – Test the RGB of a DMX compatible light fixture.
• DMX 8 (dmx) – Simple slider control for 8 DMX channels.
• Perspective Transform – A more precise version of the popular Core Image filter
• EqTest (example) – Demonstrates how to access Sound Analysis data using the module system.

Updated modules:
• BPM (global)
• Bpm Router (layer)
• Bpm Router (master)
• PrintedDirectEvent v2 (tool)

How to get Modul8 2.6
If you are already part of the Modul8 community you can upgrade your current Modul8 license to Modul8 2.6.

To start you can point your web browser to the following address:
http://www.garagecube.com/modul8/yourspace/

Read more detailed information about the upgrade process in our FAQ on the forum.

Too soon for you to jump into 2.6?
If the features of Modul8 2.6 are not attractive to you, we have released Modul8 2.5.9 so that it is compatible with Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

What is ‘yourspace’?
We are developing solutions for you to manage your account with us. For now yourspace allows you to download Modul8 whenever you need to and see how many authorizations of Modul8 you are currently using. In the future we look forward to providing you with more options and incentives to make yourspace part of your Modul8 experience.

Special limited time offer!
To take advantage of the DMX capability in Modul8 2.6 you will need to purchase the ENTTEC DMX USB Pro device from ENTTEC. As of December 1st, If you purchase Modul8 2.6 upgrade you will be able to obtain a coupon code to purchase the ENTTEC DMX USB Pro device for a discount. The coupon is available to you after you purchase the Modul8 2.6 upgrade and can be obtained by logging into ‘yourspace.’ The coupon lasts 1 month so if you are interested in DMX now is the time to act, and save!

We look forward to seeing the next wave of creations that follows a new release. Remember to join us on vimeo, facebook, twitter or flickr to share your Modul8 experiences with us.

Best wishes,
The Modul8 Team

posted by admin @ 27 November, 2009 17 comments »

B-seite Festival looking for submissions


B-Seite2010 from pixelschubser on Vimeo.
It is probably a bit too soon to start thinking about Spring. But it is never too late to find reasons to get together with your peers and present the work you have been toiling away at. After a one year hiatus, My friend Benjamin Jantzen has been working hard on providing an outlet for such things with his B-seite festival in Mannheim, Germany. He is looking for you to fill that outlet with your a/v sets, vjing skills and installations. It is not a VJ festival per-se just as much as Modul8 is not strictly a VJ tool. In the parlance of those days when music would be played using that medium now only favored by DJ’s and audiophiles, B-seite looks to present an eclectic side audiovisual exploration.

Log in to see what its all about.

posted by admin @ 22 November, 2009 0 comments »

An ‘if/when/then’ post if evah.


Brokenbeat Night – Dec 2009 from Accent Creative on Vimeo.
I wish I could attend these parties. The promos Miguex does always get me going. If you are San Diego at the 1st Saturday of the month go check this party out. More tomorrow.

posted by admin @ 17 November, 2009 0 comments »

A whole bunch of activity


Abstract Sound Project – Live Teaser 2009 from Personne Records on Vimeo.
The inbox has received a bounty of video links recently. The dream of several years ago of cohesive audio visual collaborations is becoming a reality as the Abstract Sound Project collaborates with Diez. A relatively simple approach that delivers.

“Through a live audio associated with a performance video, Abstract Sound Project reveals a unique combination of sound and image. On a projection surface of 20m², they transport us into their world where electronic sounds blend with the graphic arts.

This structure helps to immerse 2 musician in various tables imagined realized by the video artist Diez.

One beamer, modul8, one bcf2000 , for live video , each screen is managed independently.”


Video Mashup from Zoo Usine, Geneva 2009 from Startsladd on Vimeo.
Gothumborg, Sweden crew Startsladd gets teamed up with A-LI-CE at the Zoo in Geneva, Switzerland. A nice pairing I think as both entities are skilled creators of custom video footage that is always both engaging and humorous. Startsladd has also just relaunched their website with an updated VJ demo for the coming year.


baba roga’s revenge voirchestra presents HÄXAN from pixelschubser on Vimeo.
From Mannheim, Germany Pixelshubser keeps up a very active schedule of vj sets, the upcoming B-seite festival. Of interest to me was an ‘expanded cinema performance of Häxan (Witchcraft Through the Ages) made 1922 from Benjamin Christensen.’

As for me, I am in New York at the moment along with Modul8 Team member Sigma6. Meeting up with Vimeo and other Modul8 enthusiasts as well as doing some performances and a Modul8 workshop. Until then.

posted by admin @ 11 November, 2009 1 comment »