Visual Controllerism
Every once in a while some one sends me a video that is super inspiring and a lot of fun to watch. Today’s video is one of those pieces in which Malaventura takes cue point juggling arrangement to the next level with 2 important evolutions: Multi-track juggles and perfectly synced video content. Read on for more videos and a mapping file for traktor pro.
BACKGROUND
The basis to this video was introduced in my original “we will rock you experiment”, which used a beat and acapella with all 5 cue points synced up. Instead of playing cue points with separate hands, you line the cue points up above each-other in a sequence and play them in pairs with one hand so the samples stay in sync and its easier to juggle several songs.
Malaventura multiplies the concept and creates a 4 X 4 grid of samples: 4 tracks with 4 cue points each. He is using Ableton, which allows for endless clips, in order to have 16 different tracks loaded at one time- enabling 4 different remix “scenes”.
And what about the video? Everything is synced up to Quartz composer, which is triggering the clips. For the sounds, creativity and awesome video clips I give his efforts 2 midi thumbs up!
4X4? WHAT A NICE ROUND NUMBER..
For the best button to price ratio, the Novation controller is great, but personally I cant stand actually playing those buttons. The Midi-fighter on the other hand has the best juggle action around and a convenient 4 X 4 layout. To help you try this concept out on your own, I created a quick TSI file that lays out all 4 decks on the midi-fighter with 4 cue points per deck just like the video. Sadly, you cant control video with Traktor just yet. Hey NI- When are we going to get video?!
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April 16th, 2010 at 12:03 am Quote
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Not really news…
http://vjkungfu.com/archive/av-sequencing-with-live-vdmx-monome/
but still interesting!
I usually recopile audiovisual realtime instrumentalism stuff at:
wwww.myspace.com/tooltablism
Feel free to link anything you find interesting…
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April 16th, 2010 at 12:10 am Quote
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http://www.myspace.com/tooltablist
Sorry
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April 16th, 2010 at 12:26 am Quote
nice! i dig this. i want to do something like this with the visuals include for my set, but i’m not sure if i have the ‘right’ type of crowd for it =/.
April 16th, 2010 at 12:28 am Quote
very nice find! i liked the layout of this set so much that the live triggering of the clips wasn’t the most entertaining aspect for me. i think mixing these as loops would be more entertaining because of the groove and the styles of the different genres. this was super inspirational. thanks!
April 16th, 2010 at 12:32 am Quote
Is it just me or does his inability to stay on beat ruin it a bit?
April 16th, 2010 at 2:57 am Quote
Can we have some informations about the synchro with quartz composer and the sound, please.
April 16th, 2010 at 3:00 am Quote
I will love to have video in Traktor and play with my VCI se arcade.
:)
April 16th, 2010 at 3:18 am Quote
god that rhythm was getting on my nerves after only a minute! Good concept though.
April 16th, 2010 at 3:53 am Quote
I’m feelin you there budster! but I like the video thing.. i wonder if edison would ever think about taking this on..?
April 16th, 2010 at 5:24 am Quote
I have to agree. I still really enjoyed the concept.
April 16th, 2010 at 5:33 am Quote
No one needs video in Traktor. I don’t want NI to spend my cash on the development of gimmicks without any practical use.
If you wanna do AV sets, team up with a VJ.
April 16th, 2010 at 6:36 am Quote
Agreed. Traktor should remain audio only or its no longer dj software.
April 16th, 2010 at 9:07 am Quote
I could keep better time with a sun dial
April 16th, 2010 at 9:07 am Quote
Yay four decks!
April 16th, 2010 at 9:33 am Quote
nice idea.. but argh not really that great final product.l
April 16th, 2010 at 9:34 am Quote
I’ve messed around with some VJ stuff but it’s not for me. I really respect and am interested in what VJs have to offer. The programs I tried and from what I’ve seen in videos, a lot of people are using midi controllers. It’s definitely controllerism, which is exciting!
This guy has caught my attention lately: http://vimeo.com/zebbler
You may also recognize him as he was one of the guerrilla marketers who make lightbox promos for Aqua Teen Hunger Force in Boston and everyone thought it was a terror plot.
April 16th, 2010 at 9:46 am Quote
I admit this kid definitely needs to work on his timing (he needs to watch ean’s timing video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkJ9n9rIzPM), but other than that is not bad, and the concept is really cool. To be honest, a little better timed and this would actually sound really good
But I agree I WOULD LOVE IF TRAKTOR GOT VIDEO! I would never use Serato again, its the only reason I use that program is when I have to spin video…
April 16th, 2010 at 10:50 am Quote
I agree the timing is not that great- but the video clips and concept are very inspiring. Take the idea and make it better! I am working on a 4 track juggle routine now and its a lot of fun.
April 16th, 2010 at 11:33 am Quote
fun to watch, inspiring and entertaining. i like it a lot.
April 16th, 2010 at 1:15 pm Quote
Did anybody ever say “boy, I’d hate it if Serato added video, cause they’d be wasting their time and mine…”?
I don’t think that really happened. Bring on video Traktor!
Seems to me that, if it’s a feature you won’t use, then don’t use it.
April 16th, 2010 at 2:30 pm Quote
He could have benefited from some realtime quantization, if you put in on 1/32 notes (for starting and length of the clip), then you still got a lot of freedom and it will sound a lot tighter.
Of course the software used has to be able to do it that way… (live can do it for audio, don’t know about the video stuff)
Very nice effort though, good composition and choice of samples, couldn’t do it like that myself!
April 16th, 2010 at 2:54 pm Quote
Nice though its been done better before, albeit not live. Pogo’s remixes of Disney films have made him one of the top dj/producers in my eyes. His talent for picking out sounds, and producing catchy beats has gained him one hell of a lot of fans around the world:
Example of his work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQuqeLBTetA
April 16th, 2010 at 3:03 pm Quote
Found this real inspiring, and with a bit more practice will be a great performance!
Does anybody know what software is being used, or can be used to do this?
April 16th, 2010 at 4:43 pm Quote
absolutely NOT! regarding video in traktor… you want a cluttered, crowded and messy interface go for Virtual DJ. heck, NI took out the native recorder because it wasnt in the spirit of live DJing. but im surprised that i didnt anybody bring this up yet: i know its possible to sync traktor and ableton, would it not be possible to sync traktor to that quartz thing? yeah you wont have unlimited amount of clips, but oh well, traktor ? ableton.
April 16th, 2010 at 4:45 pm Quote
doh, hit submit before i commented on the video :/ awesome stuff there, wouldve been amazing if he could keep in time a bit better, and that last part was mighty annoying, but still pure awesome :)
PS. in previous post supposed to be traktor (not equal sign) ableton, i guess this board doesnt like them unicode characters, so !=
April 17th, 2010 at 4:18 am Quote
keep the fun growing
April 17th, 2010 at 6:31 am Quote
The timing might be something to do with the LP, Ean hit the nail on the head with “but personally I cant stand actually playing those buttons”. I only use the LP for quantize clip launching, as the feel is not there for that unquantized in-the-pocket action.
Anybody using a Ohm64 or Block for something similar?
April 17th, 2010 at 6:56 am Quote
May be if NI implemented got another team working on a VJ program that if you also owned Traktor would work very well along side it.
That way not much development time and money is taken away from the audio processing and that means DJ’s do not have to load up their memory with a load of VJing stuff if they are not going to use it.
On the bad side that will mean you have to fork out more money to get video support, but thats something i can live with if i know very little development time is taken away from the audio side of things other than getting the two programs to work well with one another.
Oh and theres also M4L which has Jitter (video processing modules) – i rekon some cool very stuff could be conjured up there with enough effort from someone.
April 17th, 2010 at 10:16 am Quote
this is alsow cool
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/16/crazed-turntablists-transform-sneakers-into-sound-controllers-r/
greetings
April 17th, 2010 at 2:23 pm Quote
S.O.S
And my question is how i can make this on windows, because quartz composert only run on mac os, and vdvm all those…
I need to know how to sync the video with the audio.
Thanks
April 17th, 2010 at 6:16 pm Quote
I agree with BentoSan, that video could run along side of Trakor as a plugin (just like Serato Video SL does), that it won’t take up your system if you’re not using it (just like Serato Video SL does) and would cost a little bit extra to add (just like Serato Video SL does). That would get a great solution that would please many a DJ who doesn’t want to spend $3000 on Pioneer DVJs but wants something better than VirtualDJ (JUST LIKE SERATO VIDEO SL DOES!)
sorry for the rant… back on topic.
The clip reminds me of one of my favorite acts from the 90’s EBN.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Broadcast_Network
Supposedly made music only from what could be derived from video recorded off of public tv, and made the tracks in Adobe Premiere.
Also ColdCut VJAMM comes to mind
April 18th, 2010 at 1:03 am Quote
i would like to see NI team up with one of the companies that create vj software like Resolume.
But I have to agree with the guys who suggested that djs who are looking into incorporating visuals into their sets team up with a dedicated vj. There aren’t many guys who do the visual/audio thing really well, excepet maybe Hexstatic. Mike Relm does a pretty good job, but the visual side of his performances are usually nothing too mind blowing.
April 18th, 2010 at 5:46 am Quote
Yes its truth, i go to try with vdj 6.0 and nanopad, and later i put a link to the video mix.
April 18th, 2010 at 5:06 pm Quote
sweet thinly veiled product promotion DJTT…
April 18th, 2010 at 9:54 pm Quote
wow that was dope. i loved those samples, good stuff.
April 19th, 2010 at 4:13 am Quote
I think maybe he got his inspiration here: http://thru-you.com/
April 21st, 2010 at 5:16 pm Quote
Noooo stop taunting me with your Midi Fighters when they are not for sale! :P
April 30th, 2010 at 11:40 am Quote
Hey peeps, check this software out, anyone using Torq could take advantage of it :D and is not expensive :P
http://www.mspinky.com/
Probably the do something to fuse that with Tracktor, it could be great :D
July 24th, 2010 at 3:06 pm Quote
Hey that was great! Kind of Kid Koala in approach.