Resolume Avenue 3 is out of beta and available now! Download here, manual there and checkout the release notes below. In short, it's good, we like it, we're happy ;-) Make sure you do not miss our new DXV Codec, it's much faster than any other codec.

Stability Stability Stability
If you tried the beta you probably experienced a few crashes. ;-) That's fixed. Resolume 3.0.0 is totally stable and if you do experience a crash, we want to know about it: mail@resolume.com
Stability has been our main concern with this release so we have put a lot of time and effort into making Avenue as reliable as possible. Because we put so much time into this we had to push Flash playback and audio recording to a later release. So next on our todo is Flash playback and we will make this available as a free update.

DXV Codec
Our new DXV QuickTime video codec is the fastest codec available for Resolume. It let's you work effortlessly with a lot of layers and high resolution video. Because it does all the playback on the videocard's GPU it's faster than any other codec. Checkout all the details:
http://www.resolume.com/avenue/dxv.php

Audio Analysis
Resolume 3 can now do audio FFT analysis to make any parameter bounce to the music. Animate the size, rotation or position of a clip or make effects dance to the beat.

More effects
Thanks to Dan Kent from Syzygy Resolume 3 now includes a lot more effects: Fragment, Goo, Iterate, Kaleidoscope, Point grid, Recolour, RadialBlur, Ripples, Stripper, Tunnel (YEAH!), VideoWall & Vignette.

Transport controls on the layers
The Forward, Backward, Pause and Random buttons are back where they belong! Due to popular demand we added transport controls to the layers so it works more like Resolume 2. By default they are hidden so before you panic you should just make them visible by choosing "Show Layer Transport Controls" in the View menu.

MIDI & Keyboard Mapping Changed
The Contextual and Direct MIDI and Keyboard mapping was confusing so we changed it to Application and Composition mapping. Also, If you want your midi and keyboard shortcuts working the Resolume 2 way then go for Application mapping and select the focus to Deck in the mapping panel.

Localized Interface
The Resolume 3 interface is now localized to English, Dutch and German. More languages coming.

Other small improvements
#226 Keyboard and MIDI shortcuts for In and Out points
#501 Corresponding clip is now shown in the clip panel when a layer is selected
#503 Speed sliders more sensitive at low values
#422 Only highlight non empty clips in Composition mapping
#463 Enable Beat-snap for all clips (not only the ones in bpm-sync mode)
#456 Swap clips instead of replace when moving in the deck
#407 Shortcuts on transport controls should work on Timeline and BPM mode
#428 Keyboard mapping, check for reserved shortcuts like ctrl + s
#416 Add global VU meter
#228 Show FFGL plugin description and about info
#414 Insert recordings into first empty clip
#405 Shortcut for MIDI (ctrl + shift + m) and Keyboard mapping (ctrl + shift + k)
#404 Shortcut for Composition Settings (ctrl + shift + c)
#388 Tap Resync Pause in Application Key/MIDI Mapping

Fixed Bugs
#486 [fixed] Sometimes decks aren't loaded
#369 [fixed] Decks are often in wrong order when loaded
#303 [fixed] Order of deck tabs is different from order in composition list
#368 [fixed] Avenue crashes when changing decks
#418 [fixed] 0 byte record bug
#500 [fixed] Thumbnails aren't always shown
#513 [fixed] Windows:In and out points disappear when creating a really small loop
#494 [fixed] Previewing a playing clip does not always work
#492 [fixed] Bottom layer visible even when opacity is 0
#496 [fixed] crash when loading clips with opendml codec
#478 [fixed] Memory leak when triggering audio clips
#425 [fixed] MIDI devices cannot be turned off
#415 [fixed] Clips stopping on bottom layer when not registered
#335 [fixed] When triggering audio clips very fast avenue crashes
#458 [fixed] Non power of two videos are distorted
#457 [fixed] Layer MIDI Composition mapping are not stored
#455 [fixed] Editing Video or Audio effects directories doesn't always work
#450 [fixed] Quicklook window can't be dismissed
#299 [fixed] Crossfader position not saved correctly in composition
#305 [fixed] Previewing a clip that is already playing causes a glitch
#417 [fixed] Show/Hide Help is not stored
#296 [fixed] BPM should start counting at 1 not 0
#329 [fixed] Selecting a clip doesn't allways update the clip property panel correctly.
#297 [fixed] BPM Pause stops video clips in BPM sync mode but not audio clips
#412 [fixed] loading pictures as maks often crashes when linestride is bigger then width*3 or width*4
#381 [fixed] Mask are mirrored
#410 [fixed] Memory leak in file browser when set to thumbnail mode
#398 [fixed] Browsers overlap the panels when the help component is not visible
#135 [fixed] OSX: Old frame of a clip is shown when a clip is triggered
#372 [fixed] In and Out points of sliders are sometimes impossible to move
#325 [fixed] Pictures leave trails when zooming or rotating
#271 [fixed] Advanced screen setup, dragging screen can crash Avenue
#320 [fixed] SoundCard doesn't list all outputs
#366 [fixed] Bug in selecting display area in advanced screensetup when using normal power of two textures
#364 [fixed] Parameter linked to bpm does not remember amount of beats
#348 [fixed] Windows: ASIO devices don't always work
#326 [fixed] OSX: OSC doesn't always work
#338 [fixed] OSX: Clip thumbnail not taken at 5%
#346 [fixed] OSX: DV codec in quicktime movie is not displayed correctly
#327 [fixed] Pixels in Space does not work on clip or layer
#309 [fixed] Effect presets with timeline do not animate when loaded

+ loads more small bug fixes that made our life miserable.

Come join us for a Resolume workshop/presentation at the Music ALIVE event on Sunday February 15th in Rotterdam. We'll show the latest Resolume beta and together with DJ Lamont and Senses Overloaded you'll see and learn how to sync Avenue and Ableton Live for a full on audio visual show.

Admission is free but registration is required: http://www.music-alive.nl

Music ALIVE is the event for all enthusiastic music soft and hardware users and the ideal way to learn the newest products, technologies and to meet and talk to other musicians and producers.

Sunday February 15 the complete Seminar floor and all Seminar Rooms are available of the Novotel Rotterdam (Brainpark) with a load of exciting product and musician workshops both for starters and professionals. The participating brands and workshop program for this year …

Ableton Live and Ableton Virtual Instruments / Propellerhead REASON 4 and REFILLS / Jazzmutant LEMUR / Resolume AVENUE 3 VJ software/ Earproof consult sessions / PRODAW audio computers / Blue Sky audio
monitors / Røde microfoons / Event audio monitors / CME Keyboards!

Dankmar Klein (product specialist Ableton) with a very special surprise presentation around Ableton Live, Coen Molenaar (keyboards) and Remco van der Sluis, (drums) from the Jan Akkerman Band and Chris Hinze with a
workshop Ableton Live on the Open Labs NEKO / Arne van Petegem (Styrofoam) workshop Reason 4 and Reason 4 Combinator / Luke Mourinet and Jean Marie Moens (aka Ruff & Jam) workshop Ableton Live and Reason
4 / Bart van der Ploeg en Edwin de Koning (Resolume) together with DJ Lamont and Senses Overloaded workshop Ableton Live and Resolume Avenue 3 / Friedemann Tischmeyer pro recording workshop Internal
Mixing and more surprise interviews and artist performances …

Supporting Companies:
Ableton / Propellerhead / Resolume / Blue Sky / Jazzmutant / PRODAW computers / Røde / Event / CME / Use Audio / Tischmeyer Publications / Earproof / Interface Magazine / 365 Media

Checkout this month's issue of DJmag for a great Avenue review by Oli Sorenson (VJ Anyone). His verdict: "In short, when it comes to working audio and video simultaneously Avenue leaves the competition in the dust."

"Avenue maintains a high standard of quality for image processing by making full use of OpenGL technology across a wide variety of video layering options — including flexible video monitoring, FreeFrame effects (FFGL) and more. This means Avenue is still an enticing option for those who choose to use it solely for VJing."

Jean Poole has written a great review of Resolume Avenue for 3DWorld Magazine in Australia. His verdict: "Resolume Avenue balances quick access performance needs with depth of control, and marks a huge leap forward from earlier versions of Resolume. The audio features really set it apart, make it fun, and give it promise. Still feels a little fiddly in places, but that’s potentially something that’ll disappear after further use, and getting a good workflow process going with it. Double thumbs up!" Read the entire review.

We had a great time working on Resolume this year and we hope you had a great time VJ-ing. We would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 2009 is going to be an interesting one! Download our Christmas present: A particle generator effect for Resolume 3.

MAC
Download: AVFFGLParticlesOSX.zip
Unzip and copy to /Applications/Resolume Avenue 3 Beta rev####/plugins/vfx/

PC
Download: AVFFGLParticlesWindows.zip
Unzip and copy to []:\Program Files\Resolume Avenue 3 Beta rev####\plugins\vfx\

Enjoy!

Huge footage update, just in time for Christmas and New Year's Eve. FastForward by Dubassy. CircleThing by Rebel Overlay. GlitchRhythm002 and AnalogPlasma by The Videoword Made Flesh.

FastForward by Dubassy


CircleThing by Rebel Overlay


GlitchRhythm002 by The Videoword Made Flesh


AnalogPlasma by The Videoword Made Flesh

Get it while it's cheap! All Resolume licenses (including upgrades) are discounted 25% until January 1st. Have fun with Resolume, enjoy the holidays and your New Year's Eve gig!

We'll be doing a Resolume 3 presentation (Wednesday Dec 10th) at Beamlab #12 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Check the flyer below for more details.
We hope to see you there!

http://www.resolume.com/download/beamlab10dec.jpg

We're packing our bags right now to catch a flight to Barcelona tomorrow morning. We'll be doing a presentation and short AV performance on Thursday night and a long workshop on Friday. We're excited to meet with our friends from Telenoika again, they were one of the first to organise a VJ festival back in 2001 called VideA. This is where we met a lot of other VJ software developers, Russel from VJamm, Renan from Aestesis, Jilt from Flowmotion and the guys that started VisualJockey. On this festival we first started talking about the open source video plugin system that eventually evolved into FreeFrame. Excited to go back 7 years later!

We have just released a new Resolume 3 Beta, version rev1110. This new beta is a lot more stable, fixes a lot of bugs and adds live video recording!

In the coming weeks we'll be working on some more improvements and new features like transport controls on the layers, audio FFT analysis and flash playback.

Please download and give it a go.

New features:
- Live video recording!
- Contextual keyboard & MIDI mapping for the entire deck, so it works more like Resolume 2
- Scale clip to composition size (SHIFT + F)
- Timeline on pictures & sources
- Check for updates in the preferences
- About screen

Bug fixes:
Fixed: "The Nvidia Bug" Frozen video ouput on second display when using nvidia card on the pc
Fixed: OSC input (see the manual for details)
Fixed: Some ASIO devices do not work
Fixed: Only 75 .avi files can be opened at the same time
Fixed: Mask makes image darker
Fixed: Vsync in windows does not work
Fixed: Switching to BPM sync causes crash with video clips
Fixed: Quartz Composer file rendered to Quicktime movies don't work
Fixed: Loading a transparent quicktime (animation codec) crashes Avenue
Fixed: Crash when switching decks while preview monitor is playing a clip
Fixed: MIDI clock does not always work
Fixed: Bounce and Play Once don't work for video in BPM mode
Fixed: Audio & video go out of sync when using shortcuts to toggle < >.
Fixed: Flickering output when using pictures and feedback

Improvements:
- Don't update the clip property panel for each clip when loading a deck or composition
- Show proper device names for the capture input sources
- Much less cpu usage on Quicktime video files with uncompressed audio

And many, many other small bug fixes and improvements.