A novice in need of a bit of help!

[tarmit]

Hi, looking for a little bit of help.

I run a venue that uses Resolume Arena to provide visuals for DJ's. These are pretty basic for the most part, a video or two playing over a live feed of the DJ's technics turntables with a few effects thrown in for good measure. Works well but getting a bit boring now so I'm looking to change things up a bit but I've hit a few stumbling blocks that I could do with some pointers to help overcome. My questions therefore are...

1) We have a Korg Kaoss DJ controller knocking around which I've Midi Mapped to the composition so the jogger wheels jog the videos etc etc. I'm now looking to get the fader to fade between two videos. I've tried putting one video on one layer and the second on a lower layer and then putting the fader on the upper videos opacity however when playing the video on the higher layer, rather than seeing the live feed through it, you can just see the other video. Is there any other ways I could go about this?

2) Can Resolume Arena control DMX lighting?

3) Is there any way I can get what a DJ is doing on a completely different setup to affect the visuals beyond using the microphone on the computer running Resolume in order for the noise to affect the effects. I'm thinking turntable jogs the videos, or maybe mixer affects video in certain ways. Bearing in mind we are using completely different setups, I get this might be impossible, but thinking something like running an output from the sound desk into the microphone port on the controller (this comment probably shows my ineptitude to the entire thing lol). Happy to try anything, just don't want to be running off the same laptop. DJ's are all using Pioneer mixers, and Serarto.

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give.

[Joris]

No one here willing to help a budding superstar VJ out? I am such disappoint.

[Oaktown]

No one here willing to help a budding superstar VJ out? I am such disappoint.

Back from vacation so I'll take a stab!

1) We have a Korg Kaoss DJ controller knocking around which I've Midi Mapped to the composition so the jogger wheels jog the videos etc etc. I'm now looking to get the fader to fade between two videos. I've tried putting one video on one layer and the second on a lower layer and then putting the fader on the upper videos opacity however when playing the video on the higher layer, rather than seeing the live feed through it, you can just see the other video. Is there any other ways I could go about this?

Yes, use two layers at 100% opacity, assign one to A and the other one to B on the crossfader, then map your fader to the crossfader.

2) Can Resolume Arena control DMX lighting?

It depends on what you mean by control DMX lighting so yes and no. Arena does pixel mapping so it will be great for controlling color and intensity on LED rigs but will gets a bit convoluted if you try to control other parameters on moving light. Ravensc on the forum has a few threads to show people how to do it but it's not built in the Arena interface.

3) Is there any way I can get what a DJ is doing on a completely different setup to affect the visuals beyond using the microphone on the computer running Resolume in order for the noise to affect the effects. I'm thinking turntable jogs the videos, or maybe mixer affects video in certain ways. Bearing in mind we are using completely different setups, I get this might be impossible, but thinking something like running an output from the sound desk into the microphone port on the controller (this comment probably shows my ineptitude to the entire thing lol). Happy to try anything, just don't want to be running off the same laptop. DJ's are all using Pioneer mixers, and Serarto.

I don't work with DJs but I would think that as long as the turntable can act as a MIDI controller and you can split the USB MIDI signal into two computers (either A & B port on turntable or using a USB 1 to 2 splitter), you should have no problems but hopefully someone can chime in.

[tarmit]

Thanks for the help with this one dude. Sorry my reply is nearly a year late, I’d given up hope on getting a response lol. Got most bits sussed, so thanks for that!