Resolume Forum

Hi everybody,

I am very new to the VJ field and consider to buy and hook Resolume to Ableton Live and/or Traktor. My initial VJ ambitions are not super crazy, just an add-on. I will be busy doing the live act/mixing most of the time anyway, so it is about synced launching of prepared clips, putting in some fairly okay fadings and FX on some faders.

Does the current i7 MacBook Pro line high end model (SDD/i7/8GB) is enough for a not very demanding 8-10 channel audio loop based set (no virtual instruments left) in Ableton + some 720 videos (playback, not Quartz rendering) in Resolume?
We are talking about single screen output for the moment, nothing too fancy.

Otherwise I consider to rather plan for two notebooks, one for music, one for video. If I ever go multiple screens a dedicated notebook would be sensible (just to control what's happening).

If I would get a second notebook, would the "highest end" MacBook Pro 13'' be enough (2,66 Core Duo, Solid State Disc, 6/8 GB RAM, NVidia 320M) to scale up for those sweet Matrox-3-Screen solutions? In that case I might rather wait and buy a second dedicated box for that.

Does the single license include usage on one Mac at a time or am I only allowed to use it on one machine? I like to pre-render stuff on my home Mac and also use it on my mobile rig that I plan. I know that I work with the watermark on my local machine, but that limits if I want to record it for fun. At least I hope I can transfer my license to a new machine if I upgrade.

Thanks for your answers.

I think you guys should really consider to hook up with Ableton and create something like "the Bridge" to make integration even simpler imho.

Dan

Hey Dan

In general what you want do *should* be possible on a single laptop. We don't recommend running a highend audio application like Live and a highend video application like Avenue at the same time on a single machine though. Although it probably will work, the demands on the system are quite high, and you don't want to overtax things in a live situation. We generally recommend using a dedicated laptop for each, in which case a MacBookPro 13" is fine. Keep in mind that a Triplehead setup is quite demanding as well.

You can't use Resolume on more than one machine, but you can deactivate the license on a machine you're not using anymore.

We are actually in contact with Ableton, so what did you have in mind to make the integration even simpler?

Joris