There is a new electronic arts community meet-up, and its going to run weekly! Media Lab Melbourne is proud to host the Melbourne Patching Circle. This is a regular meeting for musicians, artists, and those who are ‘just plain curious’ to have a place to share/teach/learn about current projects of varying sources.

People from all backgrounds and levels of experience are welcome.

Everyone is encouraged to bring whatever current media projects you may be working on, or just simply show up and see what the Melbourne community is getting up to. Video editors, Musicians, Graphic designers, circuit builders, general hackers, or just people that are curious are all equally encouraged.

There will be an emphasis on Open Source tools for artists and musicians, and creative programming environments such as Pure Data, Max/MSP, Processing, OpenFrameworks, VVVV, and so on. Electronic hardware, sensors and micro-controllers will also feature.

This is an open community and there are really no restrictions on what content you bring as long as it is some kind of electronic art.

It will be a good idea to bring your laptop, and invite your friends along. Patching Circle meet-ups are going to be weekly, sign up to either the Media Lab Melbourne email for event info, or join the Melbourne Patching Circle Community list at patchmelbourne@googlegroups.com.

Event details:
Thursdays
7pm – 11pm

Here’s the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/374040299285069/

MEDIA LAB MELBOURNE
136A Cromwell Street,
Collingwood
Melbourne
Victoria.

AR+ : Simplicity: Alpha VJ software

From Brad Hammond / xy01 comes an alpha release of AR+ software  (Simplicity version).  The focus of Splash is simplicity, improvisation and play. With these things in mind entire AR+ system is build around user input and interaction, with the user drawing, placing, and interacting with the objects in real time.

It works on a familiar layer and brush setup, with each layer having it’s own layer style.
A layer style consists of look, behavior and timing components which work together to provide a unique and experimental visual experience.

Stay tuned for more updates @ xy01.net. Alpha version can be downloaded from: http://xy01.net/Temp/

Events: MELBOURNE PATCHING CIRCLE

There is a new electronic arts community meet-up, and you’re invited to the first one ever! Media Lab Melbourne is proud to host the Melbourne Patching Circle.

This is a regular meeting for musicians, artists, and those who are ‘just plain curious’ to have a place to share/teach/learn about current projects of varying sources.

People from all backgrounds and levels of experience are welcome.

Everyone is encouraged to bring whatever current media projects you may be working on, or just simply show up and see what the Melbourne community is getting up to.

Video editors, Musicians, Graphic designers, circuit builders, general hackers, or just people that are curious are all equally encouraged.

There will be an emphasis on Open Source tools for artists and musicians, and creative programming environments such as Pure Data, Max/MSP, Processing, OpenFrameworks, VVVV, and so on. Electronic hardware, sensors and micro-controllers will also feature.

This is an open community and there are really no restrictions on what content you bring as long as it is some kind of electronic art.

It will be a good idea to bring your laptop, and invite your friends along. Patching Circle meet-ups are going to be weekly, sign up to either the Media Lab Melbourne email for event info, or join the Melbourne Patching Circle Community list at patchmelbourne@googlegroups.com.

Here’s the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/374040299285069/
Event details:
Thursdays
7pm – 11pm

LPM 2012
VJ Union Australia are proud International Partner with Live Performers Meeting which will happen in Rome  from may 31st till 3rd of June 2012.
We will present a talk along with skype video chat which will stream to participants on the subject.
More Info Below:
http://2012.liveperformersmeeting.net/artists/vjinxile/performances/a-union-for-vjs-open-discussion-and-interactive-showcase/
http://2012.liveperformersmeeting.net/

Exploring inner spaces and far cosmos, a journey of the Wonderer Awake.
Audio-visual experiment initially created for Android Jones’ exhibition “Seeing is Believing”, first performed in SHANTI club in Moscow.
Coming soon – a full video observing this event, including FADROID performance and ANDROID’s workshop.
MUSIC:
“Lion Heart” by
The Human Experience
from the album “The Art of The Way”
HumanExperienceCreations.com
ARTWORK:
Android Jones
androidjones.com
VISUAL ART:
FX & animation by
LucidJuice
CREDITS:
ANDROID
The Human Experience
NIKO & Rainbow Family
SHANTI club
Keerych Luminokaya
Shanya Shu, Dan Iv
LINKS:
HumanExperienceCreations.com
androidjones.com
luminokaya.com
tangrafest.com

Most of all, Share Sydney is an opportunity for those working creatively with digital tools to collaborate in an informal and welcoming environment. To explore new ideas, meet new people and exchange knowledge openly. Join our Facebook group to keep up to date with events as they’re announced… http://facebook.com/groups/sharesydney
Which VJs are involved?
Open to all participants and visitors. Event posted on the SHare Sydney site by kodamapixel [http://kodamapixel.com]. Will be attended by myself (subpixel), Mysta Squiggle, BitSmasher and others.

Event Website
http://sharesydney.org/

Facebook Event
http://www.facebook.com/events/179176155516744/

Starting Date:
03/14/2012

Tickets Costs
nil

Venue / Event Address
33 Wellington Street
Chippendale, NSW 2008
Australia
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https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Live_Media_Art_VJ

Download CoGe 1.2:

35.8 MB – Requires Mac OSX 10.6.7/10.7.0 or later.

This download of the software has full functionality except the project/preset save/load related functions. You can support CoGE software for purchasing it for $99 and there is also an ongoing Xmas special where you can buy it with 20% discount until 5th of January, 2012 (GMT).

New CoGe version 1.2 has been recently released with many changes:

Changelog – New features:

Auto Player Select aka APS – Wiki
Layer Group Gadget – Wiki
Sliders and Buttons can send MIDI and OSC messages from now – Wiki
Major performance increase – Blog
You can change the names of the Gadgets from now – Wiki
A Sequencer enable ClipSynth’s Media Slot Matrix will give visual feedback about the currently triggered Slot
Using fullscreen when no second display attached hides the mouse cursor
Enables Open Recent menu item in the File menu
You can toggle the visibility of the Player container on each ClipSynth with the Show Players button
Speed up project loading
Added option to select how the rendering thread should driven Wiki
Added option to select the behavior for Sliders’ automation rendering Wiki
Some other misc User Interface related changes, improvements

Changelog – Fixes:

A memory management issue with renderers that could caused crashes
A bug that caused Sequencers could not trigger Quartz Composer Compositions
A bug that caused sources rendered blank frames when was no Effect Chain but the Effect Chain button was toggled on
A bug that caused crash when searched missing files with the Spotlight Search function during Project loading
A bug that caused crash when OSC preferences changed when CoGe received or sent OSC messages
Fixes some threading related issues that caused crash when rendering SWF files or Web pages
Method of handling Push and Toggle buttons with TouchOSC
Toggle and Push buttons handled wrong with TouchOSC
CoGe using the default values as minimum and maximum values for a Quartz Composer Compositions if those values not defined instead of just using 0.0 and 1.0
Updated the list of unsupported old QC plugins

Download:
35.8 MB – Requires Mac OSX 10.6.7/10.7.0 or later.

Download: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8642695/nanoKontrolMIDIToOSC.maxpat
(Right Click, Save As)

Max 6

(30 Day) Max 6 Trial availble if you like to test it out.

Download- http://cycling74.com/thanks-for-downloading-max/

COLORCODE VJ

Suited for both hobby and professional use, COLORCODE VJ quickly turns your iPad into a VJ tool. At your home or at an event, it’s never been easier to become a VJ!

Available from Apple Store

COLORCODE VJ can switch and display movies, images, and texts. You can also output to external displays via separately available adapters (*1).

What you can do with COLORCODE VJ

- Load, mix, and output movie files.
(You can display up to 2 movies simultaneously)

- Overlay PNG image files. You can move the images by touching on the screen, or preset the movement in advance. PNG transparency is supported.

- Display texts. Like images, texts can also be moved.

- Play tracks in your iPad’s library as BGM (*2).

- Output to external displays such as your TV, PC monitor, and projector. (*1)
Works with most recent LCD TVs!
Recommended use

- As part of a full-fledged VJ equipment set.
You can even get up on the stage with your iPad while VJing!

- As a VJ tool for musicians.
COLORCODE VJ offers musicians a quick way to play movies in addition to their instruments.
Take control of both music and images to add depth to your expression!

- As a party tool
Simply hook up your iPad to a TV or monitor and start VJing! With iPad 2, you can also show movies that were filmed with your iPad.
A video slideshow? No problem!

- As a presentation tool
While there are many presentation tools for iPad, COLORCODE VJ may be the one for you when a simple slideshow just doesn’t cut it.
Tweak your presentation to match the atmosphere for a successful presentation!

- As a simple digital signage
Connect your iPad to a monitor and play movies for in-store promotions.

TouchViZ

TouchViZ is a professional, portable VJ system for iPad 2.
At home or in the club, professionally or just for fun, you can now create impressive visuals straight from your iPad.

Available from Apple Store

Features

- Import up to 125 videos into your set via iTunes File Sharing or from the iPad’s library
- Playback and mix two channels of video with independent playback speed control
- Display the output on an external screen or projector using any iPad-compatible video-out adapter
- Use the iPad’s front and back-facing cameras as input to integrate live footage into your set
- Apply one of 17 effect filters to each channel and the master output
- Control effect parameters using the multi-touch enabled preview area
- Preview the output in full-screen on the iPad
- Save and load your set to recall, backup or transfer sets between iPads using iTunes File Sharing
- Configure the interface layout to your preference
- 10 demo clips by hexler and pixeldelay included
- CoreMIDI support allows full control of TouchViZ wirelessly using OS X CoreMIDI Network sessions, using iPad MIDI interfaces such as iRig MIDI, iConnectMIDI, MIDI Mobilizer II, Yamaha i-MX1, or by connecting a compatible USB MIDI-controller using the iPad Camera Connection Kit
Open Sound Control support allows full control of TouchViZ over WiFi from any application that supports OSC such as Max/MSP, PureData, Max4Live, TouchOSC and others
- Built on the latest iOS 5 and OpenGL ES 2.0 technology
…and many, many more features to be added in future updates!

BYOB MELBOURNE
Tristian Koenig Gallery
Level 1, 18 Ellis Street, South Yarra
Friday, December 16 2011 7-11pm

http://byob-melbourne.tumblr.com/

Altered Reality + is a 3D visual tool, designed to mirror basic functionality of traditional VJ software but built with pure 3D visuals in mind, no video, all real time, open source and modular.

The idea came about while I was nosing about the VJ scene seeing if there was some way I could possibly work some of my visual experiments out of a computer and onto some big screens for others to enjoy. I realized that the software that was available wasn’t going to do what I wanted it to do so I started to cobble together some common elements from traditional VJ software like Resolume, Modul8 and VDMX into 3D environment built on the robust Unity 3D engine.

The result so far has been promising with the first test run of the pre-alpha software getting a run at Strawberry Fields Festival used for live mixed visuals as well as for an interactive installation setup. Having learnt a few things from it’s first outing and having found another programmer who is interested in helping build the project, Tom Carscallen (VJ Tofu/Grapheme) we now have a solid plan for the future of the software.

Planned features include:
- 4 Layers of real time visuals
- 60 band FFT audio analysis with beat detection (Currently via Processing which is a little messy, Unity 3.5 is meant to have mic/line in support)
- OSC & MIDI Controls so you can control the system via your portable device of choice
- Lighting controls – colour, movement, positioning
- Basic Transitions – alpha/scale
- Real time material and HSB colour space controls, with automation for hue, saturation, brightness and alpha
- Support for Kinect and Prime Sense depth cameras
- Interactive modules with VJ triggerable objects
- Basic cube and spherical projection mapping tools

The software will be released with a few example modules to help people up and going so they can build their own to use with the platform.

We have no solid time line as yet, but will be posting updates here as they come through.