Hello,
Subject says it all. If you are doing any kind of live performance with Ableton and it includes sync'd live video, I want to hear about how you are doing this! In great detail!
Points of interest:
1. Are you playing back the video from the same system that is running your live set?
2. If so, with what? In what format? Is it sync'd with Ableton Live? Is it playing from within live (like via M4L, for example)?
3. How is the video being shown? Do you bring your own projector? Use in house projection? Something other than projection, and if so, what?
Thanks a ton! Seriously interested to get ideas, strategies, known issues, etc, as this is something I will be doing in the near future and want to explore every possible route. All input and discussion welcomed!
thanks, -Michael
Methods for sync'd video with Live, live - discuss!
Methods for sync'd video with Live, live - discuss!
my industrial music made with Ableton Live (as DEAD WHEN I FOUND HER): https://deadwhenifoundher.bandcamp.com/
my dark jazz / noir music made with Ableton Live: https://michaelarthurholloway.bandcamp. ... guilt-noir
my dark jazz / noir music made with Ableton Live: https://michaelarthurholloway.bandcamp. ... guilt-noir
Re: Methods for sync'd video with Live, live - discuss!
If you're talking about mixing multiple video streams then I've experimented with this a lot....never actually got round to doing it live apart from a couple of friends' parties but derived enormous pleasure (which became utterly addictive) from effing about in my living room with a decent beamer set up.
I used Resolume to run the video side of things with Live providing all the control via midi clips (both on the same laptop - dj set only so the audio side of things wasn't heavy on the CPU. Resolume's proprietary codec dxv puts all the heavy lifting on the graphics card which enables you to run more layers at higher resolution . If I were doing a show though I would run the audio and video from separate machines). Monome 40h was used to fire off both audio clips and the video controller clips, with one page set up for each on the monome. I also mapped some buttons on the monome to control some things direct in Resolume like layer switches and FX bypasses etc. I set up a clip grid in Live for specific live jamming of Resolume. These were clips with a single trigger looped so as to give visual feedback on the monome of which clips were active on which layers. I also grouped midi controller clips to various sections of the audio and programmed envelopes etc in those to automate what was going on in Resolume - the idea being that I could jump in and jam live with the visuals or run pre- programmed automations that allowed me to focus on the audio stream.
You'll want to run your video from as fast a hard drive as possible. eg ssd with esata connection. Many decent venues will have their own projector systems already in place so not absolutely necessary to invest in your own...but like I say it's much more engrossing when you're practicing at home to have the visuals projected. If you don't have one then you will need a decent second monitor to run your images on. My beamer is an Optoma EP 780 with a short throw lens. 4K lumens....so bright enough to give a decent size image that a reasonable amount of ambient lighting won't interfere with.
Hit me up if you have any questions.
I used Resolume to run the video side of things with Live providing all the control via midi clips (both on the same laptop - dj set only so the audio side of things wasn't heavy on the CPU. Resolume's proprietary codec dxv puts all the heavy lifting on the graphics card which enables you to run more layers at higher resolution . If I were doing a show though I would run the audio and video from separate machines). Monome 40h was used to fire off both audio clips and the video controller clips, with one page set up for each on the monome. I also mapped some buttons on the monome to control some things direct in Resolume like layer switches and FX bypasses etc. I set up a clip grid in Live for specific live jamming of Resolume. These were clips with a single trigger looped so as to give visual feedback on the monome of which clips were active on which layers. I also grouped midi controller clips to various sections of the audio and programmed envelopes etc in those to automate what was going on in Resolume - the idea being that I could jump in and jam live with the visuals or run pre- programmed automations that allowed me to focus on the audio stream.
You'll want to run your video from as fast a hard drive as possible. eg ssd with esata connection. Many decent venues will have their own projector systems already in place so not absolutely necessary to invest in your own...but like I say it's much more engrossing when you're practicing at home to have the visuals projected. If you don't have one then you will need a decent second monitor to run your images on. My beamer is an Optoma EP 780 with a short throw lens. 4K lumens....so bright enough to give a decent size image that a reasonable amount of ambient lighting won't interfere with.
Hit me up if you have any questions.
MacBook Pro M1, 16GB Ram, 1TB.