Ableton Forum

OK, it's true that the other VJ software you've mentioned probably have the edge in effects and overall sophistication, but the one thing that Arkaos has that makes it the only serious A/V companion to Live - is a rock solid midi clock.
I use both on one PC laptop with Live sending midi to Arkaos through virtual midi (midi Yoke). The timing is tight - very tight infact and that's an essential in A/V. I've tried the demos of every type of VJ software out there for PC and Mac and Arkaos wins hands down in timing. Plus you can trigger a limitless amount of clips, something that VJamm (the only other serious clock) has restrictions on ....
As Hambone rightly says you can achieve a hell of a lot with this combination.

Correct me if i'm worng but..
It's not Arkaos generating the midi clock..
Arkaos only receives midi so how can it have a solid midi clock ?
You may mean that it has a low latency?
During your tests have you tried Visualjockey? It offers much more combinations imoh, because it's node based ( like reaktor or audiomulch)

Yes your correct, I didn't make it clear - Arkaos receives midi clock only. But in the tests I made Arkaos and VJamm were the only two that properly followed midi clock changes from Live. The rest were all over the place or didn't work at all. And yes its latency is minimal which is very important with A/V.
Although I will have another look at VisualJockey - it does sound interesting, do you know how many clips it can hold?

I'm interested in this kind of integration. It seems that hardware processing of the stuff is just possible with laptops with high end graphics (macbook pro for instance), so I wonder if its still possible to run effectively live and one of those apps in the same machine...i know for sure that resolume and live on the same machine is impossible, resolume eats all the cpu for itself as soon as you load it.

Have you worked with some of the more "geeky" tools? Processing, VVVV, Jitter?

Paul Jay with the newest XML mediamanager in vjo Gold there are no limits for the clips that can be used.
tomperson i used to run live 5 and visualjockey on the same machine (athlon xp 2600) both controlled via the same midi controller without problems