Ableton Forum

smog g wrote: well... i didnt expect you to answer something else since its no commercial project and i think you work allone. the legal aspect is kindda critical, too.
but thanks anyway for providing such a great idea as a pluggin!
big up yoself!

am is are wrote:LIVE VJ is definitely the direction we're headed. in 10 years, computers will probably all be running 64bit (at least) with access to massive amounts of RAM, and an audio/video performance software will probably be a rather run-of-the-mill item.

but i'd love to see Ableton get there first. yes, a sync'd QT window would be a lovely addition, but i absolutely want an A/V performance tool where video clips are coupled with audio clips, and audio and FX parameters and LFO's can be used to FX the video.

i think it would be a bad idea to make video EDITING a part of Live, other than being able to select a certain time range within a video clip to match the audio clip's length. any VJ implementation in LIVE i think should focus on unique performance ability, great FX, smooth performance and linkage to audio info/parameters.

i don't care if the initial video quality/resolution isn't that good, or if it's just in black and white (ok, we must have color!), or if video clips can only be a maximum of 30 seconds long, and you can't mix/run/blend view more than 4 clips at a time (per scene for instance). just be able to link Video clips with whatever Audio clips you want and be able to link video FX to audio parameters (pitch and amplitude). Do your video clip creation and editing and initial FX in a dedicated video program, and then just add a VIDEO folder in the Live Library section for drag n drop during performance. the video functionality could also be "totally" transparent - just hit a modifier key to expand the audio clip slots into audio and video slots so you can select FX. oh, and focus is on performance so don't worry about integrating video clips into the arrangement window.. arrangement can get by with a simple sync'd QT window for editing sound to picture.

and rendering? well, let there be a performance mode where only audio moves are recorded, and a studio mode where audio and video is recorded (though you wouldn't have to monitor the video if you didn't want to -- after all, you already presumably captured and edited the clips and chose the bits you wanted to perform with.) then you could render/export as a QT file.

and just make sure the application itself is lean and mean (hopefully even leaner and meaner than it is now) so the average user can still use LIVE for audio (and video), BUT - if you want to do amazing stuff, you've got to pay the price for a performance machine. heck, i just sold my old 867mhz Powerbook and bought a 2.0ghz Centrino just so i could do a lot more with LIVE when i'm gigging.

peace

nobbystylus wrote:Please abes.. i will personally pay for a 5.5 update just to have a quicktime video window, where Live is the master.. I've just finished a nightmarish 2 weeks doing TV/Film stuff using Logic rewired (tried ReVision - its rubbish- you can only use Live as a ReWire slave) and all i can say is.. PLEASE GIVE ME A QUICKTIME VIDEO WINDOW/PANEL whatever in Live.... i will love you all forever...