User Manual The audiovisual control unit for the multimedia artist of
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1. 8 User Manual Contents 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 Introduction LIL aE 03 The Story DENNA 40 06 uuu ua mapu nasua 09 Basics ui 10 Screen u uu 13 15 uuu 16 Video Libi u y u uu 17 18 Blending and Padi u L renter eee 20 arr nee eer ere 21 Audio 22 Audio 22 ad re E ee tn E 23 1 Introduction No matter if you are preparing a gig at a multimedia event for an audience of thousands of people or a project presentation for col leagues of your company with AVJ you will have the possibilities of professional media artists as well as the smoothness of a well prepared slide show With this masterpiece of software you ll experience multimedia as easy as it should be without the steep learning curves of turntab listic DJs and the high technical skills of visual artists With AVJ you get a complete package of tools combined in one unique solution for making an event what it should game AV USER MANUAL 03 Within this game you can t go wr2. Audioplaylist Audioplayer Videolibrary Videoplayer Single files or complete folders of mp3 files can be loaded in the playlist for later mixing Two playback areas with individual volume and pitch control and several audio effects A selected video folder will be displayed with the filenames and preview images Two channels with four video layers each can be mixed to create the final video output Blending Fading _ Several options for blending between layers Video Effects Midi Mapping AVJ USER MANUAL and channels Each layer can be overlaied individually with different video effects Parameters can be assigned to buttons and faders of a connected Midi controller 11 12 USER MANUAL 2 Screen Navigation Completely new considerations concerning the screen design have been ventured behind AVJ navigation without any sub menus utiliz ing different scopes enables focusing on the most important param eters by establishing functional connections As there is no need for any sub menus there is no hidden func tionality and all manipulators can be reached fast and easily The pri mary focus is on the main screen which gets additional functionality by flowing away from this A simple button click in one of the four scope edges or one of the four centered buttons at the sides of the scope moves to the chosen new view and results in the appearance of new f
3. button or fader as the appro we oT priate parameter of the video module Midi Mapping 24 AV USER MANUAL
4. al could for example result in a reduction of color red in the video material AVJ USER MANUAL 1 2 Basics Setup In order to run the standalone application the Max 5 Run time needs to be installed on the system It can be down loaded for free from http cycling74 com downloads For developers and everyone else who wants to know what s behind the software a full Max 5 installation is requiered A fully funcitonal 30 day demo version is also available for free from the above link Additionally it s recommended to con uses nect a midi controller to the systems USB 3 port in order to have the full functionality of the software AV USER MANUAL 09 1 3 Basics User Interface 10 From the first moment when starting the application the user should get the feeling of having the whole audio visual process under his control This impression will be reached by placing all necessary elements for manipulating the central functions on the main screen As screen design notions as well as arrangements of func tions and manipulators are realized in common ways adopted from standard hardware setups professionals and semi profes sionals in audio or video live presenting will orient themselves easily Additionally the application is starting in full screen mode in order to give the user the impression of having a consistent soft ware solution To exit full screen mode press the ESC key twice AV USER MANUAL
5. ale and speed correction AV USER MANUAL 3 1 Video Library By choosing a folder with videos the individual files will be loaded into the library area and displayed with their filenames and preview images Open VideoFolder ee ee AVJ USER MANUAL 17 3 2 Video Player 18 To prepare the layer sets for a visual performance first of all the video layers should get filled with content Therefore a certain layer has to be selected for assigning a clip from the video library to it The two channels consisting of up to four video layers each can then be blended using a cross fader with different blend modes The position of the videos within the layer sets and their transparency is responsible for processing the video signal to the final output Up to 16 video sets can be predefined and stored Effects as signed to the individual layers will be saved with this layer sets too The two preview screens can display either the current layer channel A channel B or the final output Consequently they allow a permanent control of the visual output AVJ USER MANUAL AVJ USER MANUAL clear layersets clear layersets e Crane a ouput Lover Alphablende gt 1 right up Y 3 3 Blending and Fading Several options for blending between lay ers and channels can be selected The blending between the individual layers can be set to alpha blending luma keying in
6. high amount of concentration consequently they have always been prac ticed by at least two artists However a combination of both respon sibilities by only one person could be favorable AVJ USER MANUAL First of all it could get intricate to synchronize audio and video appropriately which complicates or even prevents the transmission of a uniform message Additionally this is interfered by the hierar chical order between the two parts The visual artist is obliged to response to the music to its speed and its genre and therefore re stricted in his artistic expressiveness A thorough analysis of the extant situation has established the idea of a complete solution in software and hardware for the control of multimedia content by only one person As a result this will create a new kind of artist the Audio Visual Jockey In order to cope with the responsibilities at least two artists managed so far the control of this new system must be quite intui tive consequently it must be entirely adjusted to the requirements of the artist AV USER MANUAL 07 08 This can be realized for instance with a touch screen and a new type of screen design enabling navigation without menu bars Additionally an interaction between audio and video param eters must be created In other words effects which are applied to the audio material have a direct representation on the video mate rial and conversely A reduction of the bass in the audio sign
7. ited as desired add single file Richard Stoltzman Slovak Maid with the Flaxen Hair ine Music Vol 1 200 48 gt Users with the Flaxen Ha Bob Acri Sleep Away gt Users ic Away mp3 add folder Mr Scruff Kalimba 2 Sic editmode playmode clear list 22 AVJ USER MANUAL 4 2 Audio Player After assigning an audio track to a channel it can be manipulated in pitch and complemented with additional effects The final mix ing of the two playing audio tracks from channel A and channel B is realized in the same way as in usual DJ software or even in realistic turntablisment eC OC Ho Races e n i AV USER MANUAL 23 5 Midi Mapping In addition to mouse and keyboard control software parameters can be manipulated by using a connected MIDI controller The midi learn function allows assigning software parameters to hardware control elements Therefore the user only has to choose a parameter in the software followed by a push move rotation of a MIDI manipulator As a result the usage of a MlDl controller is the most efficient and most intuitive way of parameter control as it can be coordinated in accordance of the requirements of the user Moreover it s possible to assign manipulators for audio to con trol video effects at the same time or the other way round To real ize this mutual control parameters of the audio module simply have to be assigned to the same hardware
8. ong as the system of is as intuitive as it could be e You can navigate through the whole application only by clicking in one of the 4 edge buttons or one of the 4 corner buttons in order to reach new functions e You will not find any sub menus or hidden functions and so we provide you with a real WYSIWYG what you see is what you get application e Armed with a multi touch touch screen a MIDI controller Nintendo Wii remote you can control nearly each parameter the way you like 04 AVJ USER MANUAL The whole system has only one mistake after playing around with the tools you might want to improve your abilities and get deeper in the subject matter which may result in the wish of making even more out of the application This is not a problem Due to its development in Max MSP you can extend and modify everything by yourself and develop your per sonalized solution AVJ USER MANUAL 05 1 1 The Story behind AVJ 06 The primary reason for creating such an interface is the fact that by now there is no professional audio visual software application which realizes a solution for simultaneous control of separated au dio and video sources So far there is a severe separation between the responsibility of a Disk Jockey which concerns the musical supporting program of an event and that of the Visual Jockey who provides the graphical accompaniment The activities of both are quite extensive and require a
9. unctions and manipulators This new technology enables the user to switch to the furthermost distanced functions within only two button clicks AVJ USER MANUAL 13 clear layersets 320 240 f clear layersets AV USER MANUAL 2 1 Output Window The final output signal is displayed in a separate output window to enable sending the video signal to a projector or another display screen Therefore the output window must be moved to the other screen manually In order to get a full screen output it can be tog gled between full screen and windowed mode by pressing key F AV USER MANUAL 15 3 VJ Module 16 The VJ modul is responsible for all the video processing It consists of a video library which displays the provided video material a two channel video mixer with 4 layers each two preview monitors with selectable views different blending and fading options and addi tional effects for each layer The allocated video clip gets more optimized in the layer pre view screen for later output through a projector or any other kind of screen Further manipulation can be added by the effects section In this way one by one layer gets filled up to a ready layer set After finishing this process for both video channels of the VJ module the final channel outputs can be mixed up by the mixer sec tion which provides additional functions like blend modes or color sc
10. verted luma keying or chroma keying with a distinct keying color The two video channels can be either cross faded manually or set to automat ic fading with different modes where the speed can be manipulated 20 Alphablend gt Alphablend LumaKey InvertedLumaKey Alphablende Auto Ausbreiten Auto Drehung Auto Irisblende Auto Schieben Auto WeicheBlende Auto Zusammenziehen Alphablende blend speed o ix AVJ USER MANUAL 3 4 Video Effects The output of each video layer can further be manipulation by add ing effects from the effect section The settings are always assigned to the video layer currently selected USER MANUAL Abspielnichtung Speed in out Eo _ Rotation Scaling Position 1 reset o reset x y z x y x y Brightness Contrast Saturation Grid es ee red Resample Meta Image x scale Rotate Colors 21 4 Audio Module This module is responsible for processing all audio data It consists of a playlist for the track management using ID3 Tags and two audio players with usual mixer functionality and additional effects which can be adjusted for each channel individually 4 1 Audio Playlist Similar to the VJ section in the audio module the tracks will be ap pended to a playlist The user can add either one single file or a com plete audio folder at once The individual tracks are managed using D3 tags which can be ed
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