How to Sync Audio + Video Using Ableton Live and VDMX - Visual Performance Tutorial

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In this video tutorial, Dubspot course designers Benton-C Bainbridge and V Owen Bush take us inside Vidvox's VDMX software--the application at the center of our new Visual Performance Program--and offer a glimpse at some of the concepts and techniques that will be explored in the course.
In our second Visual Performance video tutorial, Dubspot course designer V Owen Bush of Glowing Pictures explains how to synchronize audio and video in VDMX and demonstrates step-by-step how to sync VDMX with Ableton Live. He further offers some tips on using audio to manipulate visuals and isolating, modifying, and assigning specific audio frequencies to visual elements.
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If you've never encountered VDMX before, check out our previous Visual Performance video tutorial (blog.dubspot.co...) for a brief introduction to this powerful software. You can download the archive of clips used in this video from Vidvox (vdmx.vidvox.net....
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[@1111111111xxxxxxxxxx]

as far as I can tell the audio analysis use of bass is due to speaker output and microphone input, not a direct link to the source....is there a better way to pick a source for audio analysis directly?

[@Haunter777]

I'm loving this tutorial series so far. Melting audio and video together is something that' I've been itching to do.

[@kentishbeats]

This is great. I've been looking to options for synced visual performance and this has given me lots of food for thought.

[@dsquareddan]

awesome stuff. looking forward to more videos like this

[@tylrbass]

The Max for Live parts are all custom and from what I've been told (by e-mailing back and forth with the programmer who worked on the show) they had to create a custom media server to play the video from

[@youcanalwaysgoback]

How can this be done between 2 different computer when one is taking care of the video and the other taking care of audio.

[@АлексейЛ-д6х]

well, just rout audio signal from one laptop to another and use it as an imput for VDMX? you can also send clock

[@rohankulshreshtha]

Is it possible to send the line input of the bass itself instead of the filter 1 for exposure value.? Kick drum output to the effect straight.

[@BOUNDLA]

ohhhh... I always thought Tom Hanks DJ'd on pioneers

[@principl]

Like it.

[@tylrbass]

Feed Me's setup is almost entirely custom - check out the video Feed Me with Teeth - The Live Show Explained

[@siperdellyeer]

arent the video's from a monstercat mix?

[@JordonRenn93]

Any one know an option for PC? or a Free software that is similar?

[@lucianopiuke246]

Excelent

[@entyce66]

He looks like Tom hanks

[@BOUNDLA]

;D

[@vowenbush]

LMFAO

[@DrGoldsylver]

what's the name of that song? Loving it!