Clubs:
Lighting and video are increasingly important parts of a nightclub's entertainment package...
Concerts:
When mixing video live on stage it's good to know that you can rely on a solution which gives you complete scalability...
Theatres:
Most theatre installations now include on stage video projection...
TV Shows:
Thanks to its ability to output in high resolution, ArKaos VJ 3.6 is a solution of choice for TV Shows...
ArKaos VJ supports full MIDI suites, both on-screen and off, as well as such music authoring applications as Cubase™, E-Magic®, ReWire®. It is equally at home on Macs and PCs and can be learned in minutes, with drag & drop and key-punch functionality at all levels. The application is also available in versions compatible with the DMX protocol or a Medialon environment.

On top of the 60+ original ArKaos effects, version 3.6 now supports additional FreeFrame effects, FreeFrame is the open-source cross-platform real-time video effects plugin system designed for use in VJing applications; ArKaos VJ comes with 42 pre-loaded FreeFrame effects and you can get many more other effects from the FreeFrame web site! Each of the effects in ArKaos VJ has changeable parameters, allowing infinite customization of each one.

ArKaos VJ renders in 32bit colors high quality and supports resolutions up to 1920 x 1080 px, version 3.6 now supports direct rendering to DV through FireWire - a great way to record your live performances! You can also connect all your favorite video sources (USB / FireWire (web)cams / video acquisition boards / …) and display them live through ArKaos VJ with or without an effect.

Advanced transfer modes allows you to combine your visuals together with masks (Luma keying, Chroma keying,..) and copy modes (Addition, Substraction) to produce a lot of different display effects.
Customizable Flash animations with editable text makes it easy to display on-screen messages in just a few clicks.

ArKaos VJ also allows advanced control on movie playback, easily accessible through the Visual Info dialog box, enabling the users to make a frame accurate selection of the part they wish to play inside a video sequence aswell as how they wish to play it (forward / backward / loop, ...).

A new automation mode takes advantage of the latest features in VJ to stack intelligently visuals and effects producing a smooth and natural automated performance. Ideal when you need to take a Break!

It's an ideal performing tool with customizable effects and flexible control thanks to the double monitoring management.

ArKaos VJ is fully compatible with the latest versions of Mac OS X and Windows XP.

The software installs in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Click the image previews to launch the movies (opens in a pop-up window).

About:
This movie will present you the use of the ArKaos video technology as real-time video editing solutions in concerts, music tours, clubs and corportae events.
Credits:
ArKaos first made its name in the European concert scene where its technicians have worked with the visual effects for concerts by Daft Punk, Front 242, M People, U2, David Bowie, Jean-Michel Jarre, The Scorpions, the French charity music festivals Les Enfoirés and Les Voix de l'Espoir, and more. ArKaos software is used frequently used by major artists, for example by U2, Fatboy Slim and Roger Sanchez, to create the visuals for their performances. ArKaos technology has also been used at fashion shows such as Dior and Hugo Boss.
About:
A new style of midivideo music promo made and created with ArKaos VJ 3.6 by amoeba for product.01's single "State ov elektrik"

Mix / video & edit: amoeba (also check out amoeba's VJ Highlight)
Music: product.01
Method:
All the treatments and motions were compiled in ArKaos VJ, then output as jpg footage, taken back into After Effects, tweaked and sent back to ArKaos VJ.

About:
This movie will presents the use of the ArKaos video technology with a midi controller keyboard.
Credits:
Chris Brackenbury: Florida music technologies inc
Method:
keys play the main video's and controller wheels adjust the position of the video.A light beam controls video size and position controlled by hand motion.
Visual effects are applied on main videos by syncing arkaos's beat detection engine to Traktor dj 3.0 Played on the same machine.

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  ArKaos VJ 3.6 MIDI / DMX for PC
OS: Windows™ 98 SE / Me / 2000 or XP

Processor: Pentium™ III 500 Mhz; Pentium™ IV 1.2 Ghz recommended
RAM: 256MB; 512MB recommended
Media players:
QuickTime™ 6.5.x or more (to play / export .mov files)
Windows Media Player™ 9 or more (to play .wma / export .wmv files)
Macromedia Flash player 7 or more (to play .swf files)
Other: Direct X™ 9.0c or more (to play / export .mpg .mpeg .asf .wmv files / camera support)
Note: the software installer will check if your media players and DirectX versions are up to date and give you the opportunity to update them if needed.

 
  ArKaos VJ 3.6 MIDI / DMX for Macintosh
OS: Mac OS 9.2.x ; Mac OS X ; Mac OS X 10.4 recommended
Processor: G4 800 Mhz or better
RAM: 256 MB; 512 recommended
Media players:
QuickTime™ 6.5.x or more (to play / export .mov files)
Note:

ArKaos VJ requires Administrator rights to be installed on Mac OS X, the installer will prompt for an Administrator password during installation.
ArKaos VJ can only play Flash 5 animations on Macintosh because QuickTime does not support Flash animations above version 5.

 
 

Manufacturers Site
http://www.arkaos.net

Forum
http://forum.arkaos.net

Knowledge Base
http://support.arkaos.net

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