Videosync 2: Visual Engine for Ableton Live

Videosync 2 has just been announced by Showsync - allowing you to automate, warp and edit videos in your DAW as if they're Audio. There are plenty of tutorials to get you off the ground and you can try the software for free. A full visual composition using the software is below:

With Videosync, musicians get access to reliable, professional-grade capabilities for video playback, mixing, routing, and processing in real-time, right inside Live. Videosync 2 marks the first release for the Windows platform, offering a fully-featured application identical to its macOS counterpart. 

The Live Set and visuals shown in this video are the Demo Set of Videosync 2.0.

Windows support

Videosync 2 marks the first release for the Windows platform, offering a fully-featured application identical to its macOS counterpart.

Videosync 2 on Windows is officially supported for use with Ableton Live 12 or newer.

New user interface

Videosync 2 introduces a new, streamlined user interface for both Windows and macOS. This elegantly designed interface brings together all essential settings into one convenient window.

Lava by Tarik Barri

Akin to Voronoi, Lava is a hybrid between a generator and an effect. Its pattern creation and image manipulation algorithms draw inspiration from Brownian Noise, emulating the variability found in many natural systems, giving an organic quality to the plugin's output.

Fully revised plugin suite

Every device in the suite has undergone extensive reevaluation and updates, with a focus on refining shader code to enhance both efficiency and the quality of visual output. Devices have been thoughtfully consolidated or separated based on their functionality, providing a streamlined and more user-friendly experience.

Improved blending and alpha handling

All blending modes have been enhanced, and alpha handling has been refined for increased flexibility and precision in compositing. Detailed insights and applications will be explored in an upcoming blog post.

Oklab blending method

Most devices that deal with color now include a toggle to switch to the Oklab blending method. Regular RGB mixes colors with linear interpolation over the RGB channels. Oklab mixes the colors according to the Oklab color space, which generally produces more uniform looking transitions in terms of perceived brightness and color.

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