I’ve seen a bunch of people setting this up in clubs around the US recently – creating dedicated sets and running Mi圎mergency alongside other VJing software. There are a number of people starting to use projection mapping in their shows, and it is slowly making its way into clubs too. Jay E using Mix Emergency at WMC 2011! Click to watch his winning set. Who (that our audience might know) is using ME2 when they’re playing out?Īt the last WMC VJ battle, the top 3 spots went to VJs using Mi圎mergency (DJ Crime, Jordan Laws, and Jay E) – and this year Jay E has taken out the top spot.
What does ME2 have that Serato Video doesn’t offer?Įvery new feature listed for Mi圎mergency 2.0! ( see the full list here)Īs well as that, there are features such as performance recording and exporting (since v1.1), delay compensation (since v1.5 – this is a huge help if you’re having video delay issues in a club), high quality video output (since v1.0), automatic transition changes (since v1.0 – freeing the DJ to concentrate on their audio), video preview windows that can be resized and repositioned, and Syphon output (since v1.7 – this is huge, and allows VJs to send the output of Mi圎mergency into other applications, such as MadMapper, Resolume Avenue, Modul8, etc), just to mention a few.
I’m really enjoying the MIDI output feature too – in particular, I really like having Touch OSC (which I’m running on an iPad) update to reflect the state of my effect parameters. I think it’s one of those features that doesn’t sound too exciting, but will really be a time-saver for working Video DJs. I’ve also been excited to see how the Automatic Border Fill feature would be received by users. The new beat-synced components (effects, effect parameters, transitions, and Quartz Compositions) are the most exciting for me – not only because I think that they’re great features, but also because they open the door for a whole range of features that I’m hoping to implement in the future. What improvements in Mix Emergency 2.0 are you most excited about? Hey Nick! Thanks for answering a few questions for us. Inklings from Inklenįirst up, we chatted with Nick from Inklen: We decided instead of doing a traditional rehashing of the press releases that new product releases often encompass, the best way to compare the two softwares would be to get in touch with the folks at Serato and Inklen and see what they have to say about their new products, and (albiet very carefully) about each other. We expect to see a much faster development cycle here, especially to continue giving Mix Emergency a run for its money. This promises not only stability and the ability to use Video in ITCH, but also means that future development of the plugin will be easier for the team behind it all. As Serato noted when we spoke to them today, the major change versus Video SL was complete rewrite of the backend architecture. Serato Video is largely a step forward for the video engine behind the plugin.
They’ve introduced a load of new beat-synced effects, transitions and Quartz FX, as well as some smaller features like projection mapping capabilities (not as complex as Amon Tobin’s projection mapping show, but still a start) and MIDI output – both of which make ME2 a more diverse solution for video DJs looking to do something new and different. Mix Emergency 2.0 is the next logical step for the software, really taking the effects and features that ME has been known for to a new level. Serato Video was announced earlier this year just before NAMM so that was not a big surprise, but what we weren’t expecting was a brand new version of Mix Emergency that may have more features on the exact same day. (Update: Mix Emergency is now fully compatible with SSL 2.4) Curious what the best new program for video mixing is today? Click past the jump to read our comparison of the new offerings and to read what Serato and Inklen have to say about their new releases!
Things have been heating up, with ME2 closed off from new versions of Scratch Live and Serato Video MIDI mappings soon to be supported in ITCH.
This week is shaping up to be an exciting one for video DJs, with Serato officially releasing their new video plugin the same day that Inklen drops their new 2.0 version of Mix Emergency packed with brand new features.