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Posted by LinX on Mar-30-2005 00:30:

Visuals @ A Party

Some friends and I decided to throw a party and we have lighting for it etc the whole setup... but my friend asked me about visuals, he likes the ones in winamp and wanted me to know if it was possible to get them up on a screen. We have a projection thingy that looks like this below...

do u guys use any visuals at partys and if so, what do you use...

Posted by T-Soma on Mar-30-2005 05:58:

Get a whole bunch of computers and a gemlock or any video mixer and layer the stuff and do some tripy stuff. just search for something on the net that does the visuals to the music and use the line in on the computer.

Posted by Killer Angel on Mar-30-2005 06:46:

I like iTunes the best for my visuals.

Posted by TranceSpeeder on Mar-30-2005 06:52:

i like the shadows of dancing women.

a party my friend did a long time ago, he just took some cheap colored paper and put lights under the paper, looked fantastic.

Posted by Dj Ricky H on Mar-30-2005 07:23:

Try this little piece of free software....very very cool, and can run with the music and add text: http://draves.org/bomb/

It's small but if used on a laptop with a video out, and hook up to the line in or mic in and it really works wonders, and best yet...it's free!!

Posted by A83 on Mar-30-2005 21:02:

http://www.beatharness.com is what You want. So far, it's the best I've ever used. It has visuals with a mixer, turntables and just your standard HIGH QUALITY visualizations. It's AMAZING but you'll need a decent video card. I'm running it on a 64mb & its fine. Goes to the beat !

High Quality Screenshot: http://www.z-plutonia.com/beat.bmp

Posted by DarkFall01 on Mar-30-2005 23:01:

quote:
Originally posted by A83
http://www.beatharness.com

I agree with him, beatharness is prob one of the best I've seen, you should def downl it.

More screenshots here:

http://www.beatharness.com/screenshots.asp

Posted by DannyO on Mar-31-2005 00:02:

I agree on Beatharness aswell, plus you can add your own pics in for it to effect, same with your own videos, if not that check out Milkdrop and R4.

Posted by Psiweaver on Mar-31-2005 03:56:

just make sure you test it all out before so you can make sure you like the look of it.

Posted by Timski on Mar-31-2005 06:11:

yeah i have had a look at Beatharness too its quite good... just so long as you dont do what half the shitty clubs around here do and rock the windows media player for visuals.
also not sure if its an off topic thing but you could consider hire or purchace of a little smoke machine and rotating disco ball with light's?

Have fun with it all anyway man

Posted by Gunyouken on Apr-01-2005 19:24:

If it's a party with only friends and family running slide shows of pics with you and your friends on a projector works really well,

ALso Moby Play DVD the second DVD if I recall has some nice visuals...

I would love to get some James Bond THeme visuals with the naked chicks and fire and water and spear guns and shit, on 3 or 4 projectors covering every wall.

Posted by Eric Siefer on Apr-01-2005 21:37:

That beatharness is pretty nice. Just another thing on my neverending list of items to buy.

Posted by Haroddin on Apr-02-2005 11:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Eric Siefer
That beatharness is pretty nice. Just another thing on my neverending list of items to buy.

Isn't it free? You can donate if you want though...

Posted by jdat on Apr-03-2005 18:22:

Go to www.vjcentral.com for extensive info on vjing and such

If you are running under the Mac OS platform I'd recommend Grid www.vidvox.net the software in it's basic versions costs around 100 bucks. It allows you to trigger pre edited video clips and mix them.

If you're feeling adventurous try this free software http://goldbergs.com/dervish/

Posted by jamie on Apr-03-2005 20:18:

Beatharness rocks, we used it at a TA Party we had last year, i threw a load of pics and videos together and it rocked.

We are planning to use it again later in the year, its a fantastic bit of software i recommend it!

Posted by colombian raver on Apr-03-2005 22:02:

quote:
Originally posted by DannyO
I agree on Beatharness aswell, plus you can add your own pics in for it to effect, same with your own videos, if not that check out Milkdrop and R4.

R4 is incredible.

Posted by nec on Apr-04-2005 12:47:

Scanners and moving-heads from Martin are the best.

Posted by Trance Nutter on Apr-04-2005 12:52:

Went to a party a few weeks back where all they had was a static camera pointed at the TTs from the side and slightly in-front, sort of looking along the booth.
That was projected up onto a screen with inverted colours, kinda cool effect with the dj moving around and cueing stuff up etc. Real simple too if you have a small camera

You can see what I mean about the colours in the back right there:

Its the only pic I could find that has the screen at all (stolen from ITM)
Thats the tripod for the cam as well, its pointed along the decks