Live Performance

VJ Loop Studio 3D and MadMapper meet on real stages: one makes the moving images, the other puts them exactly where they belong — on buildings, sculptures, and LED walls. Different jobs, natural partners. Short Answer Choose VJ Loop Studio 3D (€99 + VAT once) if you need original loop content: 124 effects, timeline, export, Spout/NDI output. Choose MadMapper (paid, check current pricing) if you project onto surfaces: mapping, warping, spatial calibration, multi-projector shows. Use both: generate loops, feed them into MadMapper via video files or live Spout/NDI. Comparison VJ Loop Studio 3D MadMapper Price €99 + VAT, one-time Paid license (check current pricing) Core job Generate VJ loops Map video onto surfaces Content library 124 built-in effects Plays your content, minimal built-in Mapping/warping No Yes — the whole point of the tool Multi-projector No Yes, with calibration Spout/NDI Output to mapping software Full input support Learning curve Days Days (mapping craft takes practice) Best for Content creation Projection mapping shows Where MadMapper Wins Anything involving surfaces. Warping a facade, blending projectors, calibrating LED walls — that is mapping craft, and MadMapper is built for it. A loop generator cannot do this job. ...

VJ Loop Studio 3D and Resolume both appear in VJ booths, but they do different jobs. One makes the visuals. The other performs them live. Most professional VJs eventually use both. Short Answer Choose VJ Loop Studio 3D (€99 + VAT once) if you need original loops: 124 effects, timeline, audio reactivity, video export. Choose Resolume (paid, check current pricing) if you mix clips live in clubs: triggering, effects chains, MIDI control, rock-solid playback. Use both: generate loops in VJ Loop Studio, perform them in Resolume via video files or live Spout feed. Comparison VJ Loop Studio 3D Resolume Arena / Avenue Price €99 + VAT, one-time Paid license (check current pricing) Core job Generate original loops Mix and perform clips live Effect library 124 built-in generators Live effects + FFGL plugins Timeline Multi-track loop composition Clip triggering + autopilot Audio reactivity Built-in modulators Audio FFT + envelope followers Video export Yes, presets for destinations Recording supported Spout/NDI Output to other software Full Spout/NDI in and out Learning curve Days Days to weeks Best for Content creation Live performance Where Resolume Wins Live performance. Clip triggering, layer mixing, MIDI-mapped controls, and bulletproof playback under pressure — that is what Resolume was built for over two decades. No generator replaces a live mixer in the booth. ...

Spout is how live visuals move between applications on a Windows machine. One app sends frames, another receives them — with no file, no network, and no compression in between. It is the standard handshake in the VJ world for a simple reason: the frames stay on the GPU, so the transfer is essentially free. This guide covers the two setups you will actually use — OBS Studio for streaming and recording, and Resolume for mapping and mixing — plus the others that speak Spout, and why VJ Loop Studio 3D is built to be the best sender in that chain. ...

Two systems drive motion in VJ Loop Studio 3D: Audio Link, which follows real sound, and modulators, which generate their own. They target the same thing — any numeric parameter on a clip — and they are often best used together. This guide covers both, and the one behaviour that surprises people: why a render does not match the live preview exactly. Audio reactivity at a glance Audio sources Bass, Midrange, Treble, Loudness (RMS), Detected Beat, Low Blend, High Blend, Body, Spectral Brightness Modulator shapes Sine, Triangle, Saw, Envelope, Random Step, Sample & Hold, Macro Route modes Add or multiply, unipolar or bipolar Tempo Tap tempo, project BPM, tempo-synced modulators Targets Any numeric effect parameter, per clip Audio Link: following real sound Every numeric parameter in the inspector has a small ~ button beside it. Click it to open the Audio Link editor for that parameter. ...

VJ Loop Studio 3D is a generator, not a mixer — so it is built to feed the mixer you already use. There are three ways out of it: Spout for another app on the same PC, NDI for another machine, and rendered files for anything else. This guide covers when to use each, and the specific settings for the apps VJs actually run. Integration at a glance Live to other apps Spout (same PC, GPU-to-GPU) and NDI (same PC or across the network) Live to a screen Fullscreen mirror on any connected display or projector File handover MP4, MKV, AVI, MOV, GIF — H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP9 Confirmed destinations Resolume Arena/Avenue, OBS Studio, TouchDesigner, MadMapper, Notch, vMix, Millumin Latency Spout is frame-local; NDI adds a small network buffer Platform Windows 10/11 (64-bit) Pick a route in one decision Your situation Use Why Resolume/OBS on the same Windows PC Spout GPU-to-GPU, no compression, no added latency Mixer or encoder on another machine NDI Travels over normal gigabit Ethernet Driving a projector or LED processor directly Fullscreen output No third app in the chain at all Handing visuals to an editor, client, or a media server Export a file Deterministic, seekable, no live dependency You can run more than one at once — a fullscreen output on the projector while NDI feeds the stream encoder is a normal setup. ...