Members aliensporebomb Posted July 12, 2009 Members Posted July 12, 2009 Roland Corporation has recently started releasing synthesizers, electronic drums and the VG99/VB99 with a mysterious button I've never heard anyone talk about (at least in the U.S.) called V-link. I did some digging and it's interesting: It takes data from your playing via midi to a PC or Mac running special software to create evocative psychedelic imagery based on the notes you are playing. See video examples:http://media.roland.com/rja/mov/motiondive/page_01.htmlandhttp://media.roland.com/rja/mov/motiondive/page_02.html(two links japanese but you can understand the music/visuals...) The first video has a keyboardist and v-drummer playing a song with all kinds of crazy stagelighting and digital screens reflecting their performance. There's a US version of the motion dive tokyo software that has a 15 day trial. I'm going to just download and play with it because I wonder what my playing would make the graphics do? There is apparently a hardware interface available too for this to use onstage to enhance performances. Another company produces software compatible with this system:http://www.lividinstruments.com/software_union.php This must be the first time I've heard of a company producing a feature (on all of the latest Roland V-products) used to visually enhance a performance like this since the original PPG 330/340 Waveterm which was a germanwavetable synthesizer that also had the ability to run a lightshow back in 1986 or thereabouts. Interesting stuff. Anyone working with this system? Craig, have you heard/seen this?
Members aliensporebomb Posted July 12, 2009 Author Members Posted July 12, 2009 I found a flash version of the software you can try! http://www.roland.com/motiondive/Trial_Flash/index.html Give it a shot.
Members Karma1 Posted July 12, 2009 Members Posted July 12, 2009 Thanks for the info. I've been intruiged by the V-Link on my VG-99 since I sometimes do multi-media performances with a friend who is a VJ. I've looked a little bit into some of the Edirol hardware that links with it, but I'm maxed on buying new gear for a while, so it's on the back burner. But I'll check out that trial version you posted. My next minor purchase will be Roland US-20 so that I can control my VG and GR33 from my guitar at the same time.
Members aliensporebomb Posted July 12, 2009 Author Members Posted July 12, 2009 I think it could be interesting as when I play live it is often just me. In 2008 I played a gig where a VJ had me on camera and projected on a screen with similar graphics. This year, no VJ at the same gig at the same place but it made for a more interesting visual presentation for a solo artist with lots of tech andlooper devices. So.....yeah, v-link could make a small band look more interesting.
Members elantric Posted July 13, 2009 Members Posted July 13, 2009 I cover V-Link here:http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php/board,39.0.html
Members aliensporebomb Posted July 14, 2009 Author Members Posted July 14, 2009 Thanks, Elantric! I'll check that out.
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