I tried running an RCA to mini jack but that didn’t work and my Akai EIE Pro audio interface has been made obsolete since Akai have failed to build a Catalina driver yet (Cheers Akai). OBS natively will take audio from my Rane mixer soundcard but cant single out the master output feed which comes through channels 5/6. I foolishly thought this would be a breeze. Naturally, I wrote a list of potential issues that I’d need to work through (this list kept growing the more I got into it)Ĭonsidering it would look best if both decks presented different and constant video content I looked to adapt my Double Vision show files to make the idea really pop. Digging into this software a bit deeper, I realised I might be able to for-fill an idea I had a long time ago for presenting a video DJ set from an overhead camera with the videos appearing in the platters using green (or blue) Serato control vinyl. Much of the software and platforms have been robbed from the tech savvy and stable gaming world with the main software used for broadcasting streams being OBS. Moving forward to 2020, worldwide virus induced lockdown has inspired the worlds DJs to live stream on platforms like Twitch, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram to perform and stay connected with their audiences. I used it heavily in the production of the Lofi Funky Space Quest theatre show and I also did a scratch jam with a virtual me (via a green screen) in my Studio to Stage AV mix but Prince’s copyright people have sadly ensured its been wiped from the web (It had an edit of Batdance in it). Since getting into video DJing I’ve had a few dips back into the world of green screens, most notably the Twitch jam I did with DJ Moneyshot where we aimed for Addams Family style hands smashing out a freestyle jam using cues and loops from Shake Your Rump (Btw, Twitch was rad harware from Novation that pioneered the pad design you se on every mixer these days). ![]() The use of blue screens in the film industry is now common place and I’ve been experimenting with green screens since I was a teenage college student. Using OBS and some chromakey trickery I’ve now developed a cool way of presenting the show via a live stream for you to enjoy at home delving further into an idea I had a few years ago.Ĭhromakey has been around since the end of the 19th century and was first used commercially in 1903’s The Great Train Robbery so its not exactly a new thing. Sadly, I didn’t get to perform it as many times as i’d have liked due to its technical demands and relatively long build. The live show was a tough fit for venues and festivals though as I used 3 decks, 2 mixers, 2 laptops and 2 screens and presented 2 streams of AV that interacted and cross referenced each other. My Double Vision project was one of my most complex AV projects to complete and I’m still immensely proud of it.
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