Price: $179 USD
Minimum Requirements
Hardware
- MacBook Pro or better
- Video card (128 MB dedicated RAM)
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage space for media
- DVI or S-Video output1
Software
- Mac OS X 10.4.10
- Quicktime 7.3
- Scratch Live 1.8.22
1 for output to an external monitor
2 for external control
MixEmergency 1.2.1
Video Tutorials
MixEmergency Release Notes
Version 1.2.1
Changes
- Increased maximum cache size to 2GB.
- Removed automatic lowering of cache size when low free memory levels were detected.
- Added white border around the output window when dragging or resizing.
Bug fixes
- Fixed upfader linking buttons.
- Fixed UTF-8 string problems when recording.
- Fixed scaling issues for some videos that resulted in lower quality images.
- Fixed a possible crash when exporting.
Version 1.2.0
Changes
- Redesigned the user interface.
- Enabled resizing of all main user interface windows.
- Enabled recording and exporting using the demo version.
- Added loading of images into MixEmergency.
- Added Quartz Composition overlays.
- Added Text and Image Overlay recording.
- Added RGB Delay, Strips, Crop and Scale effects.
- Added X/Y position controls for Image Overlays.
- Added Brightness, Saturation and Contrast controls for the output window.
- Added Horizontal and Vertical Flip controls for the output window.
- Added an audio device selector to the recording window.
- The Random transition now also displays the randomly selected transition.
- Added a preference to load randomly selected media from the Media Bank when an unlinked audio track is loaded into Scratch Live.
- Combined all overlay windows onto a single window.
- Added Deck, AudioLevel, AudioSpectrum, MediaTitle, MediaAlbum and MediaArtist published inputs for Quartz Compositions.
- Added Image published inputs for overlay Quartz Compositions.
- Improved Quartz Composition behaviour when resizing the output dimensions.
- Low memory warnings now display in the Messages window.
- The MixEmergency window now hides when exporting.
- Disabled recording menu items when recording and exporting.
- Added the preview view dimensions to the Info Window.
- Added preference to lower the preview window's update rate.
- Added preference to lower the full screen output level.
Bug fixes
- Fixed opacity of the preview views on the main window.
- Fixed timing issues when using Quartz Compositions.
- Fixed incorrect export dimensions being used when exporting Quartz Compositions.
- Fixed the link/unlink Crossfader button when linking/unlinking MIDI assigned controls.
- Fixed a bug where the Text Overlay text would only save after pushing enter/return.
- Fixed incorrect state of Full Screen button.
- Fixed incorrect updates of the Info Window.
- Fixed problems when recording negative velocities.
- Fixed a small memory corruption problem relating to registeration.
- Fixed several small memory leaks when using Quartz Compositions.
Version 1.1.0
Changes
- Added performance recording and exporting.
- Added transition parameter control.
- Added several transitions that allow the output window to become transparent when full screen.
- Added Strobe, Zoom Feedback and Color Tone effects.
- Added Strobe, Iris, Squeeze H and Squeeze V transitions.
- Added Bass control mode for effect parameters.
- Effects presets can now be automatically saved and restored for individual videos.
- Effects settings are now copied across when loading the same media to both channels.
- Improved video frame buffering.
- Improved Grid 2 transition.
- Improved Crossfader smoothing.
- Improved debug buffer view.
- Added easily readable strings to MIDI logging window.
- Added preference for disabling Crossfader smoothing.
- The demo version can now enter full screen but is limited to 30 minutes of use.
Bug fixes
- Fixed m4v loading issues.
- Fixed MIDI mapping for Position control mode of effect parameters.
- Fixed a crash when attempting to play a Quartz Compositions at a negative time.
- Audio linking no longer defaults to loading the closest match.
- Fixed DV input.
- Fixed a possible crash when entering invalid license keys.
- Fixed issues showing and hiding the Info Window.
Version 1.0.2
Bug fixes
- Fixed bug where option-clicking a MIDI assignable control would not allow MIDI assignment.
Version 1.0.1
Changes
- You can now drag and drop media from the Media Bank without first focusing on the MixEmergency window.
Bug fixes
- Fixed text and image overlays on Mac OS X Tiger (10.4).
- Fixed keyboard shortcut forwarding on Mac OS X Tiger (10.4).
- Fixed a bug that could trigger keyframe distance warnings on some videos.
- Fixed frame blending problems with some videos.
- Fixed a possible crash when entering invalid license keys.
- Fixed several small memory leaks.
Version 1.0.0 Final
Changes
- Added the option to disable keyboard shortcuts that conflicted with Scratch Live.
- Added file and warning logging.
- Added more robust checks around video decoding.
Bug fixes
- Fixed bug that would cause MixEmergency to lock when ejecting certain Quartz Compositions.
- Fixed bug when sending media position data to Quartz Composition published inputs.
- Fixed a crash that would occur when videos with dimensions 0 x 0 were loaded.
Version 1.0.0 Public Beta 3
Changes
- Added a new and improved rendering pipeline.
- Added RGB Offset effect.
- Added LED effect.
- Added Film Projector effect.
- Added new optimised Edges effect.
- Added Switch transition.
Bug fixes
- Fixed poor performance when using NVIDIA® GeForce® graphics processors.
- Fixed MIDI bugs.
- Fixed bug where the last used transition was not restored at start-up.
- Fixed Media Bank icon capture bug.
Version 1.0.0 Public Beta 2
Changes
- Added effect mix control.
- Added new and improved velocity mapping controls for effect parameters.
- Improved Crossfader smoothing.
- Removed smoothing of the effect parameter when controlled by velocity.
- Added MIDI logging window.
Bug fixes
- Fixed MIDI assignment bugs.
- Fixed free memory detection errors that would result in false low memory warnings.
- Fixed bug where changing the scale control of the position control for effect parameters was not smooth.
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