Edirol MOTION-DIVE

Welcome to an exciting new world of interactive visual performance! The motion dive .tokyo performance package is a groundbreaking collaboration between Digitalstage, creators of motion dive .tokyo, and Edirol by Roland. Edirol has enhanced the already famous motion dive .tokyo software by adding MIDI functionality, and designing a unique USB-powered hardware controller that mirrors the software interface. The combined pieces represent a breakthrough in interactive audio-visual creativity.

Motion Dive .tokyo
A pioneer of visual art software in Japan, Digitalstage first released its motion dive software in 1998. motion dive takes an unique approach by taking two visual sources, and then mixing and switching them in a DJ-style performance. After hitting the VJ scene in Japan, with its direct and simple interface, motion dive eventually spread to other cities of the world. motion dive works on both Windows and Macintosh platforms.

DJ-Style Visual Performance
Just like taking two music tracks and fading them back and forth, scratching or adding effects, the idea is the same with motion dive. Use the smooth A/B Fader to alternate between channel A and B, scratch the clips rhythmically with the Scratch buttons, and use the Control knobs to control color-EQ effects and BPM. Select video clips quickly by dragging and dropping them into the A and B output channels, or by using the large dial and Channel buttons on the controller.

Wide-Ranging File Support
motion dive can import QuickTime movies and most picture formats from digital cameras. It also supports AVI and MPEG files, as well as Macromedia Flash contents. It can even playback AIFF/WAV/MP3 audio files on your computer’s hard disk. To get you started right away, motion dive comes with a video library created by top professional VJ artists.

Audio & Visual Collaboration
With motion dive, you can play and remix the visuals along to the music, and then record and play back your visual performance as one piece of artwork. For this bundled package, motion dive can receive MIDI messages, therefore you can connect an electronic instrument to the controller unit, and perform the music and visuals at the same time!

V-LINK for Complete Integration
motiion dive is also compatible with Roland/Edirol V-LINK instruments such as the Fantom-X series keyboards, MC-909 sampling groovebox, SP-606 sampling workstation, and Edirol PCR-series MIDI keyboards (PCR-30/50/80/M1/M30/M50/M80/A30). It can also be used to trigger video clips and control effects. By activating the V-LINK function on the instrument, pre-programmed settings are called up for instant integration with motion dive. Custom parameter settings can also be handled in the V-LINK mode on the connected instrument. Welcome to the new visual performance-art scene.