Doctor Mojo's Big List of VJ Software Tools

One of the most common questions I am asked about VJing is “what software do you use?”. I decided to put together a list to answer that question and more. Enjoy.

– the Doctor

 

Doctor Mojo’s Big List of VJ Software Tools

In my opinion the best VJ software available:

http://www.vidvox.net/ (VDMX)

The other major players in the VJ software market :

http://www.arkaos.net/(ArKaos)

http://www.modul8.ch(Modul8)

http://www.resolume.com/(Resolume)

http://www.lividinstruments.com(Cell DNA)

http://www.neuromixer.com/(AVmixer Pro)

Some new contenders :

http://cogevj.hu/(CoGe)

http://www.millumin.com/(Millumin)

Popular new app for realtime 3D mapping:

http://www.madmapper.com/(MadMapper)

Powerful cross-app GPU sharing protocol :

http://syphon.v002.info/(Syphon)

Tools for interactive software control :

http://hexler.net/software/touchosc(TouchOSC)

http://www.osculator.net/(Osculator)

http://www.quartzcompositions.com(Quartz Composer)

Show control tools mainly used in theater :

http://www.troikatronix.com/index.html(Isadora)

http://figure53.com/qlab/(QLab)

Recursive algorithmic art :

http://nodebox.net/code/index.php/Home(NodeBox)

http://structuresynth.sourceforge.net/(Structure Synth)

http://www.contextfreeart.org(Context Free)

General code-y goodness :

http://processing.org/(Processing)

http://cycling74.com/products/max/(Max)