THIS POST IS WORK IN PROGRESS
here I am going to collect stuff about resolume area, hardware and settings for live performance and more ...
CODEC & RESOLUTION
I am rendering my clips mostly at 2560x1440 for square content 1280x1280 or 1440x1440 simpler elements 1080x1080.
content for widescreen festival stage mappings with multiple projectors is around 3500x1080 or 3800x900 (3 projectors widescreen)
I avoid all content in 4k at the moment because of perfomance. I want to layer and play up to 16 clips at the same time at 60 fps.
all clips are rendered in DXV High quality. alpha only if necessary. no alpha is better performace.
All DXV files stored on NVMe SSDs like Samsung Evo Pro Series.
FRAMERATE
I build my animations really slow so I can speed them up later in resolume ! depending of the animation my loops usually have 400, 800 or 1600 frames, rendered at 30fps. In resolume some clips I set playback rate to 2 (double speed) and I am constantly playing with the composition master speed (mapped from 1 - 10 on midi controller). so this way I can speed up and slow down and according to the music. In resolume the compositon framerate should not drop under 50 fps.
HARDWARE SETUP
I highly recommend Windows and Nvidia for best performance and price. MSI laptops from my experience are rubust and super reliable. 3 VIDEO OUTPUTS are a must for me. 1 x hdmi 1 x USBC 1 x USBC (Thuderbolt) I always bring 2 USBC to HDMI video adapters with me.
I am currently working on a MSI Raider GE77 HX 12UGS with a RTX3070Ti . I highly recommend to upgrade to a RTX 30xx or RTX 40xx series.
if I would buy a new one now this would be it: costs € 3129
MSI Raider GE78 HX 14VGG-231 Core Black, Core i9-14900HX, 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD, GeForce RTX 4070, DE
NOTE: not all USBC ports have video. especially cheaper models only have 1 or 2 video outputs.
MIDI CONTROLLER
it depents on how you use resolume. I personally love the slim and simple controllers. easy to travel with and don't need a lot of space. for performing live I use a nanoKONTROL2
FAVOURITE RESOLUME EFFECTS
it is powerful to manipulate videos with an effect or a series of effects. there is so much you can do to change a cilp or create variations from a single clip.
add subtract
edge detection
hue rotation
transform
slide
levels
trails
ripples
polkadot
mirror
infinite zoom
auto mask
meta shape
blow
chroma key
linear cloner
strobe
ADDITIONAL JUICEBAR EFFECTS
check out https://get-juicebar.com for additional effects.
roundmask (free)
softcropper (free)
displacer
frameblend
FOR 360/Dome video check out REPROJECTION Plugin (free)
https://github.com/DanielArnett/360-VJ/releases