(Its competitors now tend to look more like advanced motion graphics tools, which appeals to artists but may turn off the broadcast crowd.) GrandVJ’s UI now can still look like that, but it can also look uniquely friendly as a broadcast tool – which is also an edge. That UI remains in GrandVJ today, and it seems a good match for a company that makes controllers. As opposed to tools like Modul8 and Resolume that focused on a grid of thumbnails, ArKaos cleverly designed their UI around an onscreen keyboard. Watching the VJ scene evolve in the early part of this century, ArKaos’ software was one of the easiest to spot. As usual, there is some overlap between those applications. GrandVJ is their VJ tools aimed at artists MediaMaster is at the heart of their higher-end installation / broadcast / live show media server offering. And then products that grew out of that live experience, growing into tools aimed at individual artists and VJs at one end, and high-end media servers at the other. Started doing live shows and live video – Jean Michelle Jarre was a client.
And that history parallels some of the other developers in this relatively small domain. That puts this VJ name alongside brands like Akai, Numark, and M-Audio.ĪrKaos is one of a handful of figures in live visuals who helped to establish the whole category. From the VJ M&A file: ArKaos, the pioneering developer of live audiovisual tools, has been snapped up by InMusic.
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