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Start and play

From your own media to a deck you can perform.

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Add media to your project

Put your own videos, images and audio in the Library.

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Get something on screen

Put one visual in the deck and see it in the Monitor.

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Learn your deck

Clips fill the grid, layers build the picture, and stacks hold complete looks.

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Build a few scenes

Arrange visuals into stacks so your set is ready to play.

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Change the whole scene

Fire a stack to change every included layer in one move.

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Manage and expand your decks

Create, rename, transfer and grow decks from the menu beside the deck name.

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Find free stock footage with Pexels

Search Pexels inside Library and download footage straight into your project.

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Find media in the Library

Connect an existing video collection, then filter a busy Library by type, source or search terms.

Music and timing

Choose what the visuals listen to and where the beat comes from.

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Connect an audio source

Choose what Splode Lab listens to, from App Audio to a dedicated Wave Link mix.

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Keep visuals on the live beat

Use Live Beat to find the tempo of the audio coming in and keep the deck clock in time.

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Plan a deck with a song

Load a track into the built-in player to plan a deck or work up a short social-media sequence.

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Sync to Mixxx on Mac

Make a MIDI connection point that Mixxx and Splode Lab can both use.

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Tune audio-reactive visuals

Shape the master FFT response so visuals follow the frequencies and intensity you want.

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Launch changes on the beat

Use Quantise to hold a clip or stack until the next musical boundary.

Make and shape

Control clips, effects and Vūdl.

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Shape a clip in Inspector

Position, colour, key or mask a selected deck clip with its Clip Settings.

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Add a shader or effect

Use an ISF shader to shape a layer or the change between scenes.

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Chop a clip to the beat with Vūdl

Mark the visual moments you want to cut, then rearrange, reverse or stutter them while Vūdl keeps every change on the beat.

Output and control

Send the show out and control it from elsewhere.

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Put visuals on another screen

Open a clean output for a projector, display or capture setup.

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Control with OSC

Trigger stacks, clips and controls from another app or device.

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Connect live video

Send or receive live video with NDI, Syphon or Spout.

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Map a MIDI controller

Play clips, stacks and layer controls from your MIDI hardware.

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Use more than one MIDI controller

Combine your controllers into one Splode Lab MIDI input without their controls colliding.

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Get sharper output

Choose proxy and output quality to suit your screen, GPU and storage.

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Map visuals to a surface

Fit the final output to a screen, triangle, corner or multi-surface setup.