# Software To Display, Interact, & Perform

A lot of this software is cross-platform. If it isn't, chances are there's an analog with a different name.

Some software has breakout pages for pro-tips and tutorials.

### Software To Display, Interact, & Perform

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-ableton-live-audio-e-1" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 662.85px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 29.8215%;"></col><col style="width: 70.2977%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">Ableton Live</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Audio editor and music composer - great for mixtapes</td></tr><tr style="height: 137.25px;"><td style="height: 137.25px;">Garagecube MadMapper (Mad / MM)</td><td style="height: 137.25px;">Projection Mapping &amp; Blending, Pixel &amp; LED mapping

I use it for those things, but also:

- Load-Testing
- Quick + Dirty Media Review
- Quick + Dirty Media Audits

</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">Garagecube Modul8</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">VJ party time</td></tr><tr style="height: 63.4px;"><td style="height: 63.4px;">Isadora (Izzy)</td><td style="height: 63.4px;">A node based creative software that’s a great tool to quickly build multimedia projects with. Good for performance, theater, dance, etc. </td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">Open Frameworks (OF)</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Creative code and scripting environment</td></tr><tr style="height: 97px;"><td style="height: 97px;">QLab</td><td style="height: 97px;">Mac only audio / video cue system. Generally speaking, the standard tool for show audio control. This is a good thing to know how to use. It’s video capabilities are great for cueing as well, but not great for mapping IMHO. Pro-Tip NDI your video cue to another program or Syphon out for final output. </td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">Resolume</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">VJ software; multi-display; video generators; cueing. </td></tr><tr style="height: 46.6px;"><td style="height: 46.6px;">TouchDesigner</td><td style="height: 46.6px;">Like Isadora but does more things (except projection map as well). All the Izzy dorks now use Touch. </td></tr><tr style="height: 46.6px;"><td style="height: 46.6px;">Unity</td><td style="height: 46.6px;">Like Unreal, but now kind of like “Beta” - By that I mean penultimate. Though I think it still has logic advantages. </td></tr><tr style="height: 63.4px;"><td style="height: 63.4px;">Unreal Engine</td><td style="height: 63.4px;">A video game engine that CT uses for complex and interactive playback where game logic is helpful or there is a requirement for real-time realistic rendering</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">VDMX</td><td style="height: 29.8px;">Affordable, accessible, multi-platform custom playback and mapping software.</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="height: 29.8px;">  
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