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 
 
 
 
 Ableton Live 
 Audio editor and music composer - great for mixtapes 
 
 
 Garagecube MadMapper (Mad / MM) 
 
 Projection Mapping & Blending, Pixel & LED mapping 
   
 I use it for those things, but also: 
 
 
 Load-Testing 
 
 
 Quick + Dirty Media Review 
 
 
 Quick + Dirty Media Audits  
 
 
 
 
 
 Garagecube Modul8 
 VJ party time 
 
 
 Isadora (Izzy) 
 A node based creative software that’s a great tool to quickly build multimedia projects with. Good for performance, theater, dance, etc.  
 
 
 Open Frameworks (OF) 
 Creative code and scripting environment 
 
 
 QLab 
 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.  
 
 
 Resolume 
 VJ software; multi-display; video generators; cueing.  
 
 
 TouchDesigner 
 Like Isadora but does more things (except projection map as well). All the Izzy dorks now use Touch.  
 
 
 Unity 
 Like Unreal, but now kind of like “Beta” - By that I mean penultimate. Though I think it still has logic advantages.  
 
 
 Unreal Engine 
 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 
 
 
 VDMX 
 Affordable, accessible, multi-platform custom playback and mapping software.