VSX is Vovoid's latest addition to the music visualization scene. With superior audio processing
and unbeleivable artistery it provides a thrilling and accurate music visualization experience.
About the platform
The acronyme is pronounced ViS'X' - Visualization Xtreme
VSX runs as a standalone application acting a visual player
Plugins work pretty much the same way as media player ones
VSX can do visuals in window mode or in fullscreen.
VSX relies on OpenGL for hardware acceleration
System requirements
The heavy use of OpenGL require the equivalent of a Geforce 2 graphics card or better.
The people behind VSX
VSX is developed and supervised by the Vovoid visualization team:
Robert Wenzel - well known as CoR releasing many appreciated visuals for the Terra Lycos® Sonique media player
Jonatan Wallmander - author of Starlight Aurora and founder of Vovoid
Professional use
For professionals and artists we are currently developing VSX Ultra which is free to use for any
purpouse. Please read more at http://vsxu.com
Audio quality
VSX audio analysis is superior to audio players like Winamp/Sonique. This provides an even
greater and quick response with almost no latency at all. You can literally feel the music
when percepting both sound and imagery. (Note: This depends greatly on the soundcard)
Music player independence
When designing VSX we wanted to get away from the player hype that we've been involved in before.
Being very limited by technology our previous visuals have been released exclusively for Sonique and
Realplayer.
What is VSX really? (for techies)
VSX is simply a DLL host. It deals with audio analysis and feeds data to the visuals.
This basically works as the relationship Sonique had with its visuals except for some
differences in how the drawing surface is handled - it's OpenGL after all.
Visuals are programmed in C++ using the OpenGL libraries. It reads the soundcard's record channel
for audio and uses that to provide the visuals with beat detection and equalizer values.
Expansion
The API to develop visuals for VSX is opensourced. We invite skilled visual artists to join
us in the quest for the ultimate visualization experience. Contact us for more information.
