Videosync enables you to treat video as audio inside Ableton Live. Bring your visuals to life with Warp Markers, Racks, Macros, Simpler, Automation, Modulation, and much more.

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Arrangement View

Use Live’s musical timeline to craft audiovisual compositions. Blend audiovisual tracks, program visual instruments on the note grid and script video effects with automation.

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Session View

All the tricks in Live’s Session View now apply to video as well, enabling flexibility while performing live, including Follow Actions, Group Tracks, Routings, and more.

Instruments

Videosync - External In device
Videosync - Squares device
Videosync - Tabula device
Videosync - Video Simpler device

Effects

Videosync - Blur device
Videosync - Color Mixer device
Videosync - Color Ulity device
Videosync - Colorize device
Videosync - Crop Map device
Videosync - Displacement device
Videosync - Feedback device
Videosync - Gradient device
Videosync - Keyer device
Videosync - Lava device
Videosync - Pixelate device
Videosync - Properties device
Videosync - Status device
Videosync - Transform device
Videosync - Voronoi device
Videosync - Wavvy device

ISF Shader

Effortlessly browse ISF shaders to generate or manipulate visuals. Comes with a curated library of over 200 shaders, as well the ability to open any shader in an external text editor. Saving changes in the text editor are immediately reflected in Videosync.

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ISF Shader
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Plugin SDK

Plugin SDK

The Plugin Software Development Kit allows you to build your own image effects and generators with an interface in Max For Live, an engine in GL Shader Language (GLSL) , following the Interactive Shader Format (ISF) standard.

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Multiple outputs

Use Live’s Return & Master channels as Spout or Syphon outputs, allowing up to 13 channels of video output into other applications.

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Networked Mode

Increase redundancy and spread workload in your live shows by running Videosync on a separate computer.

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Format support

Support for all standard video formats, as well as HAP*.

* The HAP codec is supported on macOS only.

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Lava by Tarik Barri

New Videosync 2

Windows support

Videosync 2 marks the first release for the Windows platform, offering a fully-featured application identical to its macOS counterpart.

Videosync 2 on Windows is officially supported for use with Ableton Live 12 or newer.

Lava by Tarik Barri

Akin to Voronoi, Lava is a hybrid between a generator and an effect. Its pattern creation and image manipulation algorithms draw inspiration from Brownian Noise, emulating the variability found in many natural systems, giving an organic quality to the plugin’s output.

New user interface

Videosync 2 introduces a new, streamlined user interface for both Windows and macOS. This elegantly designed interface brings together all essential settings into one convenient window.

Fully revised device suite

Every device in the suite has undergone extensive reevaluation and updates, with a focus on refining shader code to enhance both efficiency and the quality of visual output. Devices have been thoughtfully consolidated or separated based on their functionality, providing a streamlined and more user-friendly experience.

Improved blending and alpha handling

All blending modes have been enhanced, and alpha handling has been refined for increased flexibility and precision in compositing.
Detailed insights and applications will be explored in an upcoming blog post.

Oklab blending method

Most devices that deal with color now include a toggle to switch to the Oklab blending method. Regular RGB mixes colors with linear interpolation over the RGB channels. Oklab mixes the colors according to the Oklab color space, which generally produces more uniform looking transitions in terms of perceived brightness and color.

K-Lab

I just wanted to reach out and share how awesome everything's been with Showsync! Videosync has added so much value (and enjoyment) to my live shows. I must have done around 40 shows with it successfully so far."

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Ben Frost

"Working with Videosync has allowed me to seamlessly move between sound and image, tapping into all my synaesthetic fantasies- I more often work now not only on shaping the way something sounds, but what that sound looks like, and so further mining into how an idea feels. Brilliantly designed for the Ableton platform, Videosync is breaking down the boundaries between sound and image—and I’m all for it."

Ben Frost
Auke Kruithof

"The Feed Me With Teeth show is built entirely on Videosync and Beam. We use no other lighting desks or media servers. This has served us very well for multiple USA tours and various festival shows all over the world."

Founder of Studio Rewind
Auke Kruithof
Kölsch

"I have been using Videosync in all my liveshows since the very first beta version. It's the perfect way to integrate video or animation content, and sync it perfectly with my music. It has added a completely new dimension to performing, and has never failed me. I have recommended it to all my colleagues, and cannot speak highly enough of it."

Kölsch
Tarik Barri

I’ve always wanted an intuitive tool that lets artists connect with electronic visuals as they do with electronic music, offering full live control with precise musical timing—where bpm, counterpoint, and syncopation apply equally to visuals and sound.
Visuals themselves can be a type of music if approached like this, and Videosync is finally enabling people to make this a reality."

Photo by Arash Bolouri
Tarik Barri
Peder Mannerfelt

Videosync is the one software I’ve wanted and dreamt of having since starting to play live 15 odd years ago. It's constructed in such a brilliant way to match the general workflow in Live that it was literally no learning curve for me to get started with integrating visuals into my Live set. It's also a great tool for generating video content that's a natural extension of my music making."

Peder Mannerfelt
Jaap Drupsteen

"12 high resolution screens controlled by one Live set, running for a month without a problem. I would call that robust."

The Rhythm Painter
Jaap Drupsteen
Nikki Hock

"With Videosync and Beam, building visuals and lighting together with my audio feels most like sculpting. I mix, blend and layer until what I see matches exactly with what I feel."

Audiovisual performer, lighting
designer and installation artist
Nikki Hock
Luc van Stiphout

"Videosync allowed us to build this complex interactive show fully on Ableton Live. It has been touring for four years across five continents and has never let us down in presenting a premium experience for the most demanding crowds."

Head of Music & Brands and
partner at MassiveMusic
Luc van Stiphout
Pieter Willems

"For VISA at the Toronto International Film Festival, our outdoor interactive audiovisual architectural installation with chrome arches, infrared sensors, LED lighting and spatial sound was driven by Live and Videosync.

This was an ambitious, technically challenging project for a high-profile client, so robustness was paramount, but it ran non-stop for a week without any hiccups at all."

Operations Lead at .monks
Experiential & Virtual Events
Pieter Willems
Matthias Oostrik

"Ableton Live provides a very intuitive timeline interface. When building this installation, Videosync was invaluable to experiment with morphing visual parameters. Its Plugin SDK allowed me to program shaders on the fly without losing my compositions."

Interactive installation artist for
the installation Assen van Assen
Matthias Oostrik

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Videosync

  • Session View video playback
  • Arrangement View video playback
  • Main Spout/Syphon Out
  • Return Tracks Spout/Syphon Out
  • 22 Video plugins
  • Plugin SDK
  • Blend Modes
  • Networked Mode
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Videosync Intro

  • Session View video playback
  • Arrangement View video playback
  • Main Spout/Syphon Out
  • Compatible with Live 12 Intro
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