MAGIC Features

General features:

  • Create unique, customized visuals entirely from scratch
  • Mix/process/arrange multiple live video cameras, video files, and images
  • Animate objects in 3D space using audio volume, tone, and pitch
  • Draw intricate and reactive geometric shapes and patterns
  • Use live audio input and/or audio file playback
  • Send full-screen video output to HDTVs, projectors, and LED displays

Application features:

  • Lightweight, simple, clean interface (see screenshots)
  • Intuitive click-and-drag functionality
  • No programming skills required
  • Optimized for live audio input and real-time graphics — fast and responsive
  • Unrestricted commercial-use license

Graphics features:

  • Fully hardware-accelerated via OpenGL for high-performance graphics
  • Modular graphics functionality, including a variety of powerful built-in modules:
    • Display and manipulate images in almost any format (.jpg, .png, etc.)
    • Play and manipulate multiple simultaneous video feeds
      • Support for video file playback in all Quicktime formats (OS X) and Windows Media formats (Windows), including .mp4, .avi, and more
      • Support for multiple simultaneous live webcams and/or video capture devices
    • Rotate, scale, and translate graphics in 3D space in response to audio input
    • Draw real-time audio waveforms, spectra, and a variety of geometric shapes
    • Display 3D models in many common formats, including .3ds, .obj, and more
    • Add engaging effects such as kaleidoscope, coloration, and motion trails
  • All graphics modules are plugin-based for easy expandability

Audio features:

  • Support for ultra-low-latency audio devices
  • Unlimited number of simultaneous audio inputs (dependent upon audio hardware)
  • Support for playback of a variety of audio file formats (.mp3, .wav, .aif, .flac, .ogg, etc.)
  • Support for playback of multiple simultaneous audio files and multichannel (>2) audio files
  • Near-instantaneous analysis of live audio input
  • Support for ASIO audio drivers on Windows

Project features:

  • Includes a variety of sample project files for getting up and running quickly
  • Support for unlimited "scenes" per project to allow visuals to change dramatically during a performance
  • Control scene changes with the unique Playlist feature:
    • Instantly select a scene using any MIDI device (via program change messages)
    • Or, automatically change scenes after a customizable time period
  • Project files are fully compatible between Windows and OS X

Technical features:

  • Multithreaded to take advantage of multi-core processors
  • Multi-monitor support for full-screen graphics on one display while editing on another
  • Unlimited display resolution (dependent upon graphics/display hardware)

Coming soon:

  • Improved MIDI functionality
  • Offline image sequence output in uncompressed .png format
  • 64-bit versions for Mac and PC
  • More modules!