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March 15, 2013

Aeon 3.3 has been released, featuring much more seamless and stutter-free transitions between Scenes! This version also introduces important internal changes that pave the way for SoundSpectrum to continue creating leading-edge music visualization software!


Regards BTT

Yay! Getting rid of the stutter really makes this a top notch piece of art.

Been testing the beta over the last few weeks and it ran flawlessly. Can't wait to see what else has been added

Wow Aeon is a huge leap over G-Force which I last tried a few years ago but I see from the screenshot it looks essentially the same.

I bought Aeon 3.3 Platinium and love the standalone version. I have a 10' projector screen in my house and it looks fantastic - I stayed up all night the other night playing with it

I am a VJ playing events with 50-to-200 people, sometimes I make enough $ to buy dinner and a couple of cables but the equipment costs are high and the return is low. I would consider using Aeon professionally if it had some changes.

THUMBS UP:
* [7.5/10] Smooth, quality graphics
* [8/10] Scenes and variety
* [8/10] color schemes and variety
* [8.5/10] Performance is great: 60FPS @ 10% CPU on my 2012 Macbrook Pro quad-core 2.7ghz, Lion
* [8/10] Good music reactivity
* [6/10] Good interface for "home" play-by-yourself software

PLEASE ADD:
++ Syphon Support in VJ apps on OSX Lion! Every major VJ program has or is adding Syphon support. Resolume, Modul8, VDMX. Without Syphon support, there is no way to connect this with other programs. How am I supposed to play my cool clips of jellyfish behind your graphics, or do projection mapping, or a thousand other things I could do with this if it was available in my VJ program?
++ Midi mapping control: You have an API so there is hope for this?
++ Off-screen interface + monitor output selection: It is critical to be able to operate the controls on one screen and/or window and affect the output on another window or monitor.
++ Easy Custom Scenes Editor including user-supplied textures and pics

THUMBS DOWN:
- Retrieve/Replay script with Shift+R does not seem to work on OSX Aeon Standalone or iTunes Viz.
-- this was also happening in 3.2: Console says it wrote the script to "Key Y.py", which I confirmed looking in the directory, but on Retrieve it tries to Retrieve "Key Y.txt" and "Error: script Key Y.txt not found"
- Help Docs need to be beefed up with detail, good T.O.C. and brought up to current version
- Interface is strictly for home-alone users; no off-screen interface.
- A few stutters on scene changes on the fast new Macbook with SSD and 16GB of RAM, even though only 10% cpu and no other programs running.

Those are my first takes after playing with the software for a couple of nights. :p

Please keep up the good work and I hope you will move this towards more a more "Pro" version that VJs could really make of, or for the home user with a big screen who just wants to entertain his or her friends.

Everyone could be a VJ with this software, if you keep improving it

Hello radioactEv

Syphon looks an amazing piece of software. You have made some interesting comments, but you should be aware of the following:

Can I use Aeon to provide visuals for a concert or performance?

Aeon Free Trial, Aeon Gold, and Aeon Platinum are licensed only for non-commercial, personal use on a personal computer. Any public display, performance, or commercial use of Aeon is strictly prohibited unless written permission is granted by SoundSpectrum. We are happy to offer licenses for commercial use to users who want to use Aeon commercially, upon request. You can request a license for commercial use from:

http://www.soundspectrum.com/support/contact.html


Regards BTT

BTT wrote:you should be aware of the following:
... We are happy to offer licenses for commercial use

Thanks, yes I see that you offer licenses for use in public performances. Unfortunately, the Platinum version is not adequate for performance in its current state due to lack of off-screen controls, multiple monitor support, Syphon support, etc., as I referenced in my comments above.

If you are considering development of an enhanced "VJ version" that would provide such features, I would be happy to help provide expertise and beta testing. I'll PM you further regarding this topic.