The VJX16-4 controls aren’t outrageously different from a “traditional” video mixer, but there are a couple of initial concepts you need to master to get started. This Vixid101 video covers concepts from the left side of the mixer, the big ones being: Choosing inputs, routing outputs, previews, layer selection and ordering, and blend modes.

While these are the “basic” functions of the mixer, they also contain the core of what makes the VJX such a revolutionary tool. As you start to come to terms with these new capabilities, they will suggest to you whole new ways of working with video.

In the coming months I’ll be covering these new methods as I come up with them, as well as more of the basics. This site isn’t just about me though, there are plenty of other VJX users out there doing great things. If you have something you’d like to share, please get in touch.

Most unboxing pictures are rather regimented and ordered - cables and wrapping all laid out neatly. This behaviour belies the actual excitement which - in my case, and I’m sure for others too - is being experienced by the unboxer. So here’s what a VJX16-4 looks like when being unwrapped by an excited visualist:

So now that I have it, and it has been brought home, what next?

This site is being put together in collaboration with Vixid. The idea is that the VJX16-4 is such a deep topic that we would like to spend more time with it and get in deeper than our normal blog-posting habits (and readers) would allow on CreateDigitalMotion or CreateDigitalMusic.

So we have created this site as a hub for those who are might be considering the purchase of a Vixid mixer, or who have made that purchase and might not be quite sure what to do next. We hope to attract like-minded Vixid Lovers, who can help each other increase their skills and improve their performances with this remarkable tool.