The Tactic has been discontinued and replaced with our new Ohm instrument. The Ohm is a significant upgrade to the Tactic in function, controls, and design. We plan to release a new Tactic m3 in 2008. You can view the Ohm by clicking here.


Tactic m2 MIDI Instrument

• 36 Tactical triggers for quick access to Clip Bank
• 10 assignable slider controls for effects and mixing
• 6 assignable rotary knobs for effects and mixing
• 7 tactile triggers for effects and value triggers
• On board controls for crossfading, volume, speed and scrubbing
• dedicated buttons allow effect bank and Clip Bank changes on the fly
• Video in and movie buttons for quick source selecting between live feeds
• 4" PAL/NTSC Autodetect LCD display for video input and monitoring
• MIDI In port for third party hardware integration such as foot pedals and keyboards
• MIDI Out port can drive external MIDI gear or be used as USB to MIDI Out interface
• lightweight and port able - only 12 lbs.
• size: 25"(L) x 10"(W) x 2.5"(H)
• hand made mahogany and maple construction and design
• Can be used with other MIDI compatable software and devices such as software synths, keyboards and musical production software.

Tactic Pro v2.1

Tactic Pro is built around the idea that video creation should be spontaneous and created in real-time. Livid's Video Engine allows for complete real-time control of all your multimedia content. Tactic Pro's hundred of effects, movie triggering, live feed manipulation, advanced modules, and numerous performance enhancing tools turn the process of creating video into a robust real-time multimedia authoring experience. Tactic Pro brings together the processing power of personal computing with powerful software to create an all-in-one video-mixing studio. Tactic Pro replaces expensive hardware and antiquated technology to allow your creativity to smash through any technical roadblocks. Using the Clip Grid, thousands of QuickTime clips can be triggered and controlled on the fly, for effortless mapping and organizing of your entire multimedia library for real-time performance. Use Tactic Pro to sequence your clips in a timeline to be played over time. Tactic Pro's Clip Grid can be sequenced to playback video files allowing for easy organization and performance. Use up to two live video or camera feeds via FireWire. Manipulate the live source with real time effects, keying, mixing, and 3D mapping. Tired of keyframes? Tactic Pro lets you record all your creations to disk. You can use faders and knobs to create realtime effects and record it to a QuickTime movie. Tactic Pro is a great addition for motion designers, editors, and graphics artist's arsenal.3 Beat matching allows you to synchronize Tactic Pro to an external MIDI source. Tactic Pro's Beat Matching feature allows musicians and DJ's to synchronize your external MIDI and other source devices seamlessly. Automate entire performances with this unique module. By randomizing frequently used settings, The Automator allows Tactic Pro to virtually "play itself". Great for automated show control and "video jukebox" functions. Tactic Pro has hundreds of effects that can be applied in real-time to produce totally unique compositions. Effects can be manipulated with the keyboard or mapped to MIDI controllers for greater precision. Easily save effects into presets for future use, which can then be run individually or in combination with other effect presets. Experience infinite variations on a single image with just a turn of a knob. Livid's Video Engine is OpenGL accelerated and takes advantage of this with its unique 3D effects allowing you to mix map and compose in a familiar environment. Key source colors and luminance to instantly add into a live feed or play movies on top of one another. Tactic Pro lets you pick your values by simply clicking on the output and controlling the transparency with the twist of a dial. You can also use "blue or green screens" like special effects houses do to place your source against a completely different background or environment. Alpha masks or transparent shapes can be added to the output, either for unusual compositing or blocking out parts of the image. Source files for the mask image can be still images or QuickTime movies. The "Top Mask" feature allows you to mask the final output, perhaps most useful in creating non-rectangular projections. Present your compositions full screen utilizing OpenGL acceleration. Output to a second monitor using Composite, S-video, VGA, or DVI.

Requirements
Apple Macintosh OSX
1Ghz Processor
1GB RAM
MIDI to USB interface
Minimum Resolution 1024x768