Whats In My VJ KIT | How to VJ a Festival | Tutorial

These are the essential items that I have in my VJ Kit when i go to do visuals at a concert or music festival.

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[SeanBowes]

What are the must-have items in YOUR VJ KIT?

[vjkobra]

love everything you mentioned in this video but the mini health kit is CRUCIAL!! too many times i've had to vj for hours with a pounding headache and a tylenol would have made life so much better. thanks for the great tips as always!

[Cunabula_Adrian]

Because of a lot of spaces I play I carry a 10m x 2m white sheet a long roll of kevlar string (sleeving for highend kite string) and a bag of large bulldog clips. Protects against not having anything to project on or the promised surface being tiny or forgotten. There is always enough pipework on stage to jury rig a solid backdrop with that gear.

[muswen]

I love that i finded your channel perfect timing for me

[spreadsheet_rizzard]

I’d recommend also getting a set of cheap HDMI doublers/switchers, a USB-Ethernet adapter, a few USB A to USB C adapters, and a set of HDMI-over-Ethernet extenders if working in venues that don’t have hardwired runs for VJs/lack capacity to accommodate VJs in that way. Additionally, I love the fact that you included the SSDs with backup content. For some of us it is also wise to keep a bootable Windows/MacOS TimeMachine backup on with a working configuration/link in a convenient place with your Resolume/viz license info, great for when the unexpected strikes and otherwise-prepared computers are left unusable OR you are working a gig with “computer provided” and need certain software you’ve already set up to satisfy requirements for the gig.

Finally, a laptop cooling stand/cooling solution is essential to prevent GPU throttling when FOH/VJ setup doesn’t have proper airflow/cooling. For the APC 40 I always keep a few Chroma Caps and Chroma Fader caps from DJ Tech Tools because one good night of busking might leave you a cap or two short of a full APC unit. Love the video, thank you for the killer content.

Also, does a working copy of GIMP installed on the laptop count as gear? Tour managers love being told it’s too late and replying with “can you at least put the logo up” and send a JPEG, a true buzzkill from the Resolume 5 era and before lol

[drewbest]

Thanks for the shout out Sean! though I might be blaming you for the current disappearance of APC40s and Pelican 1440 cases from online shops. lol

[RoboPhobia]

cool video man! UDG made six cool bags also I take water some 5-hour energy and some protein bars just incase catering is fudged

[Andyanddiana]

Good stuff. I carry (in two pelicans) one pc carrying Remix video, an APC mini, and a Roland mini Video mixer. The other one carries another pc running many cam pro (for running live cameras), plus USB repeater cables of 50, 80 feet, etc., plus the webcams I use with them (guitar solo closeup, drum closeup, etc). Plus mounting brackets, gaff tape, and other crap.

[pro-storm]

DONGLES hahha my Team member Paige Visuals made me get a dongle box which has been handy since we have so many of them, we share much of the same kit however we have the addition of lots of projectors and stage sculptures as we are heavy on the projection mapping

[ZunayedSabbirAhmed]

Great video sean! My rig is little chunky after i replaced laptop works with tower machines (first mac pro 2012, then mac pro 2014, later pc and pc and pc and pc…).. it’s mostly because of less traveling needs in the country i work. It’s mostly in one city

[maxwellabudu]

Thank you for this great video Sean. Can you make a video on how you handle show control?

[TG-GroupProductions]

Watch all these tutorials and they were well done and very helpful. Can you consult on a set up for a near term show. How would that work? and what is the best way to get in touch.

Hey, I’m new to your channel and I would definitely add a small flashlight something like a Rovy Von Aurora 🔦

[vijayanthony]

Thank u for sharing ur most valuable experience, 👍
May be just add a water bottle in ur back pack i am sure u had it bud just a gentle reminder for a lot who bumed my water bottle 😁

[Sfmccallum]

a couple of converter boxes are always handy to have. You never know what is going to get thrown at you onsite. The Decimator MDHX is pretty great as its bi-directional (can be SDI-HDMI or HDMI-SDI), can be converted into a distribution amplifier that can output your signal to multiple destinations, and upscales/downscales plus converts framerates. Having 2 of those is can make you an AV hero when you get signal up and running!

[foroudifarhad]

Can you make a video on how to get gigs doing visuals and kinda what the skills one would need to have mastered before starting to get gigs?

[Sosigarets]

Hey Sean. Quick question on portable SSD-disks: do you know if they reduce performance/load slower into the gpu than the internal SSDs? Got a modern usb-c to usb-c Samsung T7.
Thanks for all the great tips!

[lucianapalaciosestevez]

Hola! el arturia minilab 3 es compatible con resolume arena?

[ranggapriyatama]

hey man, nice video
umm, can i use a dj mixer as a substitute for vj kit? thank you in advance

[l.j.crandell]

Hey Sean great info!! This is awesome content. Quick question. What would you charge for a one on one call? I am doing a July 4th show in my home town for free of course but I want to step it up. Just have a couple of questions and would love some advice. Thanks, LJ