The New Coge Version 1.3 is The Bomb

Just spent a little quality time with Tamas' baby, the new Goge version, and I must say it is awesome. With this version it has gained a sophistication that lets you control an impressively complex visual production with ease. I've always liked the design that employs .qtz's for parameter controls, effects, players and mixer/transitions. This allows QC hackers to modify virtually every aspect of the visuals produced. Now, with Aligners, Layer Groups, Syphon Sources, Media Banks, and Video Input sources the whole framework becomes capable of supporting huge arrays of sources and elaborate effect chains. Furthermore, the MIDI/OSC controls have been substantially extended. I am personally proof that Coge is totally usable in it's free demo version (just can't save/reload preset configurations). But it is also kind of a steal @ $100 USD.

There are limitations one has to live with, of course. It's QC implementation is 32-bit only, and won't do OpenCL cpu fallbacks. So, not every cools QC feature can be directly utilized. But then again, it's Syphoned (in and out), so specific QC limitations can be separated out into compositions or applications that feed in via Syphon.

Congrats to .lov for an excellent release!