| Tool | What it does | |------|----------------| | (web-based) | Turn browser sliders into MIDI CC → control Resolume | | OSCulator (Mac, free trial limited) | Convert any input to OSC | | Tuna (Windows) | Audio-to-MIDI converter – route into Resolume | | LoopMIDI (Windows) | Create virtual MIDI ports – connect free apps to Resolume |
: Create a folder named FFGL or Plugins in your Documents or Program Files directory. resolume+arena+plugins+free
This is your must-have starter pack. Resolume took several examples from their advanced nodal environment (Wire) and compiled them into plug-and-play effects. | Tool | What it does | |------|----------------|
Resolume natively supports ISF, meaning you can download thousands of open-source shaders from the internet and run them natively as generators or effects. Websites like ISF.video host free, community-coded shaders including retro VHS glitches, kaleidoscopic mirrors, and matrix digital rain that take up zero megabytes of video space. Resolume natively supports ISF, meaning you can download
Resolume supports several plugin architectures that allow developers to build custom effects and sources.
Resolume Wire is a modular node-based environment used to create custom effects and generators. Many creators share "compiled" patches ( .cwired ) that you can use even if you don't own Wire yourself.