Christmas ‘Shaders’ for DEX 3 and LYRX for Holiday Events

Spread a little holiday joy at your events this year with Christmas-themed and winter-themed Shaders! DEX 3 and LYRX allow DJs and karaoke hosts to use ‘Shaders‘ to generate stunning on-screen visualizations that often dance to the beat of the music. Shaders are free to use from ShaderToy.com and are ‘drawn’ by your graphics card […]
Halloween-Themed ‘Shaders’ to Use With DEX 3 or LYRX

Your Halloween Parties and Events are in full swing and your task is to bring the atmosphere — using Halloween-themed ‘Shaders‘ to generate spooktatcular visualizations is one way to help set the mood. Shaders are real-time visualizations that are ‘drawn’ by your graphics card, and having a decent graphics card or a dedicated (discrete) graphics […]
DEX 3 and LYRX Visualizations | ‘Shader’ Round-Up! Part 2

It’s the 2nd edition of “Shader Roundup”! Use the following free Shaders with DEX 3 or LYRX for exiting on-screen beat-aware (in most cases) visualizations. What are Shaders? Shaders are free (although some are unfortunately marked ‘private’ by the creator) to use from ShaderToy.com and come in a plethora of designs. Shaders are ‘drawn’ by your […]
DEX 3 Pro Tip | Inspiration for Creating Halloween Themed Overlays with Shaders

We have previously demonstrated how overlays can be used in combination with Shaders in DEX 3 for on-screen branding. In the short video clip above we demonstrate how Shaders can be combined with Text and Image Overlays in DEX 3 for Halloween-themed events. Get creative and build an overlay using an image (or text) and a Halloween video loop (58 […]
DEX 3 Pro Tip | See How Shaders Can Be Used With Overlays for Exciting On-Screen Branding

In the short video clip above we demonstrate how Shaders can be combined with Text and Image Overlays in DEX 3 to create exciting branding opportunities. First, we added a full-size (in this case 1920px X 1080px) background graphic with vertical colored lines to make the DJ logo we’ll place a layer on top of […]
Create Your Own ‘Shader’ at Shadertoy.com to use with DEX 3

Shader support was recently introduced into DEX 3, our top DJ and video mixing software, much to the delight of DJs that desire a method to display visualizations on screen when mixing audio tracks. So what is a ‘Shader’? From Wikipedia: “In computer graphics, a shader is a type of computer program that was originally used for shading (the production of appropriate […]
DEX 3 Visualizations | ‘Shader’ Round-Up!

DEX 3.11.01 (and up) supports ‘Shaders’ for on-screen visualizations that add a new visual flair to your mix sets — we’ve selected a few to help jump-start your collection! (see Shader Roundup Part 2) ‘Shaders‘ are free (although some may be marked ‘private’ by the creator) from ShaderToy.com and come in all types of designs […]
DEX 3 DJ Software | How to Install ‘Shaders’ for On-Screen Visualizations from Shadertoy.com

Last week we introduced DEX 3.11.0.1, the latest and greatest iteration of our top DJ mixing software for the versatile DJ, along with ‘Shader’ support. Shaders are free to use and generate stunning on-screen visualizations that are (typically) beat-aware – so they pulsate, slither and gyrate along to the beat of the music. When displayed […]
DJ Software | DEX 3.11.0.1 is Ready for Download — Now with Shader Support!

Download and install the DEX 3.11.0.1 DJ Software free update below! DEX 3.11 is here and it includes a new and massively sought after feature — the ability to display stunning on-screen, beat-aware visualizations by using ‘Shaders‘. DEX 3 DJs can select from and use thousands of free Shaders from www.shadertoy.com. As demonstrated in the […]
The Ability to use ‘Shaders’ for On-Screen Visualizations is Coming to DEX 3.11

Mixing music videos, displaying multilayered text/image/video overlays, and looping video clips while just mixing audio have been core features of DEX 3 for some time. One feature that’s been missing — one that’s lived near the top of our ever growing ‘to-do list’ for some time — is the ability to display on-screen visualizations that […]