Visibox Terminology

Simply put, a Visibox Project contains a number of Songs, each of which may contain a number of Clips.

Project

The Project is the top level. It holds the Songs that make up your set list as well as their order, the Clips they contain, and their respective settings. The Project file collects all of your Songs and Clips into one place so that you can transfer it from one computer to another.

Song

A Song is the container Visibox uses to organize a grouping of Clips. It typically represents a piece of music, although it may be some other unit of a non-musical performance.

Note that a Song simply holds the visuals that play while you perform, so you do not need to upload an audio track for the song. However, you can attach audio clips to be used as backing tracks while you play. Attaching audio clips is discussed in the “Setting Up Your Project” section of this guide.

TIP: Use the Visibox Song list as your set list!

The Visibox Song list can do double duty as your set list. It is easy to rearrange the songs on the fly and if you print it out and it looks pretty nice! So even if you have songs with no visual components, including it in the Song list has advantages.

Clip

Clips are the visual elements that form the basic building blocks of a Visibox project. They are what the audience actually sees. Clips can be video files (MP4, M4V, MOV, or WEBM), image files (JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, SVG, TIFF, or WEBP), or cameras attached to the computer. You can adjust the speed of clips, the loop style, and what happens when you retrigger a clip once it is already playing. If the video used for a Clip has audio, that audio will play unless you Mute it (you can also adjust the relative volume).

Next, let’s get a birdseye view of the Visibox interface before moving onto more detailed instructions on how to use it.