u/VidiGrid

Hey r/vjing 👋

Quick note per the rules: [AI] = the app's code was written by pair-programming with an AI (Claude Code). The clips/visuals in the demo are my own. Nothing's for sale — just doing some research.

I'm a music producer / VJ and I ended up building my own VJ app for macOS called VidiGrid. Honest disclaimer: I'm not really a coder, so building the whole thing with an AI as my pair was a pretty surreal experience.

It started from one idea: "play the movies, play the music." I wanted to actually perform clips off a MIDI controller (I'm on an AKAI MPD218), not just launch them — so it leans more "play video like a sampler/MPC" than "timeline/layer compositor."

Where it's at right now:

Trigger + perform clips live from MIDI pads — gate / one-shot / loop per pad, plus forward / reverse / scratch on the fly, all beat-quantizable
Grid mode to run/switch multiple sources at once (layout can auto-reshuffle in sync with the BPM)
A/B decks with crossfade mixing
Audio-reactive FX locked to the beat + a bunch of other effects
Syphon / NDI in and out, so it sits next to your existing rig (Resolume / OBS / another machine)
Native macOS, lightweight and focused

Short demo of it running: https://youtu.be/1yuy64rgWac

I'm at the "is this even worth finishing?" stage, so I'd really value blunt feedback from people who actually gig:

Does the "perform clips like an instrument" angle look useful, or does your current tool already nail it?
What's the one feature that would make you try it in a real set?
What are you running now, and where does it fall short live?

Not selling anything — just trying to figure out if I'm building something other VJs would want or just scratching my own itch. Tear it apart if you need to 😅

Cheers 🙏

VidiGrid for Mac OS

Heads up per sub rules: [AI] = the app's code was written by pair-programming with an AI (Claude Code); the clips/visuals in the demo are my own. [Promo] = it's my own project (nothing's for sale yet — just research).

Hey r/vjing 👋

I'm a music producer / VJ and I ended up building my own VJ app for macOS called VidiGrid. Honest disclaimer up front: I'm not really a coder — I built the whole thing from scratch by pair-programming with an AI (Claude Code). Genuinely surreal that it works.

The whole thing started from one idea: "play the movies, play the music." I wanted to actually perform clips off a MIDI controller (I'm on an AKAI MPD218), not just launch them — so triggering is real-time, with forward/reverse/scratch on the clips.

Where it's at right now:

Trigger + perform clips live from MIDI pads
Grid mode to run/switch multiple sources at once (layout can auto-reshuffle in sync with the BPM)
A/B decks with crossfade mixing
Audio-reactive FX locked to the beat + a bunch of other effects
Syphon / NDI in and out, so it slots into a setup with Resolume / OBS / another machine
Native macOS

Short demo of it running: https://youtu.be/1yuy64rgWac

I'm at the "is this even worth finishing/releasing?" stage and doing a bit of research before I go all-in, so I'd really value blunt feedback from people who actually gig:

Does this look useful, or is it just reinventing what you already run?
What's the one feature that would make you actually try it in a set?
What's your current rig, and where does it fall short live?

Not selling anything — there's nothing to buy yet. Just trying to work out whether I'm building something other VJs would want, or just scratching my own itch. Tear it apart if you need to 😅

Cheers 🙏

[AI] Built my own MIDI-driven VJ app for Mac (pair-programmed it with an AI) — honest feedback from actual VJs?

[Promo][AI] Built my own MIDI-driven VJ app for Mac (pair-programmed with an AI) — honest feedback from actual VJs?