Union was our first product, and launched our way of thinking about media and media control, and came from our exact performance needs for live video. We were one of the early entrants to the live video software market, and it’s what defined us for many years. We took musical ideas, and appropriated them for controlling pixels, but this move has proven more circular than progressive, as the broader thinking about media control has infected the audio world.

As our focus and efforts have moved to making hardware that speaks more to music, we’re dedicating more of our time and energy to that world. Given the crossover between Union and DNA, and that DNA occupies a more distinct niche in the live visuals world, it made cruel sense for Union to get the “deprecated” label.
We’re pretty excited, though. We can focus on making simpler software and better hardware that can be tied together in creative ways. With less proprietary software to maintain, we can open up more code so people can learn and expand for their own unique expressions. And because DNA is pretty easy to extend, we can also port over some of the cool features that Union has, like sound trigger, recording, automator, and waveform modules.

For current Union users, we are offering a $25 crossgrade to DNA. For Union purchases over the last six months, it’s free. We’ll still support existing users of Union for some time, too.

Looking forward to 2010.

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