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How to turn a track into visuals and get them where they need to be: a video for YouTube or Reels, a Canvas on Spotify, a projector at a gig, a TV across the room.
How to make a music visualizer video from your track
Turn a track into an audio-reactive video in the browser: pick a scene, tie it to the beat, export MP4 in 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1, up to 4K.
A free music visualizer online: what you can do without paying
A free audio visualizer in the browser: all 114 effects and 117 templates, live on screen or exported as video. What Free includes and where it stops.
How to make an audio spectrum video: bars, ring or waveform
Make an audio spectrum video for a track or podcast: bars, a ring around your cover art, a waveform or an oscilloscope, exported with sound up to 4K.
Phonk and wave visuals: neon kanji, drift and the night city
Make phonk and wave visuals that hit on the beat: kanji rain, neon signs, drifting cars and stamped seals, rendered vertical for edits or 16:9 for YouTube.
How to make a Spotify Canvas that moves with your track
Spotify Canvas specs (9:16, 3–8 s, 720–1080 px tall) and how to make a loop that pulses with your song, with clip lengths for your BPM.
MilkDrop in the browser and on Mac, with 246 classic presets
Run 246 classic MilkDrop presets in Chrome, Edge or on a Mac, switch them on drops, mix them with other effects and record a video of your track.
Audio-reactive visuals without code: how to tie an effect to the music
How audio-reactive visuals work and how to make any effect follow the bass, kicks, drops or energy of a track, without writing code or wiring an FFT.
How to start VJing: the gear, the software and your first set
A beginner’s guide to VJing: what you need to bring, which VJ software to start with on Mac or Windows, and how to prepare and run your first set.
Visuals for a DJ set on a projector or club screen
Run audio-reactive visuals behind a DJ set: get the mixer’s sound into AVIZ, put the output on a projector, and prepare scenes that change on drops.
How to make your own VJ loops that hit on the beat
Render beat-synced VJ loops from AVIZ scenes: pick a tempo, export 8 or 16 bars as MP4 or PNG, and load them into Resolume or any VJ software.
How to control music visuals with a MIDI controller
Map knobs, faders and pads of any MIDI controller to AVIZ: Learn MIDI on any parameter, pads for next scene, freeze and full screen, in Chrome, Edge or on Mac.
How to add a music visualizer to OBS, three ways
Put audio-reactive visuals into OBS for a Twitch or YouTube stream: window capture, Syphon or NDI® from the Mac app, or a transparent WebM loop.
Visuals from your Mac’s sound: BlackHole or the AVIZ app
Make visuals react to Spotify, Apple Music or DJ software on a Mac: the AVIZ app’s system audio, Chrome tab audio, BlackHole, or a mic.
Show live visuals on TVs, phones and tablets, no cables
Send audio-reactive visuals from a laptop to up to 10 screens by link or QR code. The screens need only a web browser. Setup and settings.
Send audio-reactive visuals to Resolume, OBS and TouchDesigner with Syphon and NDI®
Use AVIZ for Mac as a live, beat-synced video source over Syphon or NDI®. Setup for Resolume, OBS, TouchDesigner, MadMapper and vMix.
AVIZ, Resolume or Synesthesia: which one for music visuals
An honest comparison of AVIZ, Resolume and Synesthesia: prices, free versions, platforms, audio reactivity, MIDI, Syphon and NDI®, and which to pick.
NDI® is a registered trademark of Vizrt NDI AB. More about NDI at ndi.video.