Engine · v5.17.0

Hearing Aid

Sound you can see, made for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing: the words of your title or your cue very large and in high contrast, still while the music plays, and the music itself shown as three labelled lanes (low for bass and drums, middle for voices, high for cymbals), the bar's beats as marks, the song's shape as a ribbon and the live sound on an audiogram. Nothing flashes. A visual aid for words and music, not a medical hearing aid.

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All engines

6 modes

Launch modes

One Word

A single word as large as the frame holds, on its caption plate, with the beat as a ring round it, the bar's beats under it and the three sound lanes below. The cue system's screen A.

Classic Studio

Two Words

The words on two lines, each on its own plate, with the beat round them and the sound lanes below. The cue system's screen B.

Classic Studio

Six Words

The words as tiles, one lit on each beat so the eye follows the rhythm through them, with the sound lanes below. The cue system's screen C.

Classic Studio

The Line

The whole line as a broadcast caption, the song's shape as a ribbon above it and the bar's beats over the ribbon. The cue system's screen D.

Classic Studio

The Audiogram

The live sound on an audiogram, the hearing test's own chart: soft at the top, loud below, the range of speech shaded, the bass to the left and the cymbals to the right.

Classic Studio

Beat You Can See

The bar's beats as large marks, the one now lit, the bass as a glow along the floor and the highs as sparks over the marks, with the words above.

Classic Studio

48 controls

Controls

Control	Group	Type	Default	Animation	Audio
Primary colorPrimary color used by the engine palette	Style	color	#ffffff	Yes	No
Secondary colorSecondary color used by the engine palette	Style	color	#ffc93c	Yes	No
BackgroundBackground used by the engine palette	Style	color	#0a0c12	Yes	No
OpacityVisualizer opacity	Transform	range	1	Yes	No
SensitivityBounded overall audio response	Audio	range	1	Yes	No
Spectrum rangeHow much of the 40 Hz to 14 kHz range the visual spans, from the bass up. Lower it to give the bass and mids more of the bars	Audio	range	1	Yes	No
Frequency scaleHow the bars are spread across the frequencies. Log spreads them by octave, mel by how pitch is heard, and linear by hertz, which gives most bars to the highs	Audio	select	log	No	No
Auto-levelLifts every part of the spectrum to its own recent range, so quiet highs move as much as loud bass. A note held for several seconds settles lower as it adapts. 0 shows the raw spectrum	Audio	range	0.8	Yes	No
Primary audio sourcePrimary audio source	Audio	select	bass	No	No
Frequency focusWhich part of the spectrum drives this visual; while no explicit audio source is set, the motion envelope follows this selection	Audio	select	full	No	No
Burst intensityGlow and trail swell on sharp hits; 0 keeps bursts off	Audio	range	0	Yes	No
Ambient bedProminence of the standing background layer behind the beat-born elements	Effects	range	1	Yes	No
Wake lengthHow far motion trails stretch behind beat-born travelers; 0 removes the wake	Effects	range	1	Yes	No
Audio contributionMaximum contribution from the primary audio route	Audio	range	0.55	Yes	No
Audio dynamicsHow much of the band's movement reaches the visual. 1 = full dynamics; 0 holds it at a steady level for a calmer, more constant look	Audio	range	1	Yes	No
Audio attackEnvelope attack in milliseconds	Audio	range	45	Yes	No
Audio releaseEnvelope release in milliseconds	Audio	range	240	Yes	No
Geometry scaleGeometry scale	Geometry	range	1	Yes	Yes
Motion directionRotate the animated visual pass to face this direction; the general background stays fixed	Motion	select	none	No	No
SpeedTime-based motion; default major cycle is 6–12 seconds	Motion	range	0.1	Yes	Yes
Color modeDuo palette, primary→secondary gradient, or full rainbow sweep	Style	select	duo	No	No
GlowGlow	Effects	range	0.55	Yes	Yes
Global glowShared emissive strength across the frame	Effects	range	0.35	Yes	Yes
Pulse intensityBeat pulse scale for spawn, size, and shake	Effects	range	1	Yes	Yes
Beat responseHow hard every engine hits on each detected beat	Audio	range	1.2	Yes	Yes
Beat smoothingHow long each beat hit rings out before it settles	Audio	range	0.35	Yes	Yes
Beat attackSeconds for a hit to swell to full. 0 snaps instantly	Audio	range	0	Yes	Yes
Beat releaseSeconds for a hit to fade, overriding Beat smoothing. 0 follows it	Audio	range	0	Yes	Yes
Beat shakeFrame kick strength on each beat	Effects	range	0.6	Yes	Yes
Motion echoMotion echo	Effects	range	0	Yes	Yes
BlurBlur	Effects	range	0	Yes	Yes
Chromatic aberrationChromatic aberration	Effects	range	0	Yes	Yes
Beat sync allRoute beat energy into spawn, shake, pulse, speed, and scale	Audio	boolean	true	No	No
Symmetry and tilingReshape the whole picture: mirror it, fold it into a kaleidoscope, or tile it (the plane groups p1, p2, p4m and p6m)	Shape and symmetry	select	none	No	No
Kaleidoscope foldsHow many mirrored copies go round the kaleidoscope	Shape and symmetry	range	6	Yes	No
Symmetry angleTurns the mirror line, or the kaleidoscope, in degrees	Shape and symmetry	range	0	Yes	Yes
Kaleidoscope spinHow fast the kaleidoscope turns, in turns per bar of the song (0.25 is once a phrase)	Shape and symmetry	range	0	Yes	Yes
Tile sizeEach tile's size as a share of the frame	Shape and symmetry	range	0.5	Yes	No
Tile gapThe gap between tiles, as a share of a tile; it shows the background colour	Shape and symmetry	range	0	Yes	No
WarpBend the whole picture: a twist, a bulge, waves or ripples that move once a bar, a polar unroll, or a fisheye lens	Shape and symmetry	select	none	No	No
Warp amountHow strong the warp is	Shape and symmetry	range	0.5	Yes	Yes
Warp centreWhere the warp is centred in the frame	Shape and symmetry	select	centre	No	No
Word sizeHow large the words are: 1 is as large as their space holds, less leaves room around them	Reading	range	1	Yes	No
Caption plateHow dark the plate behind the words is, for reading them over the sound. 0 takes it away	Reading	range	0.7	Yes	No
Sound labelsWhether the sound lanes and the audiogram are labelled in words: low for bass and drums, middle for voices, high for cymbals	Sound	select	on	No	No
Sound you can seeHow large and strong the sound is drawn: the lanes, the ribbon, the audiogram's marks and the bass along the floor	Sound	range	1	Yes	Yes
Beat marksHow large and bright the beat's marks are. They rise and fall with each beat and never flash	Sound	range	1	Yes	Yes
Title and artistShow or hide the song title and artist this visualizer draws.	Text	select	auto	No	No