Engine · v5.8.0

Masks

Masks of the carnival and the stage drawn with code, each built from its tradition: Venetian gold leaf and porcelain, commedia leather, Greek theatre, Noh and kabuki, Peking opera's painted faces and Mardi Gras. Couples waltzing at a masquerade ball, a wall of masks rippling on the beat, a shell game of masks hiding a light, a stage where comedy turns to tragedy, a carnival parade and the unmasking on the drop.

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6 modes

Launch modes

The Masquerade

A masquerade ball: couples in masks waltzing round the floor under crystal chandeliers, three steps a bar when the song is in three and a step on every beat when it is not, the masks catching the candlelight as they turn.

Classic Studio

The Mask Wall

A wall of masks in a Venetian shop, the chosen one in the middle: on every beat a ripple runs out from it and each face lifts its brows and smiles in turn, the gold catching the light as it passes.

Classic Studio

The Mask Game

A shell game of masks: they swap places along arcs on the beats while one of them hides a light, and when the round turns (on the drop, the most) that mask lifts and the light pours out. Every round the swaps bring each mask home.

Classic Studio

Theatre

A stage behind a gilded proscenium: the mask in the spotlight, its face turning with the song's mood, comedy and tragedy above the curtains, the footlights pulsing on the beat.

Classic Studio

Carnival

A carnival parade at night: a great mask riding its float over the crowd, masks held high on poles, lanterns swinging on the beat, confetti falling and fireworks bursting over the palazzi on the drop.

Classic Studio

The Unmasking

The big moment: the mask fills the frame, breathing and glancing as the song builds, light leaking round its edge, and on the drop it lifts away to reveal the light behind it.

Classic Studio

54 controls

Controls

Control	Group	Type	Default	Animation	Audio
Primary colorPrimary color used by the engine palette	Style	color	#e8bb62	Yes	No
Secondary colorSecondary color used by the engine palette	Style	color	#6a1426	Yes	No
BackgroundBackground used by the engine palette	Style	color	#0a0608	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
MaskWhich mask the moments show: its tradition's shape, material and ornament, and how its face moves with your song	Mask	select	colombina	No	No
OrnamentHow far the filigree grows along each mask's edge (it grows as the song builds and blooms on the drop), and how much the feathers sway	Mask	range	1	Yes	Yes
Gold sheenThe highlight that sweeps across gold, gilt and lacquer every two bars (more slowly across a mask that fills the frame), brighter with the song's energy	Mask	range	1	Yes	Yes
ExpressionHow far the faces turn with the song's mood, from tragedy to comedy, and how much they glance and breathe on the beat	Mask	range	1	Yes	Yes
RibbonsHow long the masks' silk ribbons are and how hard the music's breeze blows them	Mask	range	1	Yes	Yes
LightsHow bright the candles, chandeliers, footlights and lanterns. They pulse with the kick	Room	range	1	Yes	Yes
Confetti and sparksThe parade's confetti and the sparks thrown out when a mask lifts	Room	range	1	Yes	Yes
Reveal lightHow much light pours out when a mask lifts: in the game at every round, at the unmasking on the drop	Moment	range	1	Yes	Yes
Masks in the gameHow many masks swap places in the game	Moment	range	3	Yes	No
CouplesHow many couples waltz round the ballroom behind the couple in front	Moment	range	5	Yes	No
VariationAnother take on the same scene: the game's swaps, the wall's other masks, the dancers and the fireworks. The same number always gives the same scene	Room	range	0	Yes	No
Title and artistShow or hide the song title and artist this visualizer draws.	Text	select	auto	No	No