Engine · v5.2.0

Sketchbook

Hand-drawn visuals on paper: pencil strokes, ink and charcoal that sketch the music as it plays.

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7 modes

Launch modes

Pencil Lines

Each beat, a pencil draws the waveform out from a graphite knot to both edges of grainy paper.

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Ink Doodles

Doodles fly out of an ink blot on the beat, sprout stroke by stroke and dry from glossy to matt.

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Charcoal Rings

Rough charcoal rings burst from a smudged core, thicken with the bass and smear as they spread.

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Notebook Grid

A ballpoint bar chart on ruled paper, redrawn bar by bar as a pen sweeps across on the beat.

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Scribble Bars

Mirrored bars coloured in with frantic graphite and red chalk scribbles, re-scribbled by each beat.

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Blueprint

White drafting on blueprint blue: a part shaped by the spectrum, dimensioned live as it plays.

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Paper Town

A pop-up town drawn in pencil, in 3D: the camera walks a street of houses that pop up on the kick, windows light on the bars, trees sway, a walker steps on every beat and birds flap across a sketched sun.

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57 controls

Controls

Control	Group	Type	Default	Animation	Audio
Primary colorPrimary color used by the engine palette	Style	color	#1c1917	Yes	No
Secondary colorSecondary color used by the engine palette	Style	color	#57534e	Yes	No
BackgroundBackground used by the engine palette	Style	color	#f5f0e6	Yes	No
OpacityVisualizer opacity	Transform	range	1	Yes	No
Frame marginBreathing room kept clear at the frame edges. Audio-driven geometry is soft-limited to fit inside it; geometry scale deliberately is not	Transform	range	0.035	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
ThicknessThickness	Geometry	range	2	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
Hand wobbleHow far every stroke wanders from a ruler line, like a hand-held pencil	Sketch	range	0.5	Yes	Yes
Line boilHow often lines are redrawn with a fresh wobble, like hand-drawn animation; 0 holds them steady	Sketch	range	0.5	Yes	Yes
Paper grainStrength of the paper tooth that breaks up the strokes	Sketch	range	0.6	Yes	Yes
Stroke densityExtra pencil passes, tighter hatching and denser scribbles	Sketch	range	0.5	Yes	Yes
ShotThe camera's shot: Auto picks one for each section of your song (wide, push-in, close-up, travel, reveal or overhead)	Scene camera	select	auto	No	No
Shot timingMusic: the shot's move runs through each section of the song. Keyframes: Shot progress (keyframe it) runs it	Scene camera	select	music	No	No
Shot progressHow far through its move the shot is: with Keyframes timing, keyframe it from 0 to 1 over a clip; with Music timing, where each section starts the move	Scene camera	range	0	Yes	No
Camera motionHow far the camera moves in each shot; 0 holds it still	Scene camera	range	1	Yes	No
OrbitA gentle swing around the subject that follows the bars; negative swings the other way	Scene camera	range	0.35	Yes	No
HandheldA hand-held drift that grows as the song gets fuller; 0 is a locked-off camera	Scene camera	range	0.25	Yes	No
ZoomThe lens: above 1 closer, below 1 wider	Scene camera	range	1	Yes	No
FocusWhere the focus sits: 0 on the subject, 1 on the foreground (a reveal racks it for you)	Scene camera	range	0	Yes	No
Actor motionHow much the people and things in the scene move to the music: walking, swaying, waving, opening	Scene	range	1	Yes	Yes