Engine · v5.14.0

Tales

A tale typed through your song, drawn with code: a gentle story is written for your song, a chapter for every section, and typed as each one plays, so a longer song tells a longer tale. Read it on a scroll that unrolls, in a newsletter, from a typewriter, in a storybook, an illuminated manuscript or a letter, or type your own words instead.

Open in Classic Open in Studio

All engines

6 modes

Launch modes

The Scroll

A parchment scroll unrolls down the frame and the tale is typed onto it, chapter by chapter as your song's sections play, the page rising as it fills.

Classic Studio

The Newsletter

The tale as a newsletter: your song's title on the masthead, each chapter a headline and its column, the issue's chapters listed down the side and the page scrolling up as it is written.

Classic Studio

The Typewriter

The typewriter itself, close: the keys going down, the typebars striking, the carriage running along each line and the paper rising as the tale is typed.

Classic Studio

The Storybook

An open storybook: a picture of the chapter on one page, its words writing in on the other, and a page turned as each section of your song begins.

Classic Studio

The Manuscript

An illuminated manuscript: a gilded initial for each chapter, the lines inked in and a vine border growing round the page as your song plays.

Classic Studio

The Letter

A letter on a desk by lamplight, written to the listener with a pen as your song plays, and signed when it ends.

Classic Studio

48 controls

Controls

Control	Group	Type	Default	Animation	Audio
Primary colorPrimary color used by the engine palette	Style	color	#ffd58a	Yes	No
Secondary colorSecondary color used by the engine palette	Style	color	#5a3a22	Yes	No
BackgroundBackground used by the engine palette	Style	color	#140d08	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
Your taleYour own words to type instead of the written tale, shared across the song's sections sentence by sentence. Leave it empty for a tale written for your song	Tale	text		No	No
Chapter headingsA heading over each chapter (Chapter II: The Crossing), one for every section of your song	Tale	boolean	true	No	No
Text sizeHow big the words are: smaller fits more of the tale on the page	Tale	range	1	Yes	Yes
Room lightHow bright the candle, the lamp and the window are. It rises with the song and never flashes	Room	range	1	Yes	Yes
SparklesDust drifting in the light and the puff of ink where the words land on the beat	Room	range	0.5	Yes	Yes
Title and artistShow or hide the song title and artist this visualizer draws.	Text	select	auto	No	No