6 modes
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The look's layers
- General background
Position and size
- Space and stars
Position and size
- The Earth: land, sea, clouds and city lights
Position and size
- Orbit rings
Position and size
- Trails of the low orbits
Position and size
- Links between satellites
Position and size
- Satellites
Position and size
- Labels
Position and size
- Song title
Position and size
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Space & Satellites
Satellite
Satellites on real orbits drawn with code: the Earth from space with its shells of satellites, every orbit solved from Kepler's equation and timed in whole bars of your song, so passes land on the beat and every link lights on the drop. Six ways to watch them: the orbits round the Earth, the ground tracks on a world map, a mega-constellation of hundreds, a mission control room's wall, a satellite unfolding its panels and a night sky with satellites crossing among the stars.
- 6 modes
- Setup easy
- 16:9
- 21:9
- 4:3
- 1:1
- 4:5
- 9:16
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- Modes
- 6
- Engine version
- 5.8.0
- Desktop budget
- 150
- Mobile budget
- 70
Preview video
Satellite visualizer: Orbit View preview
Orbit View, 8 seconds on a steady 120 BPM test beat, looping with no sound. The Earth from space with its shells of satellites: a space station and a weather satellite circling once a bar, navigation satellites at half a day, a long ellipse and the geostationary ring hanging over one place as the Earth turns under it. The highs light the trails and the drop links every satellite to its neighbours. The live preview at the top plays the same look: pick a song there to watch it follow your own music.
What it builds
What this engine can build
Real orbits on your song: every period a whole number of bars, passes on the downbeat and every link lit on the drop. Start with Orbit View, then combine it with logos, masks, captions, camera layers, and global effects without changing document formats.
- Editable 2D and 3D geometry, transforms, motion, and materials
- Every property has a default, keyframes, and bounded audio routes
- Blend with masks, media, text, logo, character, camera, light, and effect layers
Where it fits
Where Satellite fits
- Look
- Space & Satellites
- Satellites on real orbits drawn with code: the Earth from space, ground tracks and a night sky, every orbit timed in whole bars of your song
- Setup
- Ready as-is
- The defaults are a finished look: attach audio and export
- Render load
- Moderate
- Fine on any current machine
Individual layers
Layer assets for Satellite
Browse every visualizer’s current and earlier look layers, plus the universal added-layer presets. This page starts with Satellite selected; choose any asset to open it in Classic.
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Each preview is the layer asset’s transparent still. Use it in Classic, or visit the full animated library to preview and download it.
Controls
Orbit View controls
Every control this mode has, grouped by what it changes, with its starting value. Each one is yours to change in Classic and Studio; the ones marked “Follows the music” can also be driven by the song through an audio route.
Style
| Control | Default | Music |
|---|---|---|
| Primary colorPrimary color used by the engine palette | #56d6ff | Set by you |
| Secondary colorSecondary color used by the engine palette | #ffb84a | Set by you |
| BackgroundBackground used by the engine palette | #03060f | Set by you |
| Color modeDuo palette, primary→secondary gradient, or full rainbow sweep | duo | Set by you |
Transform
| Control | Default | Music |
|---|---|---|
| OpacityVisualizer opacity | 1 | Set by you |
Audio
| Control | Default | Music |
|---|---|---|
| SensitivityBounded overall audio response | 1 | Set by you |
| 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 | 1 | Set by you |
| 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 | log | Set by you |
| 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 | 0.8 | Set by you |
| Primary audio source | bass | Set by you |
| Frequency focusWhich part of the spectrum drives this visual; while no explicit audio source is set, the motion envelope follows this selection | full | Set by you |
| Burst intensityGlow and trail swell on sharp hits; 0 keeps bursts off | 0 | Set by you |
| Audio contributionMaximum contribution from the primary audio route | 0.55 | Set by you |
| 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 | 1 | Set by you |
| Audio attackEnvelope attack in milliseconds | 45 | Set by you |
| Audio releaseEnvelope release in milliseconds | 240 | Set by you |
| Beat responseHow hard every engine hits on each detected beat | 1.2 | Follows the music |
| Beat smoothingHow long each beat hit rings out before it settles | 0.35 | Follows the music |
| Beat attackSeconds for a hit to swell to full. 0 snaps instantly | 0 | Follows the music |
| Beat releaseSeconds for a hit to fade, overriding Beat smoothing. 0 follows it | 0 | Follows the music |
| Beat sync allRoute beat energy into spawn, shake, pulse, speed, and scale | true | Set by you |
Effects
| Control | Default | Music |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient bedProminence of the standing background layer behind the beat-born elements | 1 | Set by you |
| Wake lengthHow far motion trails stretch behind beat-born travelers; 0 removes the wake | 1 | Set by you |
| Glow | 0.55 | Follows the music |
| Global glowShared emissive strength across the frame | 0.35 | Follows the music |
| Pulse intensityBeat pulse scale for spawn, size, and shake | 1 | Follows the music |
| Beat shakeFrame kick strength on each beat | 0.6 | Follows the music |
| Motion echo | 0 | Follows the music |
| Blur | 0 | Follows the music |
| Chromatic aberration | 0 | Follows the music |
Geometry
| Control | Default | Music |
|---|---|---|
| Geometry scale | 1 | Follows the music |
Motion
| Control | Default | Music |
|---|---|---|
| Motion directionRotate the animated visual pass to face this direction; the general background stays fixed | none | Set by you |
| SpeedTime-based motion; default major cycle is 6–12 seconds | 0.1 | Follows the music |
Shape and symmetry
| Control | Default | Music |
|---|---|---|
| Symmetry and tilingReshape the whole picture: mirror it, fold it into a kaleidoscope, or tile it (the plane groups p1, p2, p4m and p6m) | none | Set by you |
| Kaleidoscope foldsHow many mirrored copies go round the kaleidoscope | 6 | Set by you |
| Symmetry angleTurns the mirror line, or the kaleidoscope, in degrees | 0 | Follows the music |
| Kaleidoscope spinHow fast the kaleidoscope turns, in turns per bar of the song (0.25 is once a phrase) | 0 | Follows the music |
| Tile sizeEach tile's size as a share of the frame | 0.5 | Set by you |
| Tile gapThe gap between tiles, as a share of a tile; it shows the background colour | 0 | Set by you |
| WarpBend the whole picture: a twist, a bulge, waves or ripples that move once a bar, a polar unroll, or a fisheye lens | none | Set by you |
| Warp amountHow strong the warp is | 0.5 | Follows the music |
| Warp centreWhere the warp is centred in the frame | centre | Set by you |
Orbits
| Control | Default | Music |
|---|---|---|
| Orbit ringsHow brightly each orbit is drawn as a lit ring round the Earth | 1 | Follows the music |
| SatellitesHow many satellites fill the shells, the planes of the mega-constellation and the trains crossing the night sky | 1 | Set by you |
| LinksHow bright the links between satellites are: lit all at once on the drop, then fading over two bars | 1 | Follows the music |
| Trail lengthHow far back the trails and ground tracks reach behind each satellite | 1 | Follows the music |
| Node driftHow much the Earth's bulge turns each orbit's plane (the J2 effect, shown up to twelve times faster than it is). At 0 a phrase-long clip loops exactly | 0 | Set by you |
| LabelsSmall labels naming each kind of satellite (a space station, a weather satellite, navigation) and the map's readouts | on | Set by you |
| VariationAnother take: where the satellites start round their orbits, the clouds and the night's passes. The same number always gives the same picture | 0 | Set by you |
Earth
| Control | Default | Music |
|---|---|---|
| Earth styleHow the Earth is drawn: natural (blue sea, land, ice and clouds), night (the dark side's city lights everywhere) or hologram (glowing coasts on a grid) | natural | Set by you |
| CloudsClouds over the Earth, turning with it | 0.6 | Follows the music |
| City lightsThe lights of the cities on the night side, pulsing with the bass and lit under a pass | 1 | Follows the music |
| Sun flareThe sun's glints: on the sea, on the space station on the drop, on the solar panels as they unfold, and the brief flare of a satellite catching the sun in the night sky | 1 | Follows the music |
Text
| Control | Default | Music |
|---|---|---|
| Title and artistShow or hide the song title and artist this visualizer draws. | auto | Set by you |
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