Deus blog: music visualizers in the browser

YouTube ambient mode alternative: a glow around videos that moves with the sound

A free alternative to YouTube's ambient mode: a glow around the video that swells on the bass, flashes on drum hits and calms down when people talk.

YouTube Music visualizer: add live visuals to music.youtube.com

YouTube Music only shows the cover while a song plays. Here is how to turn the artwork column into a live, beat-reactive visualizer in Chrome.

Yandex Music visualizer: live visuals on the My Vibe screen

Turn the My Vibe screen of the Yandex Music web player into a music visualizer that moves with the beat. Free Chrome extension, no account needed.

Music visualizer on a TV or second monitor: a party screen from Chrome

Put a music visualizer on your TV or second monitor for a party or an ambient screen: its own window, fullscreen, rotating presets and no controls.

Music visualizer for OBS: a live background for Twitch and YouTube streams

Add a music visualizer to your Twitch or YouTube stream in OBS: open Deus in its own Chrome window, capture it with Window Capture, hide the controls.

Music visualizer for YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Reels: vertical 9:16 clips

Make a vertical 9:16 audio visualizer clip from your own track for YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram Reels in Chrome. Up to 4K, 60 fps, free.

Audio visualizer for any Chrome tab: SoundCloud, radio, Twitch and more

Turn the sound of any browser tab into a fullscreen music visualizer in Chrome: SoundCloud, Bandcamp, web radio, YouTube, Twitch. Free, no time limit.

Spotify visualizer: how to get live visuals in the Spotify web player

Spotify has no built-in music visualizer. Here is how to add one that reacts to the beat, right inside open.spotify.com in Chrome, for free.

Spotify web player themes: 71 custom light and dark themes for Chrome

Change how the Spotify web player looks: 71 free light and dark themes for open.spotify.com in Chrome, plus Chameleon, made from the album art.

SoundCloud visualizer: live visuals for SoundCloud, Bandcamp and Mixcloud

SoundCloud only shows a waveform. Turn any SoundCloud, Bandcamp or Mixcloud tab into a fullscreen music visualizer in Chrome, free and with no time limit.

Picture-in-picture music visualizer: an always-on-top visualizer in Chrome

Keep a music visualizer floating on top of your other windows with Deus picture-in-picture, or let the Pet float over every tab. Both are Deus Pro.

Oscilloscope music: how to see it in your browser

Oscilloscope music is sound that draws pictures. Learn how XY mode works and watch tracks by Jerobeam Fenderson draw shapes in Chrome, no oscilloscope needed.

How to make a music visualizer video for YouTube for free

Render an audio-reactive visualizer video from your own track in Chrome: 16:9 for YouTube, 9:16 for Shorts and Reels, 1:1 for posts, up to 4K and 60 fps.

MilkDrop in the browser: Winamp-style visuals without Winamp

MilkDrop was the visualizer that made Winamp famous. You can still run classic MilkDrop presets today, in Chrome, on any music you play. Here's how.

How does a music visualizer work? FFT, beat detection and shaders

How a music visualizer turns sound into pictures: FFT spectrum, bass, mids and treble, kick and snare detection, smoothing, GPU shaders and MilkDrop.

Audio-reactive shaders: write a GLSL music visualizer in your browser

Write an audio-reactive GLSL fragment shader in Chrome with Deus Studio: live bass, kick and spectrum uniforms, a real-time preview and Tune sliders.