ESPECTRAL

A live music visualizer with its own DJ

Tap once. A DJ picks the music, and every sound you hear becomes moving art on your screen: the bass, the melody, every hit.

Start the show

How it works

Espectral listens to the music as it plays. It separates the low end, the mids and the highs, finds the beats and the hits, and follows the tempo and the mood. Every scene reads those signals sixty times a second, so the picture moves with the song instead of looping a canned animation.

The DJ streams independent artists from Audius and chooses what comes next from the energy and feel of the set, blending each song into the next. While it plays, the show moves between scenes, from ink and halftone portraits to light, physics and pure geometry.

Scenes made by the sound

  • Ateliera piece painted live for the song you are hearing, set in a 3D room that rings with the bass.
  • Orbitalreal atomic orbitals as glowing clouds, jumping between states on every big hit.
  • Diffractioninterference rings that breathe with the low end.
  • Portraitsyour photo in ink, charcoal, halftone, duotone and pop art, framed around your face.
  • Graffiti, manga, zine, stencilstreet and print styles that cut and stamp on the beat.

Bring your own

Play your own tracks, add a photo, record the screen with sound and share it to the Espectral feed. TV mode clears the screen for a party or a projector.

Questions

Is Espectral free?

Yes. The show is free in the browser. If you enjoy it you can support the artist with $5 a month, which also opens the studio, or pay what you want once.

Do I need to install anything?

No. It runs in Safari, Chrome and other modern browsers on phones, tablets and computers. You can add it to your home screen for full screen.

Where does the music come from?

The DJ streams independent music from Audius and picks what plays next like a DJ would: energy, mood and flow. You can also play your own tracks.

Can I put it on a TV?

Yes. Use TV mode, then screen mirroring from your phone, or open espectral.ink on a computer connected to the TV.

Can I use my own photo?

Yes. Add a photo and several scenes paint with it: portraits in ink, halftone, charcoal and more, framed around your face.