projectM Music Visualizer

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"ProjectM Music Visualizer is a stunning audio visualization tool that transforms music into equations, creating mesmerizing visuals. It can detect audio input from any application or microphone, and features a variety of user-contributed presets to customize your experience. With support for 4k at 144fps, ProjectM is a lightweight yet powerful visualization option."

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Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

+10

96%

Audience ScoreBased on 578 reviews

music44 positive mentions

stability4 negative mentions

Incredible variety of presets that enhance the music experience, making it a nostalgic and enjoyable visualizer.
User-friendly and free, allowing easy access to a wide range of visuals that react to music, perfect for relaxation or parties.
Great for both casual users and enthusiasts, with options for customization and compatibility with various audio sources.

Many presets can be overwhelming or cause eye strain, with a lack of quality control leading to some visuals being ineffective or chaotic.
The navigation and user interface can be confusing, with issues like crashing and difficulty in finding specific presets.
Absence of features like a favorites option or a proper settings menu limits the overall user experience and customization.

music
124 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
35%
63%
2%
The music aspect of the app is highly praised for its impressive visualizations that enhance the listening experience, reminiscent of classic visualizers like Winamp's Milkdrop but with more interactivity and variety. Users appreciate its ability to sync visuals with music, creating a captivating and sometimes psychedelic experience, although some visuals can be cluttered and overwhelming. Overall, it is regarded as one of the best free music visualizers available, making it a must-have for music enthusiasts.
- “Great music visualizer reminding me of how it felt to watch the iTunes visualizer as a child, but packed with far many more presets.”
- “The perfect music visualizer.”
- “Excellent free software that enhances my music experience nightly.”
- “It's really a shame that music visualizers have gone away even though you'd expect modern tech to enable some pretty cool visualizations.”
- “While this is a great way to sit back and relax while listening to some music, the program itself has a lot that needs fixing in its current state.”
- “Most of the visuals are very cluttered and have so many moving parts that make it hard to tell what is grooving along to the music.”
graphics
62 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
39%
55%
6%
The graphics in the visualizer are praised for their vibrant and diverse aesthetics, with many users enjoying the way they react to music beats. However, some visuals can be overwhelming or cluttered, making it difficult to appreciate the synchronization with music. While the program supports high resolutions and offers a wide range of presets, users have noted issues with certain visuals being eye-straining and the need for better customization options.
- “Awesome visuals, easy to use. I also think it's really cool that it reacts to the beats and you can change the sensitivity and other settings.”
- “Gives a great aesthetic feeling when I'm playing games or just listening to music in general.”
- “Absolutely full of amazing visuals and I think it supports up to 4K now.”
- “Cool visualizer, just annoying that so many visuals strain my eyes so much, and having to delete individual visuals manually in the install directory is going to take me weeks to do.”
- “Most of the visuals are very cluttered and have so many moving parts that make it hard to tell what is grooving along to the music.”
- “It would make the software more accessible to people who (understandably) aren't willing to go through hundreds of broken and epilepsy-inducing visuals.”
humor
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find the humor in the game to be highly entertaining, particularly appreciating its colorful and whimsical visuals that enhance the experience. The humor is described as funny and engaging, making it a popular choice for stream overlays. Overall, it receives high praise for its comedic elements.
- “Very good visualizer, I like to use it for overlaying funny colors on my streams :)”
- “Haha, funny drugs program.”
- “Color do funny thing 10/10.”
stability
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
Overall, the game demonstrates solid stability on both Windows and Pop OS systems; however, users have reported occasional glitches in visualizations when adding custom waveforms and adjusting sensitivity settings, which can lead to erratic behavior.
- “Runs great on my Windows system as well as Pop!_OS.”
- “Also, you can add custom waveforms by clicking, but it glitches up the visualizations for me.”
- “Adjusting the sensitivity higher sometimes causes crazy glitches.”
- “Adding custom waveforms causes visual glitches.”
optimization
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Overall, the game has received mixed feedback regarding optimization. While some users find it enjoyable, they report issues such as suboptimal performance on PC, with only 60 fps despite having good hardware, and laggy transitions in visuals. There are also minor optimization concerns with preset generation, but these do not significantly detract from the overall experience.
- “Great stuff, a couple of optimization issues with some of the preset generation, but overall not a lot to complain about.”
- “I've had it on my cellphone before and it was extremely satisfying to play while listening to some tunes. Now it's on PC and still good, but it could be better optimized. It's only running at 60 fps, which isn't bad, but my PC has good specs, so it needs more optimization to run faster and to reduce lag during visual transitions.”
- “Great stuff, a couple of optimization issues with some of the preset generation, but overall not a lot to complain about.”
atmosphere
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
Reviewers highlight that the game excels in creating a diverse range of visuals that effectively capture various moods and atmospheres, enhancing the overall immersive experience.
- “There's a visual for any mood or atmosphere.”
story
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The story aspect is enhanced by a unique visual element that helps players focus better, reminiscent of experiences with audiobooks, suggesting that the integration of visuals can positively impact narrative engagement.

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