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projectM Music Visualizer

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94%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere
94% User Score Based on 451 reviews

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projectM Music Visualizer is a single player casual simulation game. It was developed by projectM and was released on July 26, 2020. It received very positive reviews from players.

Visualize music with projectM! Experience psychedelic and mesmerizing visuals by transforming music into equations that render into a limitless array of user-contributed visualizations. projectM can detect audio input from any application (like Spotify or Apple Music) or you can use input from a microphone.Get StartedprojectM works out of the box. To get started play music from any source, launch …

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94%Audience ScoreBased on 451 reviews
music35 positive mentions
stability2 negative mentions
  • Excellent nostalgia-inducing music visualizer reminiscent of Winamp's Milkdrop with vast preset options and great visual variety.
  • Highly responsive and syncs well with various audio sources, providing a captivating and customizable audio-visual experience.
  • Free and open source, lightweight, cross-platform compatible, easy to use, and suitable for DJs, musicians, streamers, and casual listeners.
  • Many presets are overly bright, chaotic, or strobe intensely, which can cause eye strain or be a seizure hazard; lack of warnings is a concern.
  • User interface and controls can be unintuitive, lacking a GUI for easy navigation, preset favoriting, sorting, or customizing visualizations.
  • Some users report crashes, instability, and limited features such as absence of transition effects, video export, or good multi-monitor support.

  • music

    100 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    35% positive mentions, 62% neutral mentions, 3% negative mentions

    The music aspect of the visualizer is widely praised for its extensive and vibrant presets that enhance music listening experiences, reminiscent of classic visualizers like Winamp's Milkdrop, but often more reactive to a variety of audio sources. While some users note occasional synchronization issues or overly busy visuals, the overall consensus highlights it as a robust, free, and versatile tool that elevates music enjoyment, especially for musicians, DJs, and avid music fans.

    • “This is a very cool tool with a vast library full of sick visuals to enjoy while listening to music.”
    • “By far the best music visualizer there is!”
    • “I followed the setup guide provided by the devs which was pretty useful in setting up an audio capture program and using audio midi setup to route music out of Spotify into the visualizer easily, and it works very well.”
    • “First, it barely reacts to music.”
    • “Frantically strobing other times (but not to the beat of the music?) it's like it's trying to give people seizures.”
    • “As far as I can tell, this is not actually detecting any output, but rather is animating regardless of whether music is playing or not.”

  • graphics

    49 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 61% neutral mentions, 6% negative mentions

    The graphics feature offers a vast and diverse library of visuals that are highly customizable, reactive to music, and suitable for musicians, DJs, and casual users alike. While many presets are stunning and immersive, some visuals can be chaotic or overwhelming, prompting calls for better filtering, rating, and favoriting options to improve user experience. Overall, the visuals are praised for their quality and interactivity, with potential for enhancement through additional controls and stability fixes.

    • “A lot of the visuals are really great and controlled, and you can customize them extensively, including changing their color or even creating entirely new visuals from scratch.”
    • “Absolutely full of amazing visuals and (I think) up to 4K support now.”
    • “Especially with the 40k presets from the project website, this program is good for hours upon hours of mesmerizing visuals.”
    • “A lot of the visuals are just a big mess, with many cluttered visuals having so many moving parts that make it hard to tell what is grooving along to the music.”
    • “Cool visualizer, but 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.”
    • “This is what it means to tell your graphics card to go to hell; it looks like my graphics card doing one last dance before it dies.”

  • humor

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor aspect is described as lighthearted and amusing, with users appreciating its playful and colorful visual effects that add a fun touch to streaming overlays. Overall, it is seen as entertaining and enjoyable.

    • “Haha funny drugs program”
    • “Color do funny thing 10/10”
    • “Very good visualizer, I like to use it for overlaying funny colours on my streams :)”

  • stability

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions

    The game runs smoothly on both Windows and Pop!_OS, but experiences occasional visual glitches when adding custom waveforms or increasing sensitivity. Overall, stability is good but with some minor graphical issues.

    • “Runs great on my Windows system as well as Pop OS.”
    • “Also, you can add custom waveforms by clicking, except it glitches up the visualizations for me.”
    • “Also, adjusting the sensitivity higher sometimes causes crazy glitches.”

  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game generally performs well with good optimization, but some users report occasional issues such as laggy transitions and limited frame rates, even on high-spec PCs. Overall, optimization is decent but could be improved for smoother performance.

    • “Great stuff, a couple of optimization issues with some of the preset generation but overall not a lot to complain about.”
    • “I've played it on my cellphone before and it was extremely satisfying to see while listening to some tunes. Now it's on PC and still good, but the only downside is that it is not well optimized. It runs at just 60 fps. Not bad, but my PC has good specs, so it needs more optimization to run faster and to prevent laggy transitions between visuals.”

  • atmosphere

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users appreciate the game's ability to visually capture a wide range of moods and atmospheres, enhancing the overall experience.

  • story

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The story aspect is noted for its engaging quality, with some users finding that unique or ambient elements enhance their focus and enjoyment. This immersive experience may even encourage renewed interest in similar narrative formats like audiobooks.

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projectM Music Visualizer is a casual simulation game. Common tags for projectM Music Visualizer include free to play, atmospheric, old school and colorful.

projectM Music Visualizer is available on PC, Mac OS, Windows and Linux.

projectM Music Visualizer was released on July 26, 2020.

projectM Music Visualizer was developed by projectM.

projectM Music Visualizer has received very positive reviews from players. Most players liked projectM Music Visualizer for its music but disliked it for its stability.

projectM Music Visualizer is a single player game.

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