projectM is an LGPL'ed reimplementation of Milkdrop under OpenGL. All projectM requires is a video card with 3D acceleration and your favorite music.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone




BeatDrop is described as 'Music Visualizer is a stand-alone implementation of the amazing Milkdrop2 Winamp plug-in. It lets you experience the stunning visual 2D effects with your music player of choice. No additional configuration steps needed! Just start BeatDrop and play your music' and is an app in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to BeatDrop for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Steam, Android, iPhone and Android Tablet apps. The best BeatDrop alternative is projectM, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BeatDrop are MilkDrop, VZX Music Visualizer, Magic Music Visuals and Plane9.
projectM is an LGPL'ed reimplementation of Milkdrop under OpenGL. All projectM requires is a video card with 3D acceleration and your favorite music.




MilkDrop is an open source, hardware-accelerated music visualization plugin for Winamp, which was originally developed by Ryan Geiss. It uses DirectX and intelligent beat detection to render iterated images which blend seamlessly.




VZX Player generates awesome audio reactive graphics in real time from any audio source - music player, youtube, microphone, line-in etc.




Music visualizer, VJ software, live video mixer, music video creator, and much more. Magic is a unique desktop application that gives you an intuitive, modular interface to create interactive animation and video effects for concerts, clubs, theater, movies, parties, art...




Plane9 is a revolutionary 3d visualizer where you never have to settle for just one view ever again. From the start you have over 150 predefined scenes to choose from. The scenes can be combined with one another to form a near endless supply of new views to experience.



NestDrop allows you to perform with high-resolution high-fps visuals which react in realtime to the music and then broadcasts the video via Spout. Since the Milkdrop engine is at the core you can easily bring in your own Milkdrop presets.




DADIM (do.adive.in) is an online music player with a sophisticated and highly configurable WebGL-based audio visualizer. Assemble playlists from SoundCloud links or local music files and enjoy audio-reactive visualizers spanning hundreds of presets.

Audio Glow music visualizer brings your music to the screen in an explosion of bright colors. A special premium version feature lets you use the visualizer as live wallpaper.




Overture Music Visualization is a music visualization experience for Windows, capturing audio in real-time from any source and creating effects that react to your music. It currently includes a stable desktop version, as well as a VR demo that supports the Oculus Rift.




Luminant Music is a music streamer and player that lets you visualizer music with gorgeous 3D scenes.





Powelus's Audio Visualizer allows any person to customize visualizer to their own experience. The software has the capability to load local MP3 files and display audio spectrum during real-time playback.


