R4 is described as 'Standalone OpenGL accelerated program (created by Gordon Williams of RabidHaMsTeR.Org) which aims to produce animated 3D graphics in real-time that twist and turn with the music. The WinAmp-based precursor to R4 (R2/Extreme) is now used in many nightclubs, at parties' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to R4 for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad and Steam apps. The best R4 alternative is MilkDrop, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like R4 are projectM, WaveBar, Kauna and VZX Music Visualizer.
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.
MilkDrop is the most popular Windows alternative to R4.
MilkDrop is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to R4.
projectM is an LGPL'ed reimplementation of Milkdrop under OpenGL. All projectM requires is a video card with 3D acceleration and your favorite music.
projectM is the most popular Android, Mac, iPhone & Linux alternative to R4.
WaveBar transforms your music experience with dynamic visualizations on your Mac.
Kauna is a music visualizer. Kauna renders any sound reproduction in system. It can also capture audio from a microphone.
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...
Magic Music Visuals is the most popular commercial alternative to R4.
ZGameEditor Visualizer is a plugin variant of ZGameEditor engine built for audio visualization and bundled with FLStudio. Packed with scores of core visuals like linear and polar EQs and filter effects like Bloom, Blur and even Dot Matrix and...
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.
G-Force features fast anti-aliased visuals, millions of possible effect combinations, savable and scriptable effects, and unparalleled expandability. G-Force is designed to entertain you on its own, but there are many ways it can be customized and extended.
In essence a lightweight music player that also have folder browsing, equalizer, song cross-fading and video playback capability.
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.
DADIM is the most popular Web-based alternative to R4.
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