WaveBar Alternatives

WaveBar is described as 'Transforms your music experience with dynamic visualizations on your Mac. ' and is an app in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to WaveBar for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, iPhone, Linux and Mac apps. The best WaveBar alternative is Winamp, which is free. Other great apps like WaveBar are Cavalier, MilkDrop, projectM and caway.

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  1. Winamp icon
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    Media player for Windows offering ease of use, skinnable design, advanced audio visualizers, and support for plug-ins, playlists, music library, and various audio formats. Known for extensibility, music visualization, and online community support.

    259 Winamp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
    • Winamp is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & iPhone alternative to WaveBar.

    • Winamp is the most popular free alternative to WaveBar.

    • Winamp is Free and ProprietaryWaveBar is also Free and Proprietary
    • Winamp is LightweightWaveBar is not according to our users
  2. Cavalier icon
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    Cavalier is an audio visualizer based on CAVA with customizable interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
     
    • Cavalier is the most popular Linux alternative to WaveBar.

    • Cavalier is the most popular Open Source alternative to WaveBar.

    • Cavalier is Free and Open SourceWaveBar is Free and Proprietary
  3. MilkDrop icon
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    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.

    33 MilkDrop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Media Player
    • Kodi
    • Winamp
     
  4. projectM icon
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    projectM is an LGPL'ed reimplementation of Milkdrop under OpenGL. All projectM requires is a video card with 3D acceleration and your favorite music.

    34 projectM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
    • projectM is the most popular Mac alternative to WaveBar.

    • projectM is Freemium and Open SourceWaveBar is Free and Proprietary
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    Cava in waybar.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  6. Kauna icon
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    Kauna is a music visualizer. Kauna renders any sound reproduction in system. It can also capture audio from a microphone.

    33 Kauna alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Mobile
    • Windows Phone
    • Xbox
     
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    A general-purpose, highly configurable OpenGL audio spectrum visualizer for X11. Displayed to the left is the radial shader module, or for a more extensive demonstration see this demo. Development is active, and reporting issues is encouraged.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Cavasik icon
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    Audio visualizer based on CAVA.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. cava icon
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    Cava is a bar spectrum audio visualizer for terminal (ncurses) or desktop (SDL).

    17 cava alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
     
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
    • Magic Music Visuals is the most popular commercial alternative to WaveBar.

    • Magic Music Visuals is Paid and ProprietaryWaveBar is Free and Proprietary
  11. CometPlayer icon
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    CometPlayer is an audio player, it supports nearly all popular audio formats, such as mp3, mpa, mp2, wma, ogg, flac, ape, wav, etc. It is simple in interface, easy to use, and highly personalizable. The special features of this software comprise lyrics display, playlist...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Plane9 icon
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    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.

    29 Plane9 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Winamp
     
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