Fosfora vs Music Waveform

Fosfora turns computer audio into live, beat-synced visuals for music visualization and live performance. It includes 56 audio-reactive effects, including shaders, particle simulations, and lattice effects. Users can stack up to eight layers, reorder them, and choose among 13 blend modes. Its audio analysis tracks 83 features 86 times per second, including beat, tempo, key, percussive and harmonic content, and drops. Parameters can be controlled with MIDI, OSC, or a phone or tablet browser used as a touch surface. Layers can use images, GIFs, video files, webcam input, photos, or depth maps. Output options include NDI, Spout on Windows, Syphon on macOS, a Linux virtual camera, and recording to file; the project names Resolume, VDMX, OBS, and TouchDesigner as compatible software. Presets save layer stacks, and scenes chain presets into cue lists that can advance on a timer, on the beat, or with the spacebar. Fosfora is free and requires no account. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows; Linux and Windows require Vulkan-capable graphics, while macOS requires Metal.

Music Waveform turns audio files into animated waveform videos in a browser for musicians, podcasters, and video editors. It accepts MP3, WAV, OGG, M4A/AAC, and FLAC files, with eight adjustable styles: bars, mirror, radial, scope, area, dots, blob, and circle. Users can tune color, waveform reaction, and resolution up to 4K, then preview the animation in sync with playback. One-click presets provide analysis and visual settings. Exports include MP4 video, transparent WebM, and ZIP files of transparent PNG frames; PNG frames do not include an audio track. Audio decoding, analysis, rendering, and encoding run locally in the browser, and the maker says files are not uploaded or stored on a server. The free plan costs nothing, with no account, watermark, or paywall. MP4 export requires an up-to-date Chromium browser or Safari 17 or newer. Long exports may run out of memory on older phones. The tool does not edit or accept video, transcribe audio, separate stems, batch-process, or provide an API.