Magic Music Visuals vs Radiance
Magic Music Visuals
magicmusicvisuals.com
Radiance
radiance.videoSide by side
| Figure | Magic Music Visuals | Radiance |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · Audio Visualizer Software | 8.2 (#6) | 7.4 (#23) |
| Purpose | Magic is a desktop application for creating interactive animation and video effects for live and recorded audio and MIDI. | Radiance is free and open-source video art software designed for live performance. |
Plans
Magic Music Visuals
- Magic Studio — 1 computer$44.95, paid once
- Magic Performer — 1 computer$79.95, paid once
- Magic Studio — 2 computers$79.95, paid once
- Magic Performer — 2 computers$139.95, paid once
In their own words
Magic Music Visuals
Magic Music Visuals has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Radiance
Radiance is free, open-source video art software for live performance, including VJ work. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Performers can work with more than 150 GPU-accelerated WGSL effects and edit them live. MPV integration opens video clips, images, files, webcams, live streams, and YouTube videos. Beat detection uses incoming audio as a shared time reference for effects. Radiance can send output to one or more screens and includes a projection mapping editor. The software is released under the MIT/X11 License. YouTube videos loaded by URL require yt-dlp to be installed separately. Building from source requires Rust, Cargo, and dynamically linked libmpv. The project README notes that MIDI controller input and TCP output for LED displays are absent from the rewrite compared with version 0.6.1. Radiance is listed at free.