Background Cylinders

Background Cylinders is an ambient full-canvas background in BeamTracer Audio Visualizers. Shape its response in your browser with settings, audio modulation, presets, and tips.

Default demo track · live audio-reactive settings

Background Cylinders is an ambient full-canvas background in the Backgrounds category. Open it from the left visualizer list, start an audio source, and use the settings panel to shape its response.

Open Background Cylinders

Launch the visualizer with its matching left-nav entry selected.

Quick start

Start the demo track, choose a local audio file, or enable a live input.
Try a preset or style first, then open the section for the part of the image you want to change.
On a control with Assign modulation, open the source picker, choose a signal, and watch the slider's live fill.
Use Reset to Defaults whenever you want to return to the original look.

Presets and styles

Default · Neon City · Organic Flow · Crystal Grid · Warm Glow · Deep Space · Minimal Chrome

Audio modulation

On a control with Assign modulation, select the activity icon to open Modulate with. Choose a named source, or choose — None to leave the control unmodulated. After you assign one, its name appears below the slider; select that name to edit the route, or use Clear modulation to remove it. The slider track shows the live signal reaching the control.

Modulated control	Section	What the route changes
Light 1 Intensity	Colors	Sets the visible light 1 intensity.
Light 2 Intensity	Colors	Sets the visible light 2 intensity.
Hue Speed	Colors	Sets how quickly hue changes or moves.
Base Speed	Animation	Sets how quickly base changes or moves.
Depth Scale	Animation	Sets the visible depth scale.
Inner Radius	Animation	Sets the visible inner radius.
Outer Radius	Animation	Sets the visible outer radius.
Tilt	Animation	Sets the tilt of the visible composition.
Orbit Speed	Camera	Sets how quickly orbit changes or moves.

Settings reference

Glass Blur

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Enable Blur	On / Off	Turns blur on or off.
Blur	1px–50px	Softens edges and spreads nearby light or color.

Core

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Layout	CIRCLE, HEXAGON, SQUARE, TRIANGLE	Chooses the layout mode or style.
Grid Size	18–72	Sets the visible grid size.
Cell Gap	0–0.45	Sets the spacing between visible elements.
Cylinder Height	4–20	Sets the visible cylinder height.
Cap Roundness	0.02–0.4	Controls cap roundness; higher values increase the effect and lower values reduce it.

Material

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Metalness	0–1	Moves the surface from non-metallic toward metallic.
Roughness	0–1	Moves the surface from polished toward matte.
Clearcoat	0–1	Adds or reduces a glossy top layer on the surface.
Clearcoat Rough	0–1	Adds or reduces a glossy top layer on the surface.
Plane Color	Color	Sets the plane color.

Colors

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Palette A	Color	Sets the palette a.
Palette B	Color	Sets the palette b.
Palette C	Color	Sets the palette c.
Light 1 Color	Color	Sets the light 1 color.
Light 2 Color	Color	Sets the light 2 color.
Light 1 Intensity	0–2500	Sets the visible light 1 intensity. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Light 2 Intensity	0–1500	Sets the visible light 2 intensity. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Light 1 Z	-40–40	Controls light 1 z; higher values increase the effect and lower values reduce it.
Light 2 Z	-40–40	Controls light 2 z; higher values increase the effect and lower values reduce it.
Auto Hue Shift	On / Off	Turns auto hue shift on or off.
Hue Speed	0–2	Sets how quickly hue changes or moves. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.

Audio

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Master Gain	0x–3x	Sets how strongly the input signal affects master.
Audio Smoothing	0.02–0.5	Balances immediate audio response against steadier motion.

Animation

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Base Speed	0.05–2	Sets how quickly base changes or moves. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Depth Scale	0.2–8	Sets the visible depth scale. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Inner Radius	1–40	Sets the visible inner radius. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Outer Radius	2–70	Sets the visible outer radius. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Pointer Interaction	On / Off	Turns pointer interaction on or off.
Pointer Lerp	0.01–0.3	Controls pointer lerp; higher values increase the effect and lower values reduce it.
Tilt	0–1	Sets the tilt of the visible composition. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.

Camera

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Auto-Orbit	On / Off	Turns auto-orbit on or off.
Orbit Speed	0–0.02	Sets how quickly orbit changes or moves. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.

Some controls appear only after you enable a related mode or style. The settings panel always reflects the options available for the current selection.

Tips for a better audio visualization

Use lower modulation amounts than you would for a foreground effect so the background supports the mix instead of competing with it.
Try assigning Bass to Light 1 Intensity, then compare Mid, High, and Volume while the demo track plays. The slider's live fill shows the signal reaching that control.

Background Cylinders

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