Phosphor Waterfall

Turn your music into a glowing waterfall with Phosphor Waterfall: spectrum ridges or curtains of rising light, echo trails, mirrors and beat-driven color. Sixteen looks, plus a look cycle that tours them on the beat.

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Default demo track · live audio-reactive settings

Phosphor Waterfall has two cores. Ridges grows fine lines into a glowing landscape, carrying earlier moments of your music through the scene: each ridge keeps its contour as it travels, growing near the front and fading at the far end. Trace stands three traces of the spectrum in the landscape, each with light rising off it: bass deepens the far trace, mids lengthen the middle plume, highs crowd the near columns, and Curtains trails earlier spectra behind each one so the light falls away into the distance. Either core can leave an Echo trail that recedes toward the horizon, spins, drifts and ripples; Mirror reflects it into sides, a lake or a kaleidoscope; Beat Hue turns the colors on strong beats; and Look Cycle tours the presets by itself, cutting on the beat. Start with Phosphor Valley or Tracefall, watch the light fall away in Lightfall, or press Auto Pilot and let the music choose.

Open Phosphor Waterfall

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

Phosphor Valley · Amber Archive · Ice Range · Bass Canyon · Wideband Survey · Rose Horizon · Tracefall · Aurora Curtains · Lightfall · Mirror Lake · Ember Curtain · Kaleidotrace · Warp Drive · Echo Valley · Hypno Grid · Auto Pilot

Open SHARE A LOOK, choose a preset from FACTORY LOOK, and select COPY LOOK LINK. The link opens that original preset with its audio reactions. Personal slider edits and music are not included. Use OPEN LOOK to preview what the recipient will see.

Open SHARE A LOOK, select PREPARE MY LOOK, then choose COPY MY LOOK LINK. The link includes your current visual settings, modulation routes, and generator settings. Music is not included. Use OPEN MY LOOK to preview the result. Prepare a new link after making more edits.

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
Ridge Height	Landscape	Sets how far the spectrum raises each ridge.
Curvature	Landscape	Curves the base into a valley or rounded hill.
History Speed	Landscape	Sets how quickly new spectra enter and travel through the landscape. Zero holds the recorded history.
Amplitude	Trace	Sets how far the music raises each trace.
Plume	Trace	Sets how far the light rises above each trace.
Scroll	Trace	Slides the spectrum sideways along the traces. Negative values reverse it.
Waveform Ripple	Trace	Ripples the playing waveform along each trace, traveling back through the curtains.
Reflection	Mirror	Sets how bright the reflection is.
Line Width	Color	Sets the thickness of the ridge lines.
Hue	Color	Chooses the first ridge color.
Color Spread	Color	Separates colors between new and older ridges.
Hue	Color	Chooses the color at the left end of the traces.
Hue Span	Color	Sets how far the color travels across the traces. Negative values run the other way around the color wheel.
Bass Amplitude	Trace Audio	Raises the far trace further on bass. Its default route follows the bass.
Mid Plume	Trace Audio	Lengthens the middle light with the mids. Its default route follows the mids.
High Columns	Trace Audio	Crowds the near columns with the highs. Its default route follows the highs. Shown while Seams is above zero.
Swell	Trace Audio	Lifts every trace together as the music gets louder. Its default route follows the volume.
Trail Length	Echo	Sets how long the trail lasts.
Zoom	Echo	Pulls the trail toward the vanishing point so it recedes into the distance. Negative values push it out toward you. Its default route follows the bass.
Spin	Echo	Turns the trail around the vanishing point. Negative values reverse it.
Warp	Echo	Ripples the trail. Its default route follows the highs.
Color Drift	Echo	Shifts the color of the trail as it ages. Negative values shift the other way. The trail shows where it moves away from the scene, so pair it with Zoom, Spin, Drift or Warp.
Camera Speed	Camera	Sets how quickly camera changes or moves.
Camera Travel	Camera	Sets how far the camera wanders from its chosen view; 0 holds it still and higher values sweep it through wider arcs.

Settings reference

Look Cycle

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Look Cycle	OFF, TIMER, BEAT	Tours the presets by itself. Timer blends to a new look every Cycle Time; Beat cuts to one on the first strong beat after it. Off keeps your look.
Cycle Time	4s–60s; default 16s	Sets how long each look plays before the cycle moves on.
Blend Time	0.5s–10s; default 3s	Sets how long Timer takes to blend from one look into the next.

Core

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Core	RIDGES, TRACE	Chooses Ridges for the spectrum landscape or Trace for curtains of light rising off three spectrum traces.

Landscape

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Ridges	8–64; default 48	Sets how many ridges reveal the history.
Landscape Width	0.5–1.6; default 1	Sets the horizontal width of the landscape.
Ridge Height	0–2.5; default 1.5	Sets how far the spectrum raises each ridge. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Landscape Depth	0.5–2.5; default 1.2	Spreads earlier ridges, or the three traces, farther into the scene.
Curvature	-0.8–0.8; default 0.1	Curves the base into a valley or rounded hill. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Frequency Range	0.1–1; default 0.5	Sets how much of the spectrum fits across each ridge or trace. Lower values spread out bass detail.
History Speed	0–1; default 0.4	Sets how quickly new spectra enter and travel through the landscape. Zero holds the recorded history. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.

Trace

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Level	-0.5–0.5; default 0.1	Sets the height of the traces at their left end.
Slope	-1.2–1.2; default -0.52	Tilts the traces. Negative values fall from left to right, as spectra usually do.
Amplitude	0–1.2; default 0.4	Sets how far the music raises each trace. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Plume	0.05–2; default 0.095	Sets how far the light rises above each trace. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Underglow	0–1; default 0.04	Sets the short glow below each trace.
Trace Width	0.0005–0.08; default 0.008	Sets the thickness of the bright line along each trace.
Trace Gain	0–6; default 2.2	Sets how much brighter the line is than the light above it.
Columns	4–64; default 26	Divides the light into vertical columns. Shown while Seams is above zero, since the columns are drawn by the seams.
Seams	0–1.5; default 0.4	Sets the brightness of the lines between columns. Zero gives a smooth glow.
Seam Width	0.0002–0.02; default 0.0018	Sets the width of the lines between columns, from a hairline to a broad soft band.
Scroll	-2–2; default 0.04	Slides the spectrum sideways along the traces. Negative values reverse it. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Waveform Ripple	0–1; default 0.12	Ripples the playing waveform along each trace, traveling back through the curtains. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.

Planes

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Layer Lift	0–1.2; default 0.62	Raises the far traces above the near ones.
Detail Loss	0–1; default 0.85	Softens the far traces and the trailing curtains, blurring their bright edges into haze so the near trace stands forward.
Haze	0–2; default 0.2	Makes the far light taller and softer.
Open Rate	0–2.5; default 0.28	Sets how quickly the traces swell and settle on their own. Zero holds them.
Open Depth	0–1.2; default 0.3	Sets how far the traces swell. Needs Open Rate above zero.
Curtains	0–16; default 0	Trails earlier spectra behind each trace, so the light falls away into the distance. Zero shows only the live traces.
Curtain Spacing	0.1–1.2; default 0.5	Sets how far apart the trailing curtains stand, and how far back in time each one reaches.
Curtain Fade	0.02–0.6; default 0.2	Sets how quickly the trailing curtains fade.

Mirror

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Mirror	NONE, SIDES, LAKE, KALEIDO	Reflects the scene: Sides mirrors left and right, Lake reflects the top into the bottom, Kaleido does both.
Reflection	0–1; default 0.6	Sets how bright the reflection is. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.

Color

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Line Width	0.5–4; default 1.4	Sets the thickness of the ridge lines. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Hue	0–360; default 120	Chooses the first ridge color. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Color Spread	0–300; default 90	Separates colors between new and older ridges. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Hue	0–360; default 223	Chooses the color at the left end of the traces. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Hue Span	-1.5–1.5; default -0.62	Sets how far the color travels across the traces. Negative values run the other way around the color wheel. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Layer Hue	-0.4–0.4; default 0.12	Shifts the color of the far traces.
Brightness	0.05–1.5; default 0.42	Sets how brightly the traces glow.
Beat Hue	0°–180°; default 0°	Turns every color by this angle on each strong beat. Zero keeps the colors still.
Beat Hue Glide	0.05s–2s; default 0.25s	Sets how long the colors take to turn after a beat.
Background Opacity	0–1; default 1	Fades the black gaps while keeping the ridges, light and trails over Studio layers.

Trace Audio

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Bass Amplitude	0–3; default 0.84	Raises the far trace further on bass. Its default route follows the bass. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Mid Plume	0–3; default 0.52	Lengthens the middle light with the mids. Its default route follows the mids. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
High Columns	0–4; default 0.97	Crowds the near columns with the highs. Its default route follows the highs. Shown while Seams is above zero. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Swell	0–0.3; default 0.05	Lifts every trace together as the music gets louder. Its default route follows the volume. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.

Audio

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Sensitivity	0–3; default 1	Sets sensitivity to music. Zero flattens the spectrum peaks.
Response	0–1; default 0.3	Sets how gradually the spectrum and assigned audio reactions respond.

Echo

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Amount	0–1; default 0	Leaves a trail of earlier frames behind the scene. Zero turns the trail off and hides its controls.
Trail Length	0.8–0.975; default 0.93	Sets how long the trail lasts. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Zoom	-0.03–0.08; default 0.01	Pulls the trail toward the vanishing point so it recedes into the distance. Negative values push it out toward you. Its default route follows the bass. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Spin	-3–3; default 0	Turns the trail around the vanishing point. Negative values reverse it. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Drift X	-0.3–0.3; default 0	Drifts the trail sideways.
Drift Y	-0.3–0.3; default 0	Drifts the trail up or down. Positive values let it rise like smoke.
Warp	0–1; default 0	Ripples the trail. Its default route follows the highs. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Warp Speed	0–4; default 1	Sets how quickly the ripples move.
Horizon Haze	0–0.2; default 0.02	Darkens the trail around the vanishing point, like haze on the horizon.
Color Drift	-1–1; default 0	Shifts the color of the trail as it ages. Negative values shift the other way. The trail shows where it moves away from the scene, so pair it with Zoom, Spin, Drift or Warp. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Vanishing Point	0–1; default 0.5	Sets the height of the vanishing point the trail recedes toward.

Camera

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Camera Mode	ORBIT, AUDIO, FLY	Chooses the camera mode or style.
Camera View	INSIDE, CORE, WIDE, TOP, ISO, FLY-THROUGH	Chooses the camera view mode or style.
Camera Path	ORBIT, HELIX, DRIFT, SURGE	Chooses the camera path mode or style.
Canvas Fill	0.75–2; default 0.8	Sets how much of the canvas the artwork fills; higher values zoom in so it fills more of the screen, and lower values pull back to show more of the surroundings.
Scene Depth	0.2–4; default 1.5	Sets the visible scene depth.
Camera Speed	0–1; default 0.1	Sets how quickly camera changes or moves. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Camera Travel	0–1.5; default 0.3	Sets how far the camera wanders from its chosen view; 0 holds it still and higher values sweep it through wider arcs. 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

Lower Frequency Range to study bass detail; raise it for a broader musical landscape.
In Trace, raise Curtains and lower Curtain Fade to fill the distance with falling light.
Echo works with either core: try a small Zoom with Horizon Haze for trails that recede into the horizon, or Drift Y for light that rises like smoke.
Look Cycle keeps your Sensitivity, Response, Beat Hue and Background Opacity while it tours the looks.
Set History Speed and Camera Travel to zero and clear modulation routes to hold a stable view.
Presets preserve Background Opacity.

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