Spirals

Ride a morphing particle spiral into a 3D tunnel with waveform filaments, directional motion bloom, six camera views, and nine presets.

Default demo track · live audio-reactive settings

Spirals is a particle-driven audio-reactive scene in the Particles category. Thousands of particles trace a morphing spiral that stretches into a deep 3D tunnel, with glowing filaments linking the arm, the live waveform rippling outward along it, and a directional motion bloom smearing the highlights. Spirals requires WebGPU; see Browser Support for current platform details.

Open Spirals

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

Depth, filaments, and motion bloom

Depth Stretch pulls the flat spiral into a tunnel the camera can enter, and the circle mode becomes a glowing coil tube. The filaments stitch neighboring particles into continuous ribbons so the arm reads as a solid thread of light, and the live waveform visibly travels outward along it — faster with a higher Wave Travel. The motion bloom adds a directional smear on top of the glow: at 0 it is a classic round halo, and higher Stretch values pull the highlights into diagonal light trails.

Mouse-drag orbits the camera; a few seconds after you release, it drifts back to the selected view.

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

Cosmic · Hyperspace · Bloom · Vortex · Neon Ring · Zen · Golden Age · Silk Tunnel · Chaos

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
Intensity	Material	Sets how far the waveform trace displaces the arm.
Particle Size	Material	Sets the visible particle size.
Magnification	Material	Controls magnification; higher values increase the effect and lower values reduce it.
Depth Stretch	Material	Stretches the spiral into a 3D tunnel; 0 keeps the classic flat disc.
Opacity	Filaments	Sets how strongly the filaments glow.
Strength	Motion Bloom	Sets how strongly highlights bloom.
Rotation Speed	Animation	Sets how quickly rotation changes or moves.

Settings reference

Core

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Mode	WAVY, SPIRAL, FLOWER, CIRCLE	Chooses the spiral curve: a wavy spiral, a clean Archimedean spiral, a flower rosette, or a ring that becomes a coil tunnel.

Material

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Wave Ripple	On / Off	Turns the traveling waveform trace along the arm on or off.
Intensity	0.05–1	Sets how far the waveform trace displaces the arm. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Particle Size	0.5–8	Sets the visible particle size. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Magnification	1–150	Controls magnification; higher values increase the effect and lower values reduce it. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Depth Stretch	0–400	Stretches the spiral into a 3D tunnel; 0 keeps the classic flat disc. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Wave Travel	0.05–1	Sets how quickly a transient rides outward along the arm.

Filaments

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Enable	On / Off	Turns the glowing filaments that link the arm on or off.
Width	0.1–2	Sets the filament ribbon width.
Opacity	0–1	Sets how strongly the filaments glow. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.

Colors

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Color Scheme	Color	Sets the color scheme.
Hue Animation	On / Off	Turns hue animation on or off.
Hue Speed	0.01–1	Sets how quickly hue changes or moves.

Motion Bloom

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Strength	0–2	Sets how strongly highlights bloom. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.
Radius	0–1	Sets how far the glow spreads.
Threshold	0–1	Sets the level that must be crossed before bloom appears.
Stretch	0–2.5	Skews the bloom diagonally for a motion-smeared, dreamy glow; 0 is a classic round halo.

Audio

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Master Gain	0x–3x	Sets how strongly the input signal affects master.
Bass Intensity	0–3	Sets the visible bass intensity.
Mid Intensity	0–3	Sets the visible mid intensity.
High Intensity	0–3	Sets the visible high intensity.
Smoothing	0–0.99	Balances immediate audio response against steadier motion.

Animation

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Rotation Speed	0.1x–3x	Sets how quickly rotation changes or moves. Use Assign modulation to choose a source.

Camera

Setting	Available values	What it changes
View	CORE, INSIDE, WIDE, TOP, ISO, FLY-THROUGH	Frames the tunnel from a named angle; transitions ease between views.
Path	ORBIT, HELIX, DRIFT, SURGE	Chooses the slow travel path the camera follows around its view.
Path Speed	0.05–2	Sets how quickly the camera travels its path.
Transition	0.25s–4s	Sets how long a view change takes.

Stars

Setting	Available values	What it changes
Enable	On / Off	Turns enable on or off.
Count	500–3000	Sets how many visible elements are drawn.
Size	1–8	Sets the visible size.

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

Switch to the INSIDE view with a high Depth Stretch and the SURGE path for a fly-through tunnel; CORE keeps the classic head-on spiral.
Raise Stretch in Motion Bloom on slow tracks — the diagonal smear reads like long-exposure light trails.

Spirals

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