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Description

Realtime FFT music visualizer with scalable bars and colors
Examples — Settings overview — How-to: Rainmeter (1) (2)

Installation:
Download Rainmeter (2 MB) • Windows 7, 8, 10
Download skin (1.4 MB) • Right-side of this page

v4.0a17 (11 Oct 2022) - (Alpha 17) - Decreased smoothness. (5 avg. values) - Decreased interpolated samples. (16384) - Increased sensitivity. (40dB) - Decreased lower-bound frequency. (20Hz) - Disabled fading peak update interval. - Decreased fading peak decay duration. (390ms) v4.0a5 (13 Jun 2020) - (Alpha 5) Imported new menu from Monstercat Visualizer. - 10px Thickness; 6px Gap; 275px Height; v4.0a1 (25 Feb 2020) - (Alpha 1) Added "Fading Peaks" effect. - Improved audio plugin. - Decreased sample size. (2048) v3.8.4 (15 Jan 2019) - Skin revealed by default w/o playing audio (1px Min Bar Height) v3.8.2 (02 Nov 2018) - Fix freezing: Use efficient event-driven update loop in separate thread - Fix visual data loss: Store buffer data properly before buffer release - Crash prevention: Stop device re-initialization on error in update loop - Use "Pro Audio" task for high priority access to the low-latency stream v3.8 (14 Aug 2018) - Improvements in the modified AudioLevel plugin: - Zero-padding for smoother bass section - Hann periodic window for better spectral analysis - Stereo-to-mono corrected using time-domain average - Resume capture more quickly by releasing buffer earlier - Use engine's minimum supported buffer size for faster release - Support more devices, try IsFormatSupported() for requested formats - Stop doing unnecessary FFTs for non-selected channels (see notes) - Move FFT outside capture loop; skip RMS/Peak calculation in Bands (v3.7.1) - Recommended default setting: Smoothness (0 past values) v3.6.21 (02 Nov 2018) - Restore intended timing behavior (Rollback vanilla plugin to RM 4.1) (Default settings used in latest version): v3.6.7 (08 Feb 2017) Filters (0ms Attack) (0ms Decay); v3.2 (15 May 2015) Bands generated (80)
Optionally, you may reset your skin settings to the latest defaults by using the "Clean Install" skin version inside the top-most dated link

Troubleshooting:
• Close the options window during installation
• Close Notepad or any text editor with skin files open during installation
• Run "GenerateBands.ini" or "Initialize.ini" skins after installation
• Open Volume Mixer, set player and Rainmeter volume level equal to system volume
• Use PCM format, disable sound enhancements in your audio device's settings
• Requires Windows 7 Service Pack 1 with Platform Update or later
• More troubleshooting: forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.…

Credits:
dgrace — AudioLevel plugin
SnGmng — Improved AudioLevel plugin
smurfier — Original ColorChanger.lua script
Kittoes — Skin generation concept
Free Nature Stock — Wallpaper
Functionality included in old versions -
HiTBiT-PA — Color picker from Desktop VU-Meter 3
Socks the Fox — Wallpaper colors from Chameleon plugin
Brian — System colors from SysColor plugin
jsmorley — InputText demo for editing settings
MarcoPixel — Display audio device name from Monstercat Visualizer
Blantas — Context menu concept from Animated Vinyl Player
poiru — Custom song colors via NowPlaying plugin

Description

Realtime FFT music visualizer with scalable bars and colors
Examples — Settings overview — How-to: Rainmeter (1) (2)

Installation:
Download Rainmeter (2 MB) • Windows 7, 8, 10
Download skin (1.4 MB) • Right-side of this page

v4.0a17 (11 Oct 2022) - (Alpha 17) - Decreased smoothness. (5 avg. values) - Decreased interpolated samples. (16384) - Increased sensitivity. (40dB) - Decreased lower-bound frequency. (20Hz) - Disabled fading peak update interval. - Decreased fading peak decay duration. (390ms) v4.0a5 (13 Jun 2020) - (Alpha 5) Imported new menu from Monstercat Visualizer. - 10px Thickness; 6px Gap; 275px Height; v4.0a1 (25 Feb 2020) - (Alpha 1) Added "Fading Peaks" effect. - Improved audio plugin. - Decreased sample size. (2048) v3.8.4 (15 Jan 2019) - Skin revealed by default w/o playing audio (1px Min Bar Height) v3.8.2 (02 Nov 2018) - Fix freezing: Use efficient event-driven update loop in separate thread - Fix visual data loss: Store buffer data properly before buffer release - Crash prevention: Stop device re-initialization on error in update loop - Use "Pro Audio" task for high priority access to the low-latency stream v3.8 (14 Aug 2018) - Improvements in the modified AudioLevel plugin: - Zero-padding for smoother bass section - Hann periodic window for better spectral analysis - Stereo-to-mono corrected using time-domain average - Resume capture more quickly by releasing buffer earlier - Use engine's minimum supported buffer size for faster release - Support more devices, try IsFormatSupported() for requested formats - Stop doing unnecessary FFTs for non-selected channels (see notes) - Move FFT outside capture loop; skip RMS/Peak calculation in Bands (v3.7.1) - Recommended default setting: Smoothness (0 past values) v3.6.21 (02 Nov 2018) - Restore intended timing behavior (Rollback vanilla plugin to RM 4.1) (Default settings used in latest version): v3.6.7 (08 Feb 2017) Filters (0ms Attack) (0ms Decay); v3.2 (15 May 2015) Bands generated (80)
Optionally, you may reset your skin settings to the latest defaults by using the "Clean Install" skin version inside the top-most dated link

Troubleshooting:
• Close the options window during installation
• Close Notepad or any text editor with skin files open during installation
• Run "GenerateBands.ini" or "Initialize.ini" skins after installation
• Open Volume Mixer, set player and Rainmeter volume level equal to system volume
• Use PCM format, disable sound enhancements in your audio device's settings
• Requires Windows 7 Service Pack 1 with Platform Update or later
• More troubleshooting: forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.…

Credits:
dgrace — AudioLevel plugin
SnGmng — Improved AudioLevel plugin
smurfier — Original ColorChanger.lua script
Kittoes — Skin generation concept
Free Nature Stock — Wallpaper
Functionality included in old versions -
HiTBiT-PA — Color picker from Desktop VU-Meter 3
Socks the Fox — Wallpaper colors from Chameleon plugin
Brian — System colors from SysColor plugin
jsmorley — InputText demo for editing settings
MarcoPixel — Display audio device name from Monstercat Visualizer
Blantas — Context menu concept from Animated Vinyl Player
poiru — Custom song colors via NowPlaying plugin