Color music on the computer monitor: the most popular programs

Probably, it is not necessary to say that every person who has ever visited a disco, a nightclub or a concert show knows what color music produces a unique impression. The constant change of lighting and color scheme only strengthens the already crazy effect of euphoria from the thunderous sound. But very few people thought that color music on the computer monitor is also possible.

What is color music?

Without going into the technical details of the electrical circuits of color music installations and LED or projector components, which are installed in them, we will dwell on the main thing.

And most importantly what? The main thing is that the change of colors is not in a chaotic mode, but strictly in time with the music track. This effect is achieved by applying various filters (low-, medium- and high-frequency). Here everything is quite simple, in the simplest version, for each filter, we connect, say, LEDs of the same color. When the filter is activated, this or that color lights up.

Using music players

Now let's see what color music is for the computer on the monitor. In computer terminology, it is called a visualizer or visual images.

It should be noted that many modern audio and video players have such an effect at their disposal. If we talk about the built-in tools of Windows, there is nothing easier than to use the "native" visualization effect in the standard Windows Media Player. Here, as well as it is necessary, there is a mass of themes of specialized directions.

No less popular, in which color music is used on a computer monitor, are the most powerful players such as WinAmp, AIMP, AVS Media Player and many others. Activate the visualization effect, as a rule, with the help of the "native" menu or one of the special buttons, rendered on the main panel.

If we compare these players, WinAmp and AIMP when the visualization mode is on, when the color music on the monitor is used, do not consume a significant amount of system resources, unlike the same AVS player. But (it is recognized by all) on the effects it has no equal. Here you can find not only a lot of interesting topics and combinations, but also a very high resolution of the generated effects themselves. As it is already clear, to use it on low-power machines simply does not make sense.

Connecting additional plug-ins

With all the wealth of their own money, such players have limited capabilities. To color music on the monitor has become richer and more diverse, you can use the installation and connection of a huge number of additional plug-ins (add-ons). For example, for the same player WinAmp they are created not even hundreds, but tens of thousands. In general, they are developed by all to whom not laziness.

Among the most popular and most interesting programs of this kind are plug-ins such as Prometeus or LPT, which have very impressive functionality.

Let us now approach the question from a somewhat different angle. If someone does not like color music on the monitor, you can use joke action programs. For example, a small program LedSwitcher, which connects as a plug-in to players such as WinAmp. But instead of playing a color gamut on the screen of a computer monitor, the effect is achieved by flashing the LEDs of the soft keys (Num Lock, Scroll Lock and Caps Lock). Naturally, the plug-in works only if you use a standard PCI keyboard. On laptops without keyboard light, this option does not work.

Screen for color music with their own hands

In principle, many enthusiasts do not like the standard means of players or plug-ins, and they prefer their own creative search. What to use in this case?

Color music on the monitor can be created with the use of a powerful video processing utility called Adobe After Effects. Of course, the main priority is the processing of a video signal or recording, but if you dig through, you can find here a lot of interesting tools for creating color effects.

In this case, the final image can combine two-dimensional and three-dimensional elements, thereby enhancing the effect of presence. Among other things, you can insert everything that the soul likes, say, the same fragments of video, photos, text, and much more into the created effect.

The result

Of course, only brief information is given here on all that concerns the use or creation of color music effects on computer monitors. Naturally, programs that create visualization effects, today you can find not that much, but very much.

However, the choice is always the user. Separately, it is worth paying attention to the Russian developments, which sometimes can be attributed to a retro style. For example, who does not know such a toy as a kaleidoscope? The similar program "Kaleidoscope" or almost identical application "Kaleidofon" allows to recreate such an effect and use it as a virtual color music installation. In general, the field of activity is quite wide.