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You hear it. But have you ever seen it?

See whatyou hear.

EmbraceEvgeny Bardyuzha
/ Why Pulse /

Music is more than sound. A drop has a color, a bassline has weight, a voice has light. Your headphones show you none of it. Pulse does.

An empty frame isn’t enough. You want to see music, and feel it.

Modes across six worlds
0Modes across six worlds
Palettes for every mode
0Palettes for every mode
Transitions, cut on the beat
0Transitions, cut on the beat
Bytes of your audio that leave your machine
100Bytes of your audio that leave your machine

How it works — How it works — How it works

  1. Pulse 0.7.2 for Windows

    Installer (.exe)

    Windows 10 (1809) or later, 64-bit

    /1/

    Install Pulse

    Grab it for Windows, macOS or Linux, or open it straight in your browser. No account. No sign-up. No card.

    Under 12 MB · running in 20 seconds
  2. The Pulse start screen: picking an audio source
    /2/

    Pick a source

    Spotify, YouTube, a DJ set, your mic or a file. The desktop app listens to your system audio directly. No virtual cables, no setup.

    System audio · Mic · File · Demo beat
  3. The Pulse mode browser
    /3/

    Choose a world

    Press M and pick one of 60 modes. Or let Pulse shuffle for you, switching right on the beat.

    M · ← → · Space holds the mode
  4. The Pulse playback panel with playlists
    /4/

    Let it play

    Build playlists with your own timing, palettes and transitions. F for fullscreen, H hides everything. Now your music has a picture.

    P · F · H

60 modes.Six worlds.

Pulse mode Liquid Silk

Liquid Silk

Organic

A real fluid simulation. Bass, mids and highs each stir their own current of color.

Pulse mode Ferrofluid

Ferrofluid

Organic

Glossy black magnetic liquid. Every row of spikes follows its own frequency band.

Pulse mode Organism

Organism

Organic

A glowing cell under the microscope. Cilia beat with the highs, kicks make it bud.

Pulse mode Nebula Galaxy

Nebula Galaxy

Particles

300,000 stars in spiral arms. Every beat sends a density wave through the disc.

Pulse mode Particle Vortex

Particle Vortex

Particles

12,000 comet trails spiral into a glowing funnel. Kicks pull the vortex tight.

Pulse mode Lightspeed

Lightspeed

Particles

Beams and streams of light rush toward you. Every beat is a boost.

Pulse mode Neon Tunnel

Neon Tunnel

Retro

Fly through an endless tunnel of neon rings that trace the spectrum.

Pulse mode Outrun

Outrun

Retro

A synthwave highway under a striped sun. The front mountain range is the spectrum.

Pulse mode Phosphor Scope

Phosphor Scope

Retro

An analog XY oscilloscope with afterglow. Stereo draws Lissajous figures.

Pulse mode Aurora

Aurora

Ambient

Northern lights over a still lake. The mids move the curtains.

Pulse mode Cosmic Tunnel

Cosmic Tunnel

Ambient

Fly through a curved tube of stars, spiral nebulae and spectrum arcs.

Pulse mode Aurora Horizon

Aurora Horizon

Ambient

Pink and blue light curtains over a mirrored horizon, one band per column.

Pulse mode Silk Ribbon

Silk Ribbon

Line Art

A ribbon of 1,800 hair-thin threads that twists and shimmers with the music.

Pulse mode Dot Matrix

Dot Matrix

Line Art

A field of dots shaped by the last few seconds of sound, with bokeh in the foreground.

Pulse mode Neon Waves

Neon Waves

Line Art

Dozens of light lines form a rolling surface: now in front, the last seconds behind.

Pulse mode Halo

Halo

Signature

The spectrum as a ring of light. Beats send out shockwaves and showers of sparks.

Pulse mode Plasma Core

Plasma Core

Signature

A plasma sphere full of swirling filaments. The corona flares, kicks throw lightning.

Pulse mode Neon Stage

Neon Stage

Signature

Fine rainbow spectrum lines and light curtains over a mirror floor.

+ 42 more

See all 60 modes

Every mode.Ten palettes.

A palette repaints a mode completely, fades in smoothly and costs zero frames. Try one.

Liquid Silk with the Magma palette, recorded in the app
Mode × palette

Liquid Silk × Magma

60 modes×10 palettes×12 transitions=0

combinations. And we’re just getting started.

New: Pulse Studio

Unlockmore light.

The 60 built-in modes stay free. Pulse Studio adds hand-built shaders on top, unlocked with a code and installed right inside the app.

  1. /1/

    Find

    Open the store in Pulse (M, then Store) or right here. Every mode is a shader, not a video, so it stays sharp on any screen.

  2. /2/

    Unlock

    Redeem a code with your Dendree account. The mode belongs to you on every computer you sign in on.

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    Install

    One click. The mode lands in your mode browser and stays there through every update.

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    Play

    Every palette and transition works with it, just like with the 60 built-in modes.

Pulse
Lumen Glass playing in Pulse
Modes 60Store
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  • Lumen GlassAmbientStudio light through reeded glass 2.99 €
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Lumen Glass, recorded in Pulse
Ambient · Pulse Studio2.99 €

Lumen Glass

Studio light through reeded glass

Two matte spheres in a studio light, an ember glow that follows the bass, and reeded glass that bends them.

Built likestage lighting.

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Stays on your machine

No cloud, no tracking, no account. Pulse analyzes your audio locally. Not a single byte of it is sent anywhere.

Lit like a stage

HDR rendering with bloom, AgX tone mapping and film grain. It glows like stage lighting, not like a media player plugin.

Actually listens

Multi-resolution analysis with beat and BPM detection. Basslines feel heavy, hi-hats land without lag.

Knows the track

Title and cover art from Spotify, browsers, Apple Music and VLC, picked up automatically.

Crossfade · Noise Dissolve · Zoom Warp

Cuts on the beat

12 transitions from Liquid Displace to Singularity, timed to land on the next beat.

Smooth up to 144 Hz

Dynamic resolution keeps the frame rate up, even on a laptop.

A song you only hear is half a song. The other half is color, motion and light.
— The idea behind Pulse
/ FAQ /

Stillcurious?

All questions
  • Yes, for personal and other non-commercial use, store modes included. Using it commercially, for example at paid events, needs a license. Just get in touch.

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