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Spectrum Bars applied to FRCTL's test image: The spectrum as a row of bars across the frame, rising out of the picture.

Audio effect

Spectrum Bars

The spectrum as a row of bars across the frame, rising out of the picture.

Runs live on video, images, a camera or generated art. Stack it with any other effect, and route LFOs, envelopes or any of ten audio bands to its controls so it moves with the music.

Controls

Bars
How many bars the width is cut into.
Smooth
Average neighbouring frequencies together.
Tilt
Lift the high end, which music always leaves quieter.
Palette
Heat, cold or acid.
Glow
Additive bloom off the bars.
Height
How much of the frame a full-scale bar fills.