Deep FX library
Stack glitch, mirrors, tunnels, fluids, halftones, lasers, particles, and endless feedback loops. Reorder layers on the fly and drive every single parameter directly from the rhythm.
FRCTL features: effects, Shader Lab and live decks
Create visuals that slap.
Turn footage, stills and generative art into audio-reactive visuals, live or for export. FRCTL is a studio in the browser: stack effects from a deep library, route any of ten audio bands or an LFO to any control, and play it out on two decks.
Powerful controls without the learning curve.
Shader Lab
Build complex raymarched portals, fractals, kaleidoscopes, and plasma fields in the code editor and wire up custom parameters. Spin up fresh visual sources whenever you lack video footage and get a unique generation on every pass.
Modulation Matrix
Route LFOs, an envelope follower, sample and hold, and ten discrete audio frequency bands to any parameter on any layer.
Live Performance Deck
Perform using single or dual decks, a smooth crossfader, a dedicated keyer, and a clip bank synced to the bar. Manage your entire signal chain with rack bypass, solo switches, and full MIDI learn.
Auto-VJ
Hand the chain to the clock and let it run. Auto-pilot re-rolls effects and drifts parameters every 1 to 32 beats, at a depth that ranges from a gentle nudge to a full swap. Lock any layer to protect it, keep swaps inside an effect family, and commit a roll you like straight into the chain.
Unified Master Clock
Tap tempo on the fly, sync via MIDI clock or OSC, or run automatic beat detection. Route clock data back out to external gear and nudge the downbeat in real time without dropping a frame.
Live Output and Routing
Send your visual mix to a second display, run a projector feed, or record your set. On Windows desktop builds, broadcast FRCTL via Spout and NDI inside software like Resolume, TouchDesigner, OBS, and Unreal Engine.
Audio Reactivity
Drive real-time visual movement using footage, tracks, system audio, or capture your SoundCloud tab in the browser. Shape ten audio bands, lock down the beat grid manually, and trigger effects on specific beats in the bar.
Graphic Overlays
Layer brand logos, animated HUD elements, and typography across forty built-in typefaces. Run text cleanly over your scene or drop assets underneath the effect chain to chew them up into the visuals.
Subject and Depth Isolation
Isolate foreground subjects, blur faces, protect key details, or blast the background into deep abstraction. Target any effect strictly to highlights, midtones, or shadows.
Presets and Projects
Carry visual looks across clips as lightweight presets, or save full sessions with linked media intact to reload mid-set. Everything exports and shares cleanly as standard .frctl files.
The Collective
Buy VJ loops made by other artists in the marketplace, or sell your own. Share your looks on the feed, open anyone else's in the editor, comment, hang out, collaborate.
Simple Plans
Free includes the full studio with clean 1080p rendering at 30fps. Creator unlocks smooth 60fps and commercial selling rights in the Collective. Pro unlocks 4K rendering and real-time live routing via Spout and NDI.