Particles music visualizer

Particles is the most visually arresting scene in the library — a real-time GPU particle system rendered through regl. Particles emit from the centre of the canvas, swirl based on mid-frequency content, get radially pushed outward by bass energy, and explosively burst on every detected beat.

Up to 1400 particles can be on screen simultaneously, each one a tiny audio-reactive object with its own position, velocity, colour and lifetime. Translucent background drawing creates motion trails that range from a clean dotted swarm to dense painterly streaks.

The scene shines for high-energy genres — EDM drops, synthwave kicks, hip-hop hi-hats all read clearly through the particle response. For ambient or lo-fi tracks, dial down the particle count, raise the trail value, and slow the speed to get a soft drifting nebula.

Particle shape can be circle, square or star. Combined with the colour palette and trail length, the same scene produces wildly different aesthetics — disco confetti, nebula cosmos, glitch fireworks, or minimal data points.