Apple Music's built-in visualizer hasn't shipped a new scene since iTunes 7. Phosphor is 149 modern scenes with real-time post effects, reading the same system audio Apple Music is already playing.
Phosphor reads the audio already on its way to your speakers through the Core Audio Process Tap. No routing, no virtual device, no Apple Music setting to find.
Onset detection and a beat tracker pull BPM and beat phase out of the signal itself, so the visuals lock to the music rather than guessing from metadata.
Play, pause and skip Apple Music without leaving the visualizer, from Phosphor itself or from the same controls in the menu bar.
Hue, saturation and brightness sliders on every scene, plus CRT, bloom, vignette, grain and chroma on top. Save a look you like as a preset.
Run Apple Music's lyrics window on top of Phosphor in Float mode. They don't fight each other.
A whole RETRO category for anyone who misses the plasma-and-drift era, alongside BARS, GEO, PART and NATURE.
macOS 14.4 or later. Apple Silicon. No subscription, ever.
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