Vivid FX
For macOS · Beta opening soon

DJ effects for anything your Mac plays.

Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud, Apple Music or your DJ app — Vivid FX puts a club mixer's EQ, filter and 22 beat-synced effects on top of it, live. No library to import, no virtual cables.

macOS 15 or later · Apple silicon and Intel · Free Lite version, one-time Pro licence

The Vivid FX window: waveforms with the beat grid, EQ, pitch, filter, lever FX and track FX
Any app

Whatever is playing

Vivid FX takes your Mac's sound — all apps or just one — and plays it back through the effects. Nothing to load, nothing to route.

On the beat

A beat grid from the music

Tempo, beats and bars are found as it plays — and planned ahead with the lookahead buffer — so echoes, rolls and chops land on the grid.

Built like a mixer

Levers, knobs and a drop

An isolator EQ, a resonant LP/HP filter, LOW / MID / HI effect levers and FX DROP to echo it all out. Every control can be MIDI-learned.

Track FX

Eleven effects on the whole track

Pick one and turn the big knob: left and right do different things, the centre is dry. Dub echo, reverb, drive, filter, ducker, rhythm, flanger, phaser, auto-wah, an endless rising sweep, and resonators that ring in the song's key.

Echoes and reverbs ring out when you let go, like a send on a real mixer.

The track FX card: effect buttons, ECHO TIME, the big knob and FX DROP
The lever FX card: effect buttons, SUB parameter and the LOW, MID and HI levers
Lever FX

Eleven more, on the lows, mids or highs

Pull the LOW lever and only the kick and bass echo, reverse, stretch, freeze or brake to a stop — the rest of the track plays on. Hold to latch, press for a moment.

Echo, reverb, juggle, reverse, solo, stretch, trans, ping pong, shimmer, freeze and brake.

FX Drop · Pitch · Key Lock

See what's coming, and drop on it

With a lookahead buffer you see the music ahead with its beat grid and bar numbers. Change the tempo by ±8 % with the key held, and hold FX DROP to echo everything out on the beat.

Zoomed waveform with beat lines and bar numbers, and the whole buffer below
Recipes

37 moves, by style

Techno, house, drum & bass, ambient, organic, trance and hip-hop — each recipe shows the controls set exactly as described.

The EQ and lever FX set for the techno rumble TECHNO

Rumble

Lever reverb on the kick for one bar, low EQ pulled back — a dark rumble that doesn't boom.

The ducker turned left for the house pump HOUSE

Pump

Ducker on the second half of each beat: a sidechain pump on every kick, lovely on chords.

Rhythm turned right on 1/8 slices for the amen roll DRUM & BASS

Amen roll

Rhythm rolls on 1/8 slices that tighten as you turn, right into the drop.

Pricing

Free to start. Pay once for Pro.

No subscription. Your licence is yours.

Lite

Free
  • Live processing of any app's audio
  • 3-band isolator EQ
  • LP/HP filter (clean engine)

Pro

Coming with the launch
One-time price at launch
  • All 22 track and lever effects, FX DROP
  • Lookahead buffer, waveforms, beat grid, Pitch with Key Lock
  • Moog and Forest filter engines
  • MIDI learn for every control

Help shape Vivid FX

We're inviting a small group of DJs to the beta. Leave your email and tell us what you play — you'll get the first builds and a say in what comes next.

We'll only email you about Vivid FX. Privacy

Questions

Do I need BlackHole or a virtual audio driver?

No. Vivid FX uses macOS's own audio capture, so it hears what's playing directly.

Does it work with Spotify and YouTube?

Yes — anything your Mac plays. Streaming services' terms are for personal listening, so it's for practice, fun and streaming at home rather than playing gigs from them.

Which Macs?

macOS 15 Sequoia or later, on Apple silicon or Intel.

Can I use my MIDI controller?

Yes. Every knob, lever and button can be learned from any MIDI controller.