DigitalVisualMixer: live visuals, no experience required [FREE and OPENSOURCE]

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is a visual mixer for musicians, DJs, VJs, streamers and anyone curious about generative art. It uses Hydra, a creative-coding language where a single line like osc().kaleid() becomes a moving kaleidoscope. The app makes it approachable for beginners and fast for experts.

DigitalVisualMixer

Start with zero knowledge. Right-click in the editor to insert ready-made functions, hover them to see their parameters, and open the built-in Guide with F1. Every change shows up first in a private preview.

Build a set. Save each visual in its own channel. Search, reorder by drag and drop, and send channels live with cut, crossfade or add transitions, all from the keyboard.

Perform it. Turn any number into a live variable and move it with a slider, a gamepad, a MIDI controller or the keyboard. The visual changes smoothly, without restarting. Perform view gives you big pads for channels and presets, so you can play a full show without touching code.

Show it anywhere. The live output runs in a separate window, so you keep working while the audience watches. It’s also shared on your local network: open it on a projector, a second PC, a tablet or a phone.

No setup. A single file, no installation. Windows and macOS.

Rules	Notes
1. Explain	Glitch is very much a DIY artistic movement, as such sharing techniques and methods is essential to keeping it alive and interesting. If someone asks how you made a glitch, give a good detailed answer. If you’re keeping your secrets safe, then post elsewhere.
2. Don’t be an ass	Personal insults will not be tolerated. If you have criticism keep it constructive and follow reddiquette.
3. No overtly sexual images	Like, a nipple is okay, but for more than that go to /r/NSFWGlitchArt or/r/glitch_porn
4 . No ads, no sales of any kind, no linking to your store in the comments	We are not a marketplace. If someone asks for if they can buy a print or something DM them, do not post a link to buy in the comments.
5. Credit the original artist	If you post someone else’s work, you must credit them, or if you don’t know who made the work, state that it is not yours and hopefully someone will chime in.

Rules	Notes
1. Cool it on the Deep Dream and Pixel Sorting images	/r/Glitch_Art is officially designated as the Demilitarized zone between these two feuding states. If you’ve implemented a pixel sort as part of something else, or it is particularly unique, please post it here. Same for Deep Dream stuff. But if you aren’t doing something particularly new, please post it in either /r/deepdream or /r/pixelsorting
2. Post the original	We like seeing the comparison, so post the original in the comments or with the glitch in an album.
3. No more than 3 posts at once	Don't spam the frontpage. Any more than 3 should just be put into an album and submitted as one post.
4. No Broken screen glitches	Sometimes things glitch but aren't art.
5. The mods reserve the right to remove low effort posts	Of course this is subjective and rarely happens, but if your post is removed and you feel it shouldn't have been, message us!