VDMX 6.2 update, plus a don’t-miss free music visualizer for everyone

Summer vacation? You can tell a USA-born project because it doesn’t take one. Vidvox has a nice update to their VJ/live visual app VDMX that captures inter-app audio. And for absolutely any Mac user, there’s an awesome music visualizer that’s totally free — bringing you back to the fun you had with visualizers back in the day. Milkdrop is back on the Mac!

VDMX6 can make you into a glitchy hologram, and other tracking tricks

The all-new architecture for macOS VJ mainstay VDMX6 has opened up a ton of powerful new features. If you haven’t caught them already, and you’ve got a Mac, now is a great time to dive in. Why not cosplay Hari Seldon from Foundation and turn yourself into a glitchy hologram?

Peter Kirn - August 1, 2025

VDMX6 gets vision: video tracking, color transfer, background removal

Live Mac visual app VDMX6 is now shipping some of the new hotness the developers promised with the transition to Metal for rendering. Apple’s frameworks unlock a ton of visual tricks, from tracking video to color scopes to background removal.

Peter Kirn - April 11, 2025

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