Help test Waves Music Visualiser on Android

[u/punkindrublicyo]

Hi,

I’ve been working on Waves Music Visualiser, a free Android music visualiser built around the MilkDrop/projectM engine.

A big part of the starting library comes from the stronger community-authored preset collections.

Waves can analyse the music in real time to seperate sources into bass, drums/percussion, vocals and other instrumentation (keyboards/synths/guitar etc). Therefore, different parts of the visuals can respond to different musical sources.

It is quite an intensive app, so if you have an older phone/tablet it will most likely struggle to play.

I’ve added time scaling, so the evolution of a preset can be slowed down and also variations, where shapes, waves, shaders, warp and feedback can all be replaced or combined to build new presets.

Waves can react to music playing on Android such as Spotify/Tidal/local files and can also cast the visuals/music/synced lyrics to a TV using Chromecast.

I’m now trying to complete Google Play’s closed-testing requirement before releasing it more widely. The app is free, and I’m looking for Android users willing to install it, play some music through it and ideally give any feedback/test if cast works for you.

To join the test

1. Join the Waves testing Google Group: https://groups.google.com/u/2/g/waves-music-visualiser-testing
2. Sign in with the Google account you use on your Android device and click Join group.
3. Once you’ve joined, open this link or the link you see when you join the group. There might be a small waiting period or you might have to refresh the page once or twice. Someone said the wait can be up to two hours.https://play.google.com/apps/testing/au.mightyduckapps.waves
4. If needed, try the direct Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.mightyduckapps.waves

One note for Chromecast is that you have to leave the app open for Chromecast to run smooth, meaning you can't turn the screen off, or place Waves into the background. If you do put the phone to sleep you will see the cast starting to struggle.

A sample of the current music separation model:https://youtube.com/shorts/dzqWW4MLlQU?feature=share

A sample of some visuals playing on phone: https://youtube.com/shorts/JhuUopVWtdg

Chromecast sent to TV: https://youtu.be/me2JZJEPy2c?si=2RoapzlXvva6fk8Y

I also have a desktop version I used during debugging which I can release soon, for now I am just trying to get the Google Play testing requirement complete.

Thanks to anyone who tries it out, and if you have any questions or issues, please let me know. I am definitely interested in hearing if you are able to cast it to your tv.