Free • Open source • 0.9 pre-release

Liquid LSD

Visuals that move with your music. Layer generative shaders, shape them with your hands, and perform live — on Linux, macOS and Windows.

4 decks ISF shaders MIDI & OSC control Ableton Link Linux • macOS • Windows
What it does

Built for Live Sets

Four decks, one mix

Run visuals on decks A, B and a background layer, audition the next look on a preview deck, and blend them with a crossfader.

Generators and shaders

Start from built-in generators like mandalas, spirals and gyroids, or load your own ISF shaders, including ones from Shadertoy and GLSLSandbox.

Reacts to your audio

Bass, mids and highs, plus beat tracking, drive any parameter. Sync tempo with Ableton Link or tap it in.

Effects and transitions

Stack effect chains on each deck and on the master output, then move between looks with saved transitions.

Play it with hardware

A 4×4 macro knob matrix maps to MIDI controllers (with native Midi Fighter Twister support), OSC and TouchOSC. Learn a control with one click.

Presets, playlists and queues

Save any look, build playlists and setlists, and let an auto-VJ queue keep the visuals going between your own moves.

Send it anywhere

Share video with other apps through Spout, Syphon or PipeWire, record your set, or broadcast to a browser-based visualizer.

Free and open

Released under the GPL-3.0. No account, no subscription, no Java install needed.

Latest build: v0.9

Get Liquid LSD

Pick your system. Each download is a ready-to-run bundle — unzip it and launch. Liquid LSD is a 0.9 pre-release: usable and moving fast, with rough edges.

Want more than the latest build?

Browse the source code, build it yourself, report a bug, or grab an earlier version on GitHub.

Liquid LSD on GitHub All releases
Learn it

Documentation

🚀 Getting Started

Install, route your audio in, and make your first visuals.

Get started →

🖥️ Your Workspace

A tour of the decks, the mixer and the Perform, Edit and Library views.

Tour the workspace →

🎛️ Performing

Macro knobs, MIDI and OSC mapping, and playing a live set.

Learn to perform →

📖 Full User Guide

Sources, modulation, presets, recording and more.

Browse the docs →