For venues & spaces
Beat-locked nightclub visuals without a dedicated VJ
Your main wall should react to the drop, not loop on a two-minute timer. SYQEL reads the DJ's live set and drives high-energy visuals that hit in real time — the same output a VJ would produce, running autonomously all night.
Free to try · Windows & macOS · No card required
Hiring a VJ for every night adds cost and scheduling complexity. Running stock loops on an expensive LED wall wastes the investment. SYQEL sits between those two options: it reads a live feed from the DJ booth — bass hits, beat onsets, spectral energy — and drives the main visual display in real time with content that is genuinely beat-locked, not just synced by coincidence. The visual library includes thousands of high-energy presets purpose-built for dance environments, plus the option to generate custom looks for themed nights or resident DJ branding. The output integrates directly into your existing projection or LED processor, so no part of your current AV rig needs to change.
How SYQEL works with nightclubs
Tap the DJ booth
Take an aux feed from the booth's mixer — a dedicated headphone out or a monitor send works fine — and SYQEL begins analysing the set: beat, bass, drops, and energy levels in real time.
Load high-energy presets for the room
Select from thousands of visuals designed for dance environments, or generate themed looks for your resident nights. Save approved sets for each DJ or event type so they load instantly at showtime.
Push to the LED wall or projector
Output over NDI into your existing LED processor or video distribution system, or drive the display directly. Spout and Mac Screen Share are also available for integration with other VJ or media server software.
Genuine beat-lock, not approximation
A native FFT engine analyses the live audio continuously, so visual hits land on the actual beat — not offset by a buffer delay or a sync algorithm that drifts.
Custom looks for themed nights
Generate a branded visual for a guest DJ, a monthly night, or a seasonal event in seconds using the AI generator — no designer or third-party assets needed.
Integrates with your AV rig
NDI, Spout, and Mac Screen Share outputs mean SYQEL feeds into LED processors, media servers, and existing VJ software without replacing anything in the signal chain.
Scales to multi-screen setups
Drive the main dance floor wall, a secondary stage screen, and bar-area monitors from one machine — each with its own visual or all synchronized.
What's in SYQEL Desktop
The parts DJs use every night — each one documented, none of them extra software.
Works offline
Visuals, playlists, logos and hotkeys live on your machine. No internet at the venue, no problem — the show runs exactly the same. Sign in on another machine and your setup follows you.
Five visual feeds
Worlds, shaders, scenes, Milkdrop and image visuals — hundreds of looks in one library, every one of them reacting to the music in real time.
Control with MIDI or keyboard
Space for the next visual, Enter to hold one for the drop, Backspace to go back. Put any control, visual or playlist on a key or a pad with Learn Key and Learn MIDI — on every plan.
Broadcast and NDI
Press B for a clean output window to capture in OBS, or send the visuals over your network with NDI into OBS, vMix or Resolume — Spout too, on Windows.
Create visuals with AI
Describe a look — "neon hexagon tunnel that pulses with the bass" — and get a brand-new audio-reactive shader, or generate an image and let the AI animate it. Adjust it for free, keep what you make.
Record four formats at once
Press R and SYQEL saves four videos in one go — 16:9, 1:1, 9:16 and 4:5 — with your audio in them, straight into a SYQEL folder. One for every platform, nothing to capture or convert.
Start here
All tutorials →
SYQEL Desktop quick start: audio-reactive visuals for your DJ set in 5 steps
The five things to set before your first gig: your sound source, how the visuals change, the big screen, and Record for a DJ mix video.
SYQEL Desktop full tutorial: every feature of the music visualizer, step by step
Everything in one sitting: sound sources, MIDI, playlists, Milkdrop, importing shaders and sending visuals to OBS.
Frequently asked questions
Can resident DJs control the visuals from the booth?
Yes. SYQEL supports basic visual switching via keyboard shortcuts, so a DJ can cycle through approved looks without leaving the booth. For deeper control, SYQEL supports visual playlists the DJ can browse from a second screen.
How does it handle transitions between DJs or genres?
Because SYQEL reacts to the live audio, it naturally adjusts as the energy and tempo change. You can also set up separate preset lists for each DJ's set and switch playlists between acts — the transition is instant.
Does it work with our existing LED processor and media server?
SYQEL outputs over NDI, which most modern LED processors and media servers accept as a video source. Spout and Mac Screen Share are available for direct integration with software like Resolume or VDMX.
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