Visualizer
The visualizer turns the music you are playing into an animated scene. Motif includes almost 400 visualizer presets.Open the visualizer
- Expand the player from the Now Playing bar.
- Use the control in the upper-left corner of the expanded player to switch from Waveform to Visualizer.
Change the scene
- Click the visualizer to jump to another random preset.
- Press
↑or↓to step through the presets in order. - While music plays, Motif moves to another random preset every 45 seconds.
Fullscreen
Select the fullscreen button in the visualizer’s upper-right corner (enter fullscreen). Select it again (exit fullscreen) to return to the expanded player.Picture-in-picture
Select the picture-in-picture button to move the visualizer into its own small window. The window stays on top of other windows and can be resized freely, so you can keep it beside your DAW or another app. While the visualizer is popped out, the expanded player shows Visualizer is in picture-in-picture and a Return to Motif button. You can also close the window with its return to Motif button. Either way, the visualizer comes back into Motif. If the window cannot open, Motif shows Picture-in-picture is unavailable. Please restart Motif.React to desktop
In the picture-in-picture window, right-click the visualizer and select React to desktop. The visualizer then reacts to whatever your computer is playing through its default output, not only to Motif. For example, it can react to your DAW or a browser. Select it again to turn it off. Motif only listens to that output to drive the visuals. It does not record it.Compatibility mode
The visualizer needs your computer’s graphics support. If it cannot start, it shows Visualizer unavailable:- If you see Turn on compatibility mode, select it. Motif switches to a software fallback and restarts once.
- If compatibility mode is already on and the visualizer still cannot start, Motif suggests updating your graphics drivers or enabling hardware acceleration.