Controls, themes, tips
Reactivity, seek and volume, three theme layers, UI size, workflow tips.
Controls & Themes
Tune The
Whole Thing
The console is the control surface; this page is the small print around it.
Reactivity, everywhere it matters
Every engine carries a Reactivity control: turn it down and the visuals settle into calm ambient motion, turn it up and they snap to the beat. The master audio popover goes further with bass, mid, and treble drive, a Mix control, and the master intensity fader. Sensible defaults sit in the middle and work for most music.
The seek bar
The progress bar in the Playback zone is draggable: click and drag anywhere on it to seek, on every source that supports seeking. Volume lives right next to it for sources that allow control; anything that does not is greyed with a hint, not hidden.
Three layers of theme
- Console material: Black, a matte powder-coat, or Chrome, liquid metal with dark text. The whole board, browser, and playlist panel change together.
- Accent color: swatches like Gold, Neon, Forest, Ember, Lavender, and Crimson, plus a custom picker and a Random that surprises you. The accent runs through every knob, tab, and LED.
- Panel background: schemes including Slate and the light Cloud, plus a Panel Opacity slider so the chrome can float over the show as much or as little as you like.
Add the Knobs / Sliders switch for how the board's controls render, and a UI size setting for readability at couch distance. Themes change the chrome, never the visuals.
Set it once, forget it
Everything persists across sessions: reactivity, theme, accent, source preferences, custom preset folders, the last-used look. Close it, reopen it, it is your rig.
Workflow tips
- Spotlight a scene or image: drop the MilkDrop opacity in its settings popover to 30 to 50 percent and let the layer underneath breathe through. Scenes and FX shaders run at the same time.
- For recording or streaming: classic lyric mode over a clean scene with a subtle analog FX reads beautifully on video, and the broadcast overlay switches keep the feed intentional.
- Lyrics need honest metadata: correct artist and title fetch the right words. If lyrics look wrong, check the tags on the playing source first.