Quick Start Guide

Contents: What is Vizloom? · Step 1: Visuals Library · Step 2: Import Songs · Step 3: Synchronize · Step 4: Create Video · Step 5: Render · What's Next?

What is Vizloom?

Vizloom is a procedural video editor built for DJs, producers, and artists. It helps you automate the link between music and visuals, so you can turn even very long shows into immersive, synesthetic journeys.

In just 10–15 minutes per track, you can turn your music library into a library of visuals — ready to mix live in Rekordbox Video, MixEmergency, Resolume, or equivalent software. Your videos capture drops, breakdowns, and groove with precision. The result: a performance that brings sonic worlds and storytelling to light.

There are three types of source materials feeding this process:

• Art curation: take care of building a personal collection of visual art over time;
• Music selection: if you are a DJ, you've been doing this already;
• Automation: slowly build out your own Vizloom "templates", which automate your visualization styles, and bring into one place the controls you need to customize each song.

Step 1: Set Up Your Visuals Library

Before creating videos, you'll need some visual assets. Vizloom comes with a starter kit of visuals to get you going.

1. Open the Visuals dialog (it might be already open if you are launching Vizloom for the first time)
2. Drag each folder of visual assets onto it. They will automatically get organized into folders.

Your visual library is the foundation of your Vizloom workflow. Curate it in the same way you curate your music: keep things coherent with your music genres and the vision you have for the vibe you want to create.

Step 2: Import Songs

1. Close the visuals dialog by clicking the X button
2. Click Create Project
3. Click the Save button in the title bar to choose where the project file lives (Vizloom will then auto-save to this location in the background while you work)
4. Drag your music tracks onto the window
5. Wait for the audio analysis to complete

The analysis extracts the BPM and some other metadata from your tracks.

Note: With the current feature set, music genres with four-on-the-floor grooves work best. Tools to support more genres are under development.

Step 3: Synchronize the Beatgrid

Once analysis is complete, we can click directly into the Synchronize tab.

Use the offset slider to align the beatgrid with your track. Here's how to get it right:

1. Watch the visual clues — the kick bar should pulse in perfect sync with the kick, the clap with the clap etc...
2. If it keeps going out of sync reset the offset, then try adjusting the BPM (the automatic analysis can sometimes be wrong).
3. Click around the waveform — jump to different sections of the song to verify alignment

Most of the time the automatic detection is spot-on, but it's worth double-checking as it can be tricky to fix it later.

Note: HDMI adapters, bluetooth connections and the like could introduce lag, causing this syncing process to yield bad results. Use wired headphones / speakers or the speakers of your laptop directly if possible.

Step 4: Create Your Video

Click on the Create tab to start building your video.

Choosing a Template

Start with the "Layered Visual [Beginner]" template. This template layers multiple visuals on top of each other according to various elements of the music. Once you're comfortable, you can:

• Switch to the "Creative" version for more control;
• Build your own templates (from scratch, or by modifying existing ones).

Templates

This “save” button allows you to save the current editor configuration as a template.

The objective is to develop one or just a few templates that express your specific editing style, then use them consistently to visualize songs very quickly.

Going Deeper

The Visualization and Animations tabs contain the node trees that define templates and program every aspect of their behavior. You can modify any template down to its most minute detail — from timing curves to visual parameters.

Step 5: Render

When you're happy with your video:

1. Toggle the Render checkbox to mark the song as ready
2. Move on to your next track, prepare its video, and so on... Once you are familiar with the workflow, you should aim at spending no more than 15 minutes per track. It should be a level of effort that doesn't scare you off from engaging regularly, while producing results you are proud to display on a dancefloor.
3. When ready, click Render Queued to batch process everything and produce the full-resolution videos (currently, 1920 x 1080 is the output resolution).

Pro tip: Prepare several songs during the day (or several days) then click "Render All" before bed to let your laptop work overnight ;)

What's Next?

You've learned the basics! Here are some ways to level up:

• Join our Discord — There's a channel to crowdsource links to visuals, share your work, discuss ideas to improve Vizloom, etc.
• Follow our socials to stay updated on new features
• Share your work — Made a visual DJ set using Vizloom? Send it to info@vizloom.com to get featured!

Stay artsy! 🎵🎨