SMERGE
Real-time visuals
that listen.
Mix video, image stacks, and live drawing with GLSL, ISF, Shadertoy, and AI-generated shaders — live, beat-synced, on your Mac. Eight channels, a mod matrix, and outputs for everything from projectors to lighting rigs.
Built to be played, not configured.
An eight-channel visual mixer.
Stack video, images, webcams, 3D models, text, and live drawing across eight channels. Blend modes, two FX slots per layer, bezier masks, and full transform control — mixed like audio, because that's what it is.
Describe it. See it. Perform it.
Type a visual idea in plain English and get a live GLSL shader running at 60 fps. Bring your own key for Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini — or run it free and fully local with Ollama.
Everything moves on the beat.
Per-band analysis, beat detection, and auto BPM from any mic or line input — or capture app audio directly from Ableton or Spotify, no cables. Ableton Link and tap tempo keep the whole rig in sync.
Patch your modular into your visuals.
Control-voltage and gate input through any DC-coupled interface, with a built-in oscilloscope. Your Eurorack LFOs can drive layer opacity as easily as they drive a filter.
Output everywhere.
Syphon in and out for Resolume, MadMapper, VDMX, and OBS. Art-Net DMX to drive lights from the same LFOs as your visuals. Second-display fullscreen with corner-pin warping for projectors.
Your whole set in one file.
Presets save as readable .smx JSON. Save & Collect bundles everything — clips, audio, shaders, mappings — into a single.smxz you can hand to anyone.
Phantom. Studio. Canyon. Chalk. Dusk.
The whole interface re-tints to match the room — or the set.