VJ loops are short video clips that repeat, and they cannot know what your track is doing. Vortexia takes the other approach for techno: it renders the picture live, on your graphics card, from the music as it plays, so it never repeats and every kick lands a punch on the actual beat rather than wherever the clip happens to be. The bassline breathes the zoom and the hats make the colours pop. It runs in a browser tab: add it to OBS as a Browser Source for a streamed set, or open Ambient Mode on a laptop wired to a club screen, with no account. If you do need a file, clip export records a vertical clip of up to 60 seconds, but it is a recording rather than a seamless loop. The look on this page is Solar Flare, one of the three free engines.
How to use Live Visuals Instead of Looping Clips
Open the dashboard. Sign in at vortexia.live and turn audio on.
Let it hear the mix. Pick Music / system to capture your DJ software directly.
Stream it. Copy your OBS link and add it as a Browser Source.
Or put it on a club screen. Open vortexia.live/ambient on a laptop wired to the screen.
Specs & output
Engine
Neon Pulse
Render Mode
inferno
Iteration Depth
90
Default Zoom
1.80
Colour Shift
320°
Output (Free)
720p / 30fps + watermark
Output (Plus)
1080p / 60fps, no watermark
Output (Pro)
4K / 60fps, brand-kit logo overlay
Audio Source
Browser tab audio (FFT, real-time)
Last Updated
2026-09-28
Frequently asked questions
Can I download Vortexia visuals as VJ loops?
Not as seamless loops. Clip export records a vertical 1080×1920 clip of 15, 30 or 60 seconds, and its end does not join back to its start. Vortexia is built to render live instead.
Why live instead of loops?
A loop cannot hear the track. Vortexia listens to the music, so each kick lands on the real beat, the bassline drives the motion, and the picture never repeats.
Can I use it in a club?
Yes. Open vortexia.live/ambient on a laptop connected to the screen and tap Start. It needs no account and listens through the laptop’s microphone.
Will it follow my mix directly?
Set Listening to Music / system and share the tab or screen with audio. In Chrome or Edge on Windows it then hears the music directly. Browsers on a Mac, and Firefox or Safari anywhere, cannot capture system audio, so there it listens through the microphone.
Is it free?
Yes. The free plan streams at 720p and 30fps with a small watermark, three engines and Twitch. Plus removes the watermark, renders at 1080p and 60fps, unlocks all eight engines and adds automatic YouTube and Kick events.
About the author
The Vortexia team — Makers of the Vortexia engine.
The Vortexia team builds a browser-based, GPU-accelerated audio-reactive visual engine used by streamers and DJs on Twitch, Kick, YouTube Live and TikTok Live.