SYQEL Desktop

Tutorials, step by step

Start with the quick start, or watch the full tutorial in one sitting. Then 12 short videos, about 21 minutes in all, take you from getting sound in to recording your first set and making your own visuals.

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SYQEL Desktop quick start: audio-reactive visuals for your DJ set in 5 steps

The five things to set before your first gig: your sound source, how the visuals change, the big screen, and Record for a DJ mix video.

3:55 Read the guide

SYQEL Desktop full tutorial: every feature of the music visualizer, step by step

Everything in one sitting: sound sources, MIDI, playlists, Milkdrop, importing shaders and sending visuals to OBS.

18:22

Step by step

01

How to get sound into SYQEL Desktop

Pick rekordbox, a microphone or a virtual cable as the source, and the visuals follow your music.

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02

Control your visuals live: auto, BPM, keyboard and MIDI

Let it run on its own, change on the beat, or drive it yourself from the keyboard or a MIDI controller.

4:11 Read the guide
03

Feeds and playlists: choose what your visualizer plays

Choose which of the five feeds play: worlds, shaders, scenes, Milkdrop and image visuals.

2:04 Read the guide
04

Send your visuals to OBS: Broadcast, Spout, window capture and NDI

Get the visuals into OBS, a projector rig or another computer.

2:24 Read the guide
05

Make a DJ mix music video for Reels, TikTok and YouTube

Press record and your mix comes out as a music video, sized for every platform.

1:10 Read the guide
06

Map any visual to a MIDI pad or a key

Put a visual on a pad or a key and fire it exactly when the drop hits.

1:12 Read the guide
07

Settings: frame rate, frequency reactiveness and themes

Set the frame rate, how strongly the visuals react to each part of the sound, and the look of the app.

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08

Brand your DJ set: logo and scrolling text

Put your logo on the visuals and run a line of scrolling text across the screen.

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09

Import your own shaders and Milkdrop presets

Bring the presets and shaders you already own into the library.

1:10 Read the guide
10

Sync: your visuals, playlists and hotkeys on every computer

Sign in on another computer and your setup is already there.

1:13 Read the guide
11

Make your own visual playlists: build a set list for your gig

Line up the visuals you want, in the order you want them, before you play.

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12

Create your own visuals with AI: shaders and images

Describe a look and the AI builds a shader or an image visual from it.

1:31 Read the guide