Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to PhosphorLive
Trigger videos, overlays and effects from midi live on stage
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Arkestra▲136Create, connect and perform realtime video (macOS)
2024 · arkestra.app · its alternatives →
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Graphic Foundry▲164High-impact audio reactive music visualizers 💎
2018 · graphicfoundry.com · its alternatives →
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ChordViz▲75Build your own music visualizer for MIDI & audio
Aug 2026 · chordviz.ca · its alternatives →
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DejaVideo▲93Continuous screen recorder for Mac, jump back anytime.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, just wanted to share my success story with CompressX, my FFmpeg wrapper for macOS. For those who may not be familiar, FFmpeg is a powerful tool for converting, streaming, and recording audio and video content. I started CompressX as a weekend project to serve my 9-5 jobs, primarily to compress demo videos for uploading to GitLab and sharing with my colleagues. It took me 2 weeks to make the first working version. I shared the demo on Twitter and the reaction was extraordinary. People loved it, they said that I was bringing the Pied Piper to life. Four months later, I hit the $9,000…
2024 · compressx.app · its alternatives →
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CursorFlow▲122Visualize your cursor tracks and keystrokes on macOS
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Use live streams as screensavers/lock screens on MacOS - hauxir/macos-live-screensaver
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Ableton Live MCP▲123Ever wanted to control Ableton with just your voice? Me too! I made this MCP server so I could just ask Codex to do anything in Ableton Live for me, while I was nap-trapped by my baby. The chat messages I sent to Codex to make this: in ableton, make a self reflective song, with audio vocals (via macos say) and chip tunes and 80's drum machines. should be a real edm banger i want midi for everything but vocals please, with ableton devices. not prerendered audio for instruments needs some fills and should hit way harder after "3-2-1 i become the sound" the vocals are squished too much (read…
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Modulaser▲75Create abstract line art with this laser synthesizer app
2019 · modulaser.app · its alternatives →
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Do things with a Behringer FCB1010 MIDI pedalboard in MacOS - JamesRyanATX/fcbnerd
Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Vimeo for macOS▲136Full control over your video workflow from your desktop
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Midi modulated audio effect for Ableton Live
2016 · audiomodern.com · its alternatives →
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PlayTray▲82Control the Spotify web player with your macOS media keys
2018 · cleverthings.io · its alternatives →
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Record, edit, and brand screen recordings Metal powered
Apr 2026 · highlightstudio.app · its alternatives →
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VKO1▲75A pad-based visual performance instrument for Apple products
May 2026 · temperamento.net · its alternatives →
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iShowU V6▲117Realtime, layer based screen video/audio recorder
2024 · shinywhitebox.com · its alternatives →
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Renderr▲86Automatically cut, structure, caption + adds music vids
Apr 2026 · renderr.io · its alternatives →
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This online virtual oscilloscope allows you to visualise live sound input and get to grips with how to adjust the display. If you find this useful, our online spectrum analyser may also be of interest to you.
2016 · academo.org · its alternatives →
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Visual metronome with Ableton Link support
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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