Audio visualization programs/add-ons?

[natto fire]

I have been a Winamp/Milkdrop loyalist for a long time, especially when better CPUs and video cards allow you to crank the settings very high.

I have tried to Google this topic a few times with minimal success and thought I would ask here. I guess visualization is largely a gimmick and not very practical in this day and age of streaming music, but I was hoping to get some insight on what people are using for home situations.

I have yet to find anything that rivals the aforementioned program with a huge mesh size and presets set up to avoid seeing the same thing twice for a while.

I think it is because I have never really looked and hoping this thread might point me in the right direction of visualization nirvana. I have a 1090t@ 3.6GHz and HD7950 so hardware limits should be ok.

So what is everyone using, and is this a segment fading into professional realms only?

 

[lxskllr]

I always liked the one that came with iTunes, but that requires iTunes, so I can't recommend it. I also like the sheep that came with RealPlayer. Last one I used regularly was the stock version on Foobar2000. Not much to look at, but it added movement, and gave a good idea of what the music did over short periods of time. I don't use anything now.

 

[balloonshark]

I've been wondering the same the as the OP. I'll keep an eye on this topic.

Foobar2000 has component called Shpeck that will allow you to run Winamp visualizations. The component hasn't been updated since 2009 so I don't know if it still works. http://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_vis_shpeck