Cathodemer

so much fun, i use this program and run an HDMI --> AV cable into a retro crt TV i got and do live visuals for raves :D so cheap for how much function there is only problem is it crashes a lot on my ♥♥♥♥♥♥ laptop if Im not careful with how i use it, so i usually will run it at the lowest resolution

A complex tool with a lot to fiddle with. One of the best purchases I've made in a while.

It doesn't really work well with Mac Silicon - no matter what, you get lines of multicolored pixels on the output (like an X-Y axis). For the price, if you're on Intel Mac/Windows I think it's a nice app. Not well documented but it's easy enough to figure out what you're doing and get something interesting going. Seemed to get slower in responsiveness the longer you work on one project but still usable.

amo

The UI is pretty laggy and there's basically no documentation but that only means that the experimentation you're forced to use is all that much more rewarding. This thing is great fun and controllable with MIDI if you can get it set up, but it's easy to hook the output into OBS and use for streaming, which is how I've used it.

Fascinating, powerful environment for creative video work!!! As others have noted, the interface can be pretty hard to work with... but if you can get over that hump, it's great.

Incredibly confusing and obtuse to figure out but super rewarding if you're patient and tinker around with it, absolutely love it

A bit of a learning curve, but there really is not anything else out there that I can think of that does what this software does. Yes, it crashes a bit when I am messing with some settings and have a lot of sources used, but overall for creating interesting visuals for music I write and create, this does exactly the job. It has also helped me learn a bit about video synthesis in general. I would overall recommend this for anyone interested in video art, visual effects or anything of that nature.