foobar2000

MilkDrop 2 Visualisation

By: oops

foo_vis_milk2 is a port for foobar2000 of Winamp's MilkDrop 2 music visualizer. It additionally migrates rendering from its original DirectX 9 to DirectX 11.

MilkDrop 2 takes you flying through visualizations of the soundwaves you're hearing. It uses beat detection to trigger myriad psychedelic effects, creating a rich visual journey through sound.

Features
  • Uses DirectX 11 for rendering.
  • Uses updated libraries.
  • vis_milk2 has been upgraded to use more modern C++ alongside DirectX 11. Deprecated or insecure functions have been rewritten and most unused functionality removed.
  • Configurable through foobar2000 preferences instead of INI files.
  • Compatible with the Default User Interface (Default UI) and the Columns User Interface (Columns UI).
  • Tested on foobar2000 v2.24.3 (x86 32-bit and x86 64-bit) and Microsoft Windows 11 (Build 26100).
Installation
  • Download and extract presets into this component's folder of foobar2000. This should be "<foobar2000 profile folder>\milkdrop2\presets".
  • Some presets enjoyed by Ryan Geiss (the MilkDrop 2 author) can be downloaded from his website. The "Cream of the Crop" collection is another good source.

Current version: 0.3.3, released on 2025-04-05

Change log:

  • Remove IME message handler to fix multi-monitor behavior during fullscreen
  • Build DirectXTK repository instead of using NuGet packages [developer]
  • Update foobar2000 SDK patch [developer]
  • Simplify project files as the `/permissive-` option is implicitly set by the `/std:c++20` option [developer]

Supported processor architectures: x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit, ARM64, ARM64EC.

Works with foobar2000 v2.0 and newer

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