Beat-reactive video effects that fire on your grid
Set the BPM, pick an effect, and it fires on the kicks, snares, or 8-bar windows you choose. Keyframe-free, in your desktop browser.
How to make a beat-reactive video
Set the BPM
Enter your track's BPM once — straight from your DAW, deterministic, no transient guessing. That number builds the beat grid every effect fires on.
Pick an effect keyed to grid windows
Choose from 22 OG effects and assign each to a window — every kick, every snare, or every 8 bars. No keyframes, no envelope drawing.
Stack 2–4 effects
Layer a punch on kicks, a shake on snares, a flash on 8-bar boundaries. The grid keeps the stack readable instead of chaotic.
Export the video
Render in the browser with every effect firing exactly on the grid. What you previewed is what ships.
Beat-reactive vs audio-reactive
Audio-reactive visuals respond to the raw waveform — the frequency spectrum drives the motion continuously. That suits ambient and generative pieces.
Beat-reactive visuals fire on a beat grid derived from your BPM. Effects trigger on kick hits, snare hits, or phrase boundaries — discrete, rhythmic, tight. That suits rap, trap, EDM, and any genre where the drums lead. BeatVids is beat-reactive by design.
The full breakdown is in the beat-reactive visuals guide. If you want audio-reactive spectrum templates instead, see BeatVids vs Specterr.
Signature looks
Kick Punch for a scale hit on every kick. RGB Shake for channel-split chaos on 8-bar boundaries. Strobe Flash for high-energy drops. Datamosh for corrupted-pixel transitions between scenes. Tape VHS for grain and warmth.
Pair the look with your genre: trap beat videos, phonk beat videos, hyperpop beat videos, or lo-fi beat videos.
Free vs Pro
FAQ
Audio-reactive visuals follow the raw waveform continuously. Beat-reactive visuals fire discrete effects on a beat grid — on kicks, snares, or 8-bar windows. BeatVids is beat-reactive.
Any genre with a steady beat — trap, EDM, house, drill, phonk, and more. You set the BPM from your DAW, so the grid is exact even where auto-detection fails on 808 slides and pads.
22 OG effects, all keyable to the beat grid. The free tier includes 4 starter effects.
The demo is free in your browser, no signup, unlimited exports. Free exports carry a small beatvids.app watermark; Pro removes it.