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For VJs and live visuals · Mac

Everdust Live

Real physics, on the beat, on every screen in the room.

Galaxies that collide, ferrofluid that spikes with the bass, a slime mould finding its way: Everdust’s live simulations, played from a control window built for the booth. MIDI, cues and BPM on the left hand; 4K on every projector.

Buy, from $99Free trialOnce, not a subscription. Founders' price for the first 200.
Everdust Live's control window: the scene list, the program preview showing Particle Vortex, 121 BPM from the audio, three cues, GO, blackout and freeze, and the look faders

The control window, licensed Pro build, on a Mac. 60 fps, rendering 3840 × 2160.

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What it does

A show, not a screensaver.

Every scene is a running simulation, not a video loop, so it never repeats and it moves with the music. Everdust Live adds the things a performance needs.

Every output, one render

  • Fullscreen on any display: projectors, LED walls, TVs over HDMI
  • 1080p, 1440p, 4K UHD or DCI 4K at up to 120 Hz
  • Fit, fill or stretch; a test card for lining up
  • Unplug a display mid-show and its output comes back when you plug it in

Played like an instrument

  • MIDI learn on every fader, button, scene knob and cue
  • BPM from the music, tap, MIDI clock or typed in
  • Cue lists with fade, through-black and cut; GO on Space
  • Blackout and freeze, one key each

Hears the room

  • Any audio input: line in, an interface, the DJ mixer's feed
  • Pick channels and gain per show
  • Analysed on the Mac: never recorded, never sent

Syphon and NDI® outPro

  • Publish the picture to other Mac apps over Syphon
  • Send it over the network as an NDI® source, NDI High Bandwidth
  • Alpha: a transparent background for compositing

OSC and timecodePro

  • OSC in and out: cues, scenes, every look parameter, beat and level
  • MIDI timecode fires cues at their times, in order
  • Built for shows that run to a clock

For hirePro

  • Client and commercial work: venues, tours, brand events, streams
  • Two Macs: the show machine and the spare
  • Everdust Plugin included, for your DAW

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MIDI learn: the Speed fader is highlighted, waiting for a control; Hue is already mapped to CC 21
MIDI learn: touch a fader, move a knob. Mappings save with the show.
A dense glowing fractal scene rendered at 4K
The heaviest scenes hold 60 fps at 4K.
The test card: colour bars, greyscale, grid, circles and corner labels
The test card, for lining up a projector.

Standard or Pro

Two licences, one app.

Standard · $149Pro · $299
Macs12
Every scene, plus new ones for 12 monthsyesyes
Fullscreen 4K, multi-display, test cardyesyes
MIDI learn, BPM and tap, MIDI clock, cue listsyesyes
Syphon output—yes
NDI® output—yes
Alpha (transparent background)—yes
OSC in and out—yes
MIDI timecode—yes
Public performance at your own gigsyesyes
Client and commercial work—yes
Everdust Plugin (Audio Unit, VST®3, CLAP)—included
Creator credits (make your own scenes)1030
Updates12 months, then $49 a yearoptional: your version keeps working12 months, then $79 a yearoptional: your version keeps working
Founders (first 200)$99$199

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VST Compatible logo. VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH

Everdust Plugin, included with Pro, runs as an Audio Unit, VST3 or CLAP plugin in your DAW. VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. Audio Unit is a trademark of Apple Inc.

Buy

Yours, once.

Pay once and keep it. A year of updates is included; after that you keep the version you have, or renew. Standard → Pro for the difference ($150, or $100 for founders) within your first year.

Founders’ price for the first 200 licences: 200 left.

Licence

Sales open soon. Join the list and we’ll tell you when it opens.

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Free trial

Every feature. A watermark.

The trial is the full app, Pro features included, with “Everdust Live · Trial” on the output. No time limit, no account. Buy a licence and paste the key: the watermark goes, nothing to reinstall.

Trial download opens at launchIt will be the same signed, notarised build as the paid app.

System requirements

What you need.

Mac
Apple silicon (M1 or later). Intel Macs aren’t supported.
macOS
macOS 14 Sonoma or later
4K at 60
Measured on an M3 Ultra with 10 ms or more to spare in every scene. On smaller Macs, render at 1080p or 1440p.
Outputs
Any display macOS sees: HDMI, DisplayPort, USB-C. Syphon and NDI® (Pro) over software.
Control
Any class-compliant MIDI controller; OSC (Pro) over UDP.
Audio
Any input macOS sees. A loopback device takes the DJ software’s output.

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Questions

Before you buy.

Is it a subscription?
No. You pay once. Updates for 12 months are included; after that you keep the version you have, forever, or renew for $49 (Standard) or $79 (Pro) a year.
How does the licence work?
You get a key by email. Paste it into Settings › Licence and press Activate. A key works straight away and needs activating online once; no internet at the venue after that.
No internet on the show Mac?
Use offline activation: the app shows a code, you paste it into this site on your phone, and paste the answer back.
Two Macs, or a new Mac?
Standard runs on 1 Mac, Pro on 2. Moving to a new Mac: deactivate the old one in the app or on your licence page, then activate the new one.
Standard or Pro?
Standard covers public performance at your own gigs. Pro adds client and commercial work (venues, tours, brand events, paid streams), Syphon, NDI®, alpha, OSC, timecode, a second Mac and Everdust Plugin.
Can I upgrade later?
Yes: Standard → Pro for the difference ($150) within a year of buying. Your key keeps its activation.
What is NDI®?
A way to send video over a local network to other software. Pro sends Everdust Live’s output as an NDI® source that NDI receivers on the network can pick up. About NDI technology. Free receivers: ndi.video/tools.

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What is Syphon?
An open-source way for Mac apps to share frames on the same Mac, with no copying. Pro publishes the output as a Syphon server for mapping, mixing and streaming apps.
Tempo sync with my DAW?
Everdust Live follows MIDI clock, including start and song position, from any DAW or drum machine. Or let it find the beat in the audio, or tap.
Student or teacher pricing?
Not at the moment. The founders’ price is the lowest it will be.
Refunds?
Within 14 days of purchase, reply to your receipt. Try the free trial first: it’s the whole app.
Is it AI?
No. Every frame is computed by physics simulations on your Mac’s GPU. Nothing is generated by a model. (Creator credits let you design new scenes in plain words; the scenes themselves are still simulations.)

Read the Everdust Live EULA (draft, under legal review). Already bought? Your licences.

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