Lyric Wave combines a subdued spectrum bar visualizer with a smooth waveform overlay, both at reduced opacity. The result is a background visualizer that adds visual energy without competing with text overlays — making it the ideal engine for lyric videos, podcast covers, and anything where readability of text is important.
Key Features
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Range / Options |
|---|---|---|
| Spectrum Color | Colour of the background frequency bars | Any hex colour |
| Waveform Color | Colour of the overlaid waveform line | Any hex colour |
| Spectrum Opacity | Transparency of the spectrum bar layer | 0.1–1.0 |
| Bloom Amount | Glow applied to both layers | 0.0–1.0 |
| Frequency Focus | Which frequency band drives the spectrum reactivity | full, bass, mid, treble |
Tips & Best Practices
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Keep spectrum opacity below 0.5 so text captions remain readable over the visualizer.
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Pair with a dark background and light-coloured captions for maximum readability.
- 3
Frequency Focus: Mid highlights vocal frequencies — great for singing-focused lyric videos.
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This is the fastest engine for lyric video exports due to its simple dual-layer 2D rendering.
Export Performance
Lyric Wave is the fastest engine in Novus for lyric video work. Its simple 2D rendering means a 5-minute track at 1080p 30fps exports in under 3 minutes on most devices.