iTunes visualizer secrets revealed

what's jewlcase?

Cool. iTunes' visualiser is my favourite screen saver. Thanks for the hints.

Kaleidostrobe: far and away the best visualizer:
http://kaleidostrobe.lasi.org/

These "secrets" date from about 1998 in the "G-force" visualizer for SoundJam which was eventually licensed by Apple for iTunes. G-force is still available separately at http://www.soundspectrum.com/g-force/ and the story of its development at http://www.55ware.com/

Too bad the Xbox360's visulizer is garish and tacky. I'd use it more if they didn't pick those atrocious color pallets and maybe used less than the full rainbow in each one.

It looks like it should be coming out of a neon and LED encrusted "Gamer Rig".

What's JewlCase?

I still think it's ridiculous that there's no way to change the resolution of the iTunes viz. Outputting a 640x480 viz to my 1080p TV set is just sad. Oh well, I guess that's one of the reasons I have my Xbox360.

For some reason I can't get the Apple logo up with 'b'.

Here's a more thorough cheat sheet:

http://doors.stanford.edu/~sr/itunes/index.html

The only visualization I use is JewelCase in fullscreen mode. It's nice when I have people over and have music playing. It's more informative and less distracting than Pulsing Lines with Neon Clouds VII.