# Is there a Graphic Equalizer available for your Desktop wallpaper? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 21, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-graphic-equalizer-available-for-your-desktop-wallpaper/246362 "2004-05-21T14:47:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![smootman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@smootman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smootman)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-graphic-equalizer-available-for-your-desktop-wallpaper/246362/1 "2004-05-21T14:47:34Z")
I want to find a constantly ever moving wallpaper… like one that serves as an equalizer for your music… does such a thing exist? where can i get one? ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-graphic-equalizer-available-for-your-desktop-wallpaper/246362/2 "2004-05-21T15:54:54Z")
Nitpick: You’re looking for a spectrum analyzer, which is the display with the bars that move up and down as the amplitude from various frequencies changes. A graphic equalizer is the device that has sliders to control how much extra amplitude to give certain freqency ranges. I don’t know of any products like that though. ATI’s All-In-Wonder TV Tuner cards used to put minimized TV signals in the wallpaper IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-graphic-equalizer-available-for-your-desktop-wallpaper/246362/3 "2004-05-21T17:18:40Z")
Another nitpick: Or you are looking for a visualization plugin that fills up your background. Head over to [winamp.com](http://winamp.com), and browse through Vis plugins. ---
**Author:** ![bafaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bafaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bafaa)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-graphic-equalizer-available-for-your-desktop-wallpaper/246362/4 "2004-05-21T17:37:03Z")
Something like [this](http://www.geisswerks.com/drempels/)? ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-graphic-equalizer-available-for-your-desktop-wallpaper/246362/5 "2004-05-21T17:49:32Z")
[This](http://www.geisswerks.com/drempels/) is an animated wallpaper program, but I don’t think it’ll do the spectrum analyzer (I’ve never tinkered with the settings to find out.) critter42 ---
**Author:** ![RandomLetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@RandomLetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandomLetters)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-graphic-equalizer-available-for-your-desktop-wallpaper/246362/6 "2004-05-21T18:01:54Z")
Winamp5 comes with the Milkdrop plugin, which if you run in desktop mode should give you what you are looking for. ---
**Author:** ![smootman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@smootman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smootman)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-graphic-equalizer-available-for-your-desktop-wallpaper/246362/7 "2004-05-21T18:18:51Z")
> [@II Gyan II](#): > > Another nitpick: Or you are looking for a visualization plugin that fills up your background. Head over to [winamp.com](http://winamp.com), and browse through Vis plugins. Some of the graphics on the equalizers are cool… and i just thought maybe it could be set up as a realtime wallpaper… so i could see it out of the corner of my eye (?)… i just think it would look cool… maybe i’m getting too serious about my desktop… heh… is there a website devoted to creating custom desktops… via various software? ---
**Author:** ![TehEngineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@TehEngineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TehEngineer)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-graphic-equalizer-available-for-your-desktop-wallpaper/246362/8 "2012-07-26T04:10:04Z")
There IS a little applet for windows vista/7 users, that has a tiny spectrum analyzer that you can use. it links into the sound devices. There is a lot of anime related things on the page but it does have a simple bars setup. ([http://animetheme.com/animetheme.html](http://animetheme.com/animetheme.html)) ---
**Author:** ![Blakeyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blakeyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blakeyrat)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-graphic-equalizer-available-for-your-desktop-wallpaper/246362/9 "2012-07-26T22:12:08Z")
Aaaaa it’s a zombie! Damnit! Sorry all.