Start with something yours.
Drop in music, footage or an image. Or build from liquid chrome, particles, terrain and other generated sources. The track’s rhythm drives the picture.
AUDIO-REACTIVE VISUAL STUDIO
Music in.
Visuals out.
Your track. Your footage. A look of your own.
Shape visuals that move with the music, then take them to the stage or the edit.
MADE BY SOLUS FXLOCAL ENGINE LIVE + RENDER
01 / IN MOTION
Made in MATTE·LAB.
Cuts from real pieces. Rendered by the engine, finished by a person.
Sound-on versions at @solus_fx ↗
Loops play muted while in view.
02 / THE STUDIO
Find the look.
Make it move.
Start with a song and a preset.
Go deeper when the idea needs it.
Shape it to the beat.
Layer effects, masks, text and data overlays. Cut footage on drum hits, place look keyframes, or build a sequence with adjustment layers and transitions.
Take it somewhere.
Perform with live audio and a separate output window. Render H.264 for sharing or ProRes for your next edit, with resolutions up to 4K.
ROOM TO GROW
Simple mode keeps the first session focused. Shaping and Full studio open up more controls; Edit gives your timeline room to breathe.
THE 2.35 SERIES
More room to experiment.
New ways to audition, arrange and save.
Check each download’s version below.
A good idea is one roll away.
Random look explores colour and effects while keeping your loaded footage. Lock what you like, compare changes with A/B, then keep or revert.
Give the timeline the screen.
A larger timeline, resizable preview and one inspector for the selection. Arrange clips, look keyframes and FX layers with space to work.
Keep the project moving.
Drag in a new audio track without replacing your visual source. Use native Save As to choose where your collected project belongs.
Put your hands on the look.
Play Energy, Motion, Texture and Colour macros. Record their movement to the track, edit automation points or map MIDI CC knobs.
Let the material evolve.
Explore Living Emulsion, flowing Pigment and Impact Glass. Start with a generated surface, then bring footage into the mix.
Work with distance.
Import or locally generate relative depth maps to guide effects. Pair them with a subject matte to protect a performer. Video depth can flicker; generation needs the optional ROTO environment.
03 / GET THE APP
Your next experiment
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macOS
Unnotarized preview. Apple Silicon only. Mac installation notes ↗
Windows
Unsigned publisher. Windows may show a SmartScreen prompt. Release notes ↗
Installing on a Mac
Choose the download that matches your Mac’s chip in Apple menu → About This Mac. The current Mac build needs macOS 12 or later and Apple Silicon (M1 or newer). Intel Macs are not supported by this download.
- Download the ZIP and let it finish, then unzip it.
- Drag MATTE·LAB.app to Applications.
- Read the installation notes included with the release before the first launch.
This preview is not signed with an Apple Developer ID or notarized by Apple, so macOS may block the first launch. If the warning is about an unidentified developer or an app Apple cannot check, and you choose to trust this download, Apple provides System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway after an attempted launch.
If the message specifically says “damaged”, download the latest ZIP again and compare its checksum below. If it still fails, keep the exact warning and your macOS version when reporting it. A working download link cannot guarantee launch on every Mac.
Apple’s guidance for opening downloaded apps ↗ · Release notes ↗
Installing on Windows
- Download the Windows ZIP.
- Extract the entire folder.
- Open MatteLab.exe.
This build has no verified publisher signature, so Windows may show a SmartScreen prompt. Check the download source and the release notes before proceeding.
Optional tools: stems, ROTO and depth
The visual engine works without the ROTO toolkit. Stem separation downloads its model on first use. ROTO uses a separate local Python environment and model downloads; depth generation in the 2.35 series uses that environment too.
Download the toolkit for your platform and follow its release instructions. Imported depth maps do not need local generation.
Check a download’s integrity
A SHA-256 checksum confirms that your file matches the published asset. Compare it before opening if a download looks incomplete or macOS reports damage. A matching checksum does not mean Apple has notarized the app.
On macOS, use shasum -a 256 followed by the path to your downloaded ZIP. On Windows, use PowerShell’s Get-FileHash with the path to the ZIP and -Algorithm SHA256.
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