Velour
Ambient light, timed lyrics and full screen album art, all in tune with your music.
One-time purchase · macOS 14+ · Apple silicon
Lock your Mac. Keep the feeling.
Timed lyrics bring the words to your lock screen. Your music still has a place on your desk, even when your work is put away.
Your Mac stays locked. The song carries on.
The words. Right on time.
Follow the song in Classic, Lines or Fisheye. Bring a whole line into focus, keep the words in view, or give the lyrics a different perspective. Choose the style that feels right for your music.
Three lyric styles. Choose yours in Settings.
Let the colour leave the cover.
A soft rim of light takes its colours from the album art and travels around your display, right around the notch. Let it drift, or turn on optional beat sync and feel the rhythm.
A little colour changes the whole room.
Give the album the whole screen.
Press a hotkey and step into the cover. Albums with motion artwork come alive full screen. For the others, a slow, subtle movement gives the original artwork room to breathe.
One hotkey between your desktop and your music.
Inside the full screen scene.
Mini player. Room for your music.
A floating player you can resize from just the cover to a big card with lyrics and controls. Drag it into a corner and keep your music close while you work.
A little cover, or the whole song in view.
Two screens. One scene.
The artwork on your MacBook. The words, big and beautiful, on your monitor. Choose artwork, lyrics, both, or just the glow for each display.
A setup that feels like yours.MAKE IT YOURS
Your music. Your kind of glow.
A quiet edge of light or the whole screen. Find the feeling that fits your desk.
Follow the album. Or yourself.
Let the artwork choose the palette, or pick colours of your own.
From a whisper to a wash.
Set the thickness and spread of the glow to suit your space.
A little closer to the beat.
Turn on optional beat sync and let the light pulse with your music.
Words with your personality.
Choose Classic, Lines or Fisheye to give the words a style of their own.
A change of scene. Instantly.
Press Option Command Space to open the full screen scene, or choose your shortcut in Settings.
Away from work. Into music.
Let the immersive scene take over after a few minutes idle.
Let the artwork choose the palette, or pick colours of your own.
FROM DOWNLOAD TO FIRST PLAY
Press play. Set the mood.
Four simple steps, then your music takes it from here.
In your menu bar. Out of your way.- 1
Download Velour
Open the download on your Mac.
- 2
Move to Applications
Drag the app into your Applications folder, then open it.
- 3
Open it the first time
Velour is sold directly, not through the App Store, so macOS asks once before the first launch. If it says it could not verify Velour, click Done, open System Settings, go to Privacy & Security, scroll to the bottom and, under Security, click Open Anyway next to “Velour was blocked to protect your Mac”, then confirm with your password. You only do this once.
- 4
Activate
Paste the licence key from your purchase email into the window Velour shows, or press Activate in Velour on the page you saw after paying.
- 5
Allow access to Music and Spotify
Allow current-track access when macOS asks. System audio access is only needed for optional beat sync.
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Press play
Start a song in Spotify or Apple Music. Find Velour in your menu bar and make the scene yours.
How it works
A FEW THINGS TO KNOW
Good questions.
What does Velour do?
Velour brings your music onto your Mac: album-coloured light around the screen, timed lyrics in three styles, and full screen album covers at the press of a hotkey.
Which music apps does it work with?
The Spotify and Apple Music desktop apps. Start a song in either one and Velour follows what is playing.
Does every song have lyrics?
Most popular songs have lyrics, and many include word-by-word timing. When only line timing is available, Velour highlights one line at a time. Instrumentals and some new or less widely available tracks may have no lyrics.
Does Velour listen to me or record my screen?
No microphone access and no screen recording. Optional beat sync analyses the audio your Mac is already playing, live on your device. That analysis is never saved or uploaded.
What do I need?
An Apple silicon Mac running macOS 14 or later, plus the Spotify or Apple Music desktop app.
Is it a subscription?
No subscription. Velour is $14.99 (USD), paid once, with updates included.
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One-time purchase · macOS 14+ · Apple silicon
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