Synced lyrics while you game

To see lyrics over a game without alt-tabbing, you need a lyrics overlay. aux shows time-synced lyrics for whatever's playing in Spotify or Apple Music, on Mac and Windows: big and word by word on the player in lyric mode, or as a scrolling page in the Hub. Turn lyric mode on with Ctrl+Alt+K (⌃⌥K on Mac).

Two ways to read along

Lyric mode, on the player

The cover turns into the lyrics: the line before, the line being sung and the next line, with the sung line's words lighting up at singing pace. The song title stays underneath. It works on the square player and the disc, and with visualizers and rave mode.

The Lyrics tab, in the Hub

Open the Hub (Ctrl+Alt+A, ⌃⌥A on Mac) and pick Lyrics: the whole song, the sung line kept in the middle. Handy between rounds.

Where the lyrics come from

aux looks songs up by title and artist in LRCLIB, a free, open library of time-synced lyrics. Popular songs are nearly always there; for very new or underground tracks, aux says "No lyrics for this song" and goes back to the cover after a few seconds. Nothing about your listening is sent anywhere else.

Doesn't Spotify already have lyrics?

It does, inside the Spotify app, which means leaving your game to see them. aux brings synced lyrics over the game, and works the same for Apple Music.

Questions