A beat-detecting and matching visualizer. Lacks additional fanciness offered by frequency response visualizers, but the beat detection is flawless.

Build your own visual suite from a selection of over 20 effects, each configurable for different speed, blur, angle, colors and much more.  Or use the awesome built-in presets.

Lots of effects and transformations, but more CPU intensive than the others. Requires MMX for decent performance.

Overall excellent visual plugin, new effects added occasionally.

A pretty but fairly CPU-intensive visualizer. Don't even try w/out an OpenGL compatible video card.

Four built-in FX, very fast, fluid and spiffy.

Tons of effects, transformations, and functions.  Still being updated.

Lots of awesome effects, beat detection and graphs - but problems with full-screen mode.

Pretty but doesn't seem to match the music very well...also smears on the screen too much.

Several neat FX, sometimes doesn't seem to match the music but so what - it's neat.  Good full screen mode but doesn't always detect video modes properly.

Excellent wireframe-based visuals for your psychedelic pleasure.

Freeware

Twirling multi-colored confetti coming at you in waves of blurry color. Nice.

Freeware

Imagine a twirling slinky in space, elongating and thickening to the beat of your music. Trippy.

Freeware

Fiery firework-like explosions, detonating to the beat of your music.  Very smooth.

Freeware

Rows of colorful confetting squares flying past you - 3D Tron style.  Motion-sickness inducing.

Freeware

Lines and lights rotating and pulsating in space - while rotating the entire canvas.  Screen-saverish.

Freeware

Automatically rotates and changes your visual plug-ins - essentially, a plug-ins' plug-in.  Better be running a VERY fast machine.

Freeware

Tons of built-in smooth effects for your maximized visual pleasure.

Freeware

A VU and peak meter done in an alternative green/red style.  Simple but nice.

Freeware

Multiple rotating, blurred, color-changing, frequency responsive circles.

Freeware

Lightning bolts, flung by the beats and frequency response of your music.  Feel the thunder!

Lots of awesome effects, beat detection and graphs - but problems with full-screen mode.

Lots of awesome effects, beat detection and graphs - but problems with full-screen mode.

Lots of awesome effects, beat detection and graphs - but problems with full-screen mode.

Wide Stereo, expanded stereo, echo, reverb and amplify.  Occasionally the MP3 sounds distorted.

Shareware $20

Offers fidelity expansion (more frequencies, better sound), ambience controls (stereo and depth expansion), and dynamic boost (higher volume without distortion). Registration gets you 3D surround sound controls.  No registration gets you annoying nag screens. Also available for other players, check the homepage.

AdWare

Applies convolution via preset functions (basically very complex and processor intensive mathematical transforms) to provide various ambient effects like stadium, chapel, tunnel, locker room effect.  Works better than it sounds, try it!

Freeware

Does what it says - allows WinAmp to crossfade between songs. Perfect for parties or DJs! You can even save the mix...

Shareware $10

Offers virtual speaker simulation - changes sound to simulate speakers behind you, to your sides, etc. Interesting concept, works fairly well.

Shareware $30

Overall sound improvement - widened stereo and increased bass boost.  Great quality, but stiff price.  Distorts some MP3s.

Instead of individual songs, this additional playlist window organizes your MP3s by directories or albums, your preference. Faster access than scrolling through an endless list of songs. Give it a try if you think WA's playlisting sucks.

This is a tool that gives you coherent playlisting ability (by album, artist or directory structure), creating a new WinAmp window. A must if you have lots of MP3s (or MP3 CDs) and use WinAmp (you silly person you). Try the beta version 1.0.