Put a record on your desktop.
I have a 1979 Technics SL-Q3 on my desk in São Paulo. Vitrola puts it on your Mac, as your wallpaper. Hit play in Spotify or Apple Music and the arm drops onto the record.
Pay what you want, once. macOS 14 or later, 2 Macs per license.
A Technics SL-Q3, down to the dust.
I modeled the 1979 direct-drive automatic part by part, from the original service manual: the 312 mm platter with its strobe dots, the S-shaped arm, the cue lever, the smoked acrylic lid.
Then I gave it forty years of use. Dust in the mat grooves, fine swirl marks on the platter rim, the start/stop print worn where a thumb kept pressing it.
It moves like one, too. The platter gets up to 33⅓ in 0.7 seconds. The arm lifts, swings over to the lead-in and comes down slowly on the cue.
You hit play. It spins.
Vitrola follows Spotify and Apple Music on your Mac. Change albums and the cover on the stand fades to the new one, label included.
The record is cut from the album's real track list, one band of grooves per song. Skip a song and the arm lifts and lands on the right band.
Pick a track
São Paulo, through the window.
The room runs on your clock: a hazy morning over downtown, blue sky over Pinheiros at noon, gold around five, the city lit up after eight. The light moves with the day instead of jumping between four photos.
If it's raining in São Paulo, it rains on your window. The app checks the city's weather and runs drops down the glass. The coffee keeps steaming either way.
Light enough to leave on.
Vitrola isn't a video loop. I rendered the room's light once, offline, in Cycles. On your Mac it only redraws what moves: the label, the arm, the steam.
The record on top of the pile is the last album you played.
- CPU while a record plays
- ~0%
- CPU while a record plays
- when windows cover it
- 0%
- when windows cover it
- locked to the quartz, like the real one
- 0⅓ rpm
- locked to the quartz, like the real one
Four ways to frame it.
Pick the shot that fits your screen. Each one goes through the whole day.
Pay what you want.
The minimum is $4.99, paid once. Every price gets the whole app. Paying more helps a small studio in São Paulo keep making things like this.
Launch minimum · until October 25, then from $6.99
from$4.99
Suggested $7.99. One-time payment, no subscription.
- Use it on 2 of your Macs
- Works with Spotify and Apple Music
- 4 framings, with light through the whole day
- São Paulo's weather on your window
- Free updates through version 1
Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Not for you? Full refund within 14 days.
Questions
No. You keep playing music in Spotify or Apple Music, and Vitrola shows the record spinning. When nothing is playing, the arm goes back to its rest and the platter stops.
You type the price at checkout, from $4.99 (until October 25; after that, from $6.99). Every price gets the same app and the same license. Paying more just helps a small studio keep going.
A Mac with macOS 14 Sonoma or later, and Spotify or the Music app if you want the record to follow your music. Without music playing, the room and the light still run.
It's a universal app, so it installs and opens on Intel. But I've only tested it on Apple Silicon (M1 and later), so I can't promise how it runs on an Intel Mac. Try it free first. If you already paid and it doesn't run well, the 14-day refund covers you.
One license covers 2 of your Macs, like a laptop and a desktop. You can move it to another Mac from the app's settings.
No. Vitrola reads what the Spotify and Music apps on your Mac are playing. macOS asks you once to allow it.
Nothing leaves your Mac. There's no account and no login. The app goes online only to start the trial or activate your license, to check São Paulo's weather and to load Spotify covers.
You need internet once, to activate and download the room. After that it runs offline. Without a connection there's no rain on the window, and the license keeps working for at least two weeks before it needs to check in again.
It's made to be left on: around 3% CPU while a record plays, and it stops drawing completely when windows cover the desktop.
Download it and use everything for 7 days, no card needed. After that, buy a license to keep the record spinning.
Yes. If it isn't for you, email contato@onezi.com.br within 14 days of buying and you get your money back.