What you see is what you hear: The audio signal is fed directly into the oscilloscope, where vector graphics are drawn with sound. Filmed from an analog Tektronix 5103N scope.
left audio channel: horizontal deflection right audio channel: vertical deflection
software used: Max MSP (spiral objects, etc.), OsciStudio & blender (teapot orbit & wireframe 3D objects), Ableton Live
What you see is what you hear: The audio signal is fed directly into the oscilloscope, where vector graphics are drawn with sound. Filmed from an analog Tektronix 5103N scope.
left audio channel: horizontal deflection right audio channel: vertical deflection
software used: Max MSP (spiral objects, etc.), OsciStudio & blender (teapot orbit & wireframe 3D objects), Ableton Live
What you see is what you hear: The audio signal is fed directly into the oscilloscope, where vector graphics are drawn with sound. Try it yourself! (works best with lossless audio files at high sampling rate) left channel = x-axis right channel = y-axis
Filmed from a Leader LBO-51MA analog oscilloscope.
LIVE: We are looking to play our new live show with lasers starting around october 2023. Booking via selena.pommes@dergoldeneshit.netJerobeam Fenderson & Hansi3D - Live @ Vectorhack Festival, Zagreb, 2.10.2018Jerobeam Fenderson 📟2018-10-18 | Our Liveset at Vectorhack. Lots of unseen material! vectorhackfestival.com
Setlist: 00:04 Knallkugel 3 01:28 Hameg gcode 04:09 Kepler Blazar W2R 1926+42 07:39 Lines 12:10 Loading: phascut_circle.7 15:53 Khrang 19:51 Shujo 22:17 This Is Normal 24:23 Deconstruct 28:10 Reconstruct 31:56 103 tests at once
Thanks to i.m.klif and akirasrebirth for the recordings, and to the entire Vectorhack crew for making this awesome festival happen!Modular Synths & Laser (Installation @ Werkspoorkathedraal, Utrecht, 3rd June 2018)Jerobeam Fenderson 📟2018-06-08 | Bernhard Rasinger and I built a self-modulating XY-synthesis patch last weekend at Colin Benders' modular synth event at Werkspoorkathedraal in Utrecht, Netherlands.
Sorry for the quality. My screen capture program kept dropping frames, making it impossible to sync to the audio...
Aaand I made a Patreon account: patreon.com/jerobeamfenderson More about that later, but for now you have the unique chance to be the first person to throw a $ per month at me.
oscilloscopemusic.comJerobeam Fenderson - Reconstruct (Anaglyph 3D)Jerobeam Fenderson 📟2017-12-13 | When I first uploaded this video a month ago, YouTube thought it hadn't finished processing, and it could only be watched with a direct link... Anyway now it works :-) Watch with anaglyph 3D glasses!
What you see is what you hear: The audio signal is fed into a software oscilloscope in XY-mode, where vector graphics are drawn with sound. This is done twice, with slightly rotated images for each eye, i.e. four audio channels have been used. This video is in stereo because YouTube doesn't support 4-channel audio.
channel 1: horizontal deflection, left eye channel 2: vertical deflection, left eye channel 3: horizontal deflection, right eye channel 4: vertical deflection, right eyePong 6DJerobeam Fenderson 📟2017-12-08 | The first video game was Tennis for Two on an oscilloscope and here's a potato video of multidimensional tennis for 6. Made in OsciStudio.
http://oscilloscopemusic.comMax for Live patch: sincos demo 0.2Jerobeam Fenderson 📟2017-11-09 | A patch to demonstrate the correlation between sine and cosine on a unit circle. The graph is drawn on an oscilloscope in XY-mode with the patch's audio signal. Just a demonstration tool, not really meant to be a synthesizer patch.
- CRT screen ⇒ analog ⇒ they aren't built anymore, so get a used one - XY-mode ⇒ 2 channels, XY button - able to display frequencies up to 100kHz ⇒ they all can - fully working ⇒ check description - price: less than $100 is cheap, less than $200 is ok for a fully tested device
Music: Jerobeam Fenderson - Reconstruct (Audio Remix) ⇒ jerobeamfenderson.bandcamp.com/track/reconstruct-audio-remixMax for Live patch: starfield simulation 2.0 (screensaver for your oscilloscope)Jerobeam Fenderson 📟2017-07-24 | Starfield simulation screensaver for your oscilloscope. A rather chaotic patch that sounds wonderfully awful and sometimes does unpredictable things.
For technical questions please use the Oscilloscope Music subreddit, so they don't get lost in the comments: reddit.com/r/oscilloscopemusic
website: http://oscilloscopemusic.comMax for Live patch: line horizon 0.1Jerobeam Fenderson 📟2017-07-21 | Next tutorial (waveform synthesis) coming on Thursday. In the meantime some new M4L patches: This one draws a horizon of lines with nice overtones and a square minecraft sunrise.
- draws a sine wave and shows the points that would be sampled at a certain sampling rate (doesn't actually change the sampling rate) - phase shift to show that the sampled signal can differ, depending on it's timing - aliasing artifacts: shows a possible different interpretation of the same sample points - just a demonstration tool, not really meant to be a synthesizer
For technical questions please use the Oscilloscope Music subreddit, so they don't get lost in the comments: reddit.com/r/oscilloscopemusic
website: http://oscilloscopemusic.comMax for Live patch: Kepler-Bouwkamp 0.4 (inscribed polygons)Jerobeam Fenderson 📟2017-07-06 | A patch that draws inscribed polygons on an oscilloscope in XY-mode.
For technical questions please use the Oscilloscope Music subreddit, so they don't get lost in the comments: reddit.com/r/oscilloscopemusic
website: http://oscilloscopemusic.comMax for Live patch: blubb (draws bubbles on an oscilloscope)Jerobeam Fenderson 📟2017-07-04 | Sounds like bubbly water drops and the waveforms also look like bubbles when displayed on an oscilloscope in XY-mode.
Simple 12-character text input to draw letters with a stereo audio signal on an oscilloscope in XY-mode. Example: O = sin(t), cos(t)
Can't save text and gets confused with 12-digit numbers that contain 0, but that's ok, because it can also smile.
website: http://oscilloscopemusic.comMax for Live patch: trop 0.4Jerobeam Fenderson 📟2017-06-30 | A patch that draws circles and f̶o̶r̶m̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶c̶i̶r̶c̶l̶e̶s̶ FiDgEt sPiNnErS and produces a wide range of sounds, using FM synthesis. The patch doesn't output video. The right half of the video is filmed from an analog oscilloscope in XY-mode, which is connected to the audio output.
What you see is what you hear: The audio signal is fed into a software oscilloscope, where vector graphics are drawn with sound. This is done twice, with slightly rotated images for each eye, i.e. four audio channels have been used.
channel 1: horizontal deflection, left eye channel 2: vertical deflection, left eye channel 3: horizontal deflection, right eye channel 4: vertical deflection, right eye
Major thanks to youtube.com/hansiraber for all the crazy software! OsciStudio: http://asdfg.me/oscistudio (current version doesn't support stereoscopic 3D) Software Oscilloscope this video was rendered with: http://asdfg.me/osci (now supports 4-channel audio / stereoscopic 3D :))Jerobeam Fenderson - Blocks 3D (Anaglyph)Jerobeam Fenderson 📟2017-01-23 | Watch with anaglyph 3D glasses! red = left eye cyan = right eye
What you see is what you hear: The audio signal is fed into a software oscilloscope, where vector graphics are drawn with sound. This is done twice, with slightly rotated images for each eye, i.e. four audio channels have been used.
channel 1: horizontal deflection, left eye channel 2: vertical deflection, left eye channel 3: horizontal deflection, right eye channel 4: vertical deflection, right eye
What you see is what you hear: The audio signal is fed directly into the oscilloscope, where vector graphics are drawn with sound. Filmed from an analog Tektronix 5103N scope.
left audio channel: horizontal deflection right audio channel: vertical deflection
software used: OsciStudio & blender (3D animations), Processing (Asteroids game scene), Plogue (vocals), Logic (instruments), Max MSP (effects), Ableton Live
Lyrics according to the comments by succ cuss and Zyjem Catmen:
Do you hear Our heart The voices Try to Avoid collision
(the actual lyrics are super secret obviously)Jerobeam Fenderson - ReconstructJerobeam Fenderson 📟2016-10-03 | Track 10 of the audiovisual album Oscilloscope Music available at http://oscilloscopemusic.com
What you see is what you hear: The audio signal is fed directly into the oscilloscope, where vector graphics are drawn with sound. Filmed from an analog Tektronix 5103N scope.
left audio channel: horizontal deflection right audio channel: vertical deflection
What you see is what you hear: The audio signal is fed directly into the oscilloscope, where vector graphics are drawn with sound. Filmed from an analog Tektronix 5103N scope.
left audio channel: horizontal deflection right audio channel: vertical deflection
What you see is what you hear: The audio signal is fed directly into the oscilloscope, where vector graphics are drawn with sound. Filmed from an analog Tektronix 5103N scope.
left audio channel: horizontal deflection right audio channel: vertical deflection
software used: Max MSP, OsciStudio & blender (sequence starting at 2:30), Ableton LiveJerobeam Fenderson - CirclesJerobeam Fenderson 📟2016-10-03 | Track 4 of the audiovisual album Oscilloscope Music available at http://oscilloscopemusic.com
What you see is what you hear: The audio signal is fed directly into the oscilloscope, where vector graphics are drawn with sound. Filmed from an analog Tektronix 5103N scope.
left audio channel: horizontal deflection right audio channel: vertical deflection
What you see is what you hear: The audio signal is fed directly into the oscilloscope, where vector graphics are drawn with sound. Filmed from an analog Tektronix 5103N scope.
left audio channel: horizontal deflection right audio channel: vertical deflection
What you see is what you hear: The audio signal is fed directly into the oscilloscope, where vector graphics are drawn with sound. Filmed from an analog Tektronix 5103N scope.
left audio channel: horizontal deflection right audio channel: vertical deflection
What you see is what you hear: The audio signal is fed directly into the oscilloscope, where vector graphics are drawn with sound. Filmed from an analog Hameg scope. The download contains a slightly cleaner looking version of this track (recaptured from a Tektronix 5103N oscilloscope).
left audio channel: horizontal deflection right audio channel: vertical deflection
This patch draws spirals. It can do pretty complex stuff and combinations of parameters and input notes lead to ever new possibilities of sounds and visuals. Get hypnotized and let the hours fly by as you play around with it.
For technical questions please use the Oscilloscope Music subreddit, so they don't get buried in the comments: reddit.com/r/oscilloscopemusic
For technical questions please use the Oscilloscope Music subreddit, so they don't get buried in the comments: reddit.com/r/oscilloscopemusic
note / error: When I did the screencap, the automation of the rotation field (big grey area on the right) wasn't recorded, that's why you can't hear or see it change. It usually works just like the knobs above it (rot x, rot y). I didn't bother recapturing, because most of the rotation in this video is done with the LFOs anyway.
For technical questions please use the Oscilloscope Music subreddit, so they don't get buried in the comments: reddit.com/r/oscilloscopemusicdoot dootJerobeam Fenderson 📟2016-07-29 | thank mr skeltal download epic soundtrack: jerobeamfenderson.bandcamp.com/track/doot-dootplaying around with a CRT projectorJerobeam Fenderson 📟2016-07-18 | We got to play around with an old CRT projector at Stadtwerkstatt, Linz. It has 3 cathode ray tubes (red, blue, green) and we modified the blue tube's deflecting coil to work in XY-mode.
If working properly, this will be a great option for live performances (we're not entirely there yet), because: - completely analog projection (deflecting coils are driven with the same signal as the speakers) - very low latency (much lower than filming an oscilloscope with a camera and projecting it with a digital video projector) - wide frequency range (more details possible than with laser) - colors! - can also be used to play arcade vector games
downsides: - huge and heavy - tubes are easy to destroy (by burning in) and replacements hard to get
Soundtrack: mostly OsciStudio sounds by youtube.com/hansiraber + my tracks Spirals and Circles
What you see is what you hear: The audio signal is fed directly into the oscilloscope, where vector graphics are drawn with sound. Filmed from an analog Hameg scope. The download contains a slightly cleaner looking video of this track (recaptured from a Tektronix 5103N oscilloscope).
left audio channel: horizontal deflection right audio channel: vertical deflection
This track is part of Nuclear White Noise • Nuclear Black Noise, a composition for continuous or discrete frequency spectra.
AUDIO In this part only sine waves (discrete frequencies) were used. Using the harmonic series, i.e. integral multiples of the fundamental frequency, an unlimited variety of sound spectra can be created (additive synthesis). To produce these waveforms the open-source audio programming software Pure Data was used.
VIDEO What you see is what you hear. Left/right channels cause vertical/horizontal deflection on an oscilloscope, which was filmed for this video clip. Each frequency's phasing differs between both channels, so that the waveforms look different on each, whereby complex interference patterns and shapes can be created (lissajous figures).