r/DigitalPorch • u/[deleted] • Jul 07 '26

Porch Talk ☕️ Just testing out the porch flairs with some late-night frequencies...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2PTC4uBdMaA

Hey everyone, since the Bossman gave me the green light to share some hobbies, I wanted to drop a little thing I worked on recently. It's an audio-reactive 3D vector field controlled by Ableton automation and an own developed oscilloscopemusic visualizer. While building it, the visuals started looking like a weird metaphor for human connection: From monotone baselines to complex chords, we all shift frequencies based on who we hang out with. Until the phase shifts, and the symphony turns into beautiful chaos. Just a little "sciart" experiment from my hard drive. Hope you enjoy the vibe on the porch tonight! Let me know what you think. 💜

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u/Dead_Wolf_Black Jul 08 '26

Wow. That is really cool. Is this what you call "sciart?" Even cooler that you use Ableton. I was trained on Digital Performer then someone once gave me a copy of Ableton for free, I tried it out for a week but gave up. It's too much work to shift between DAW's so I stuck with Digital Performer. But Ableton does some cool stuff for sure!

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '26

I feel the pain, DAW muscle memory is real! I only survived the switch because I had a solid mentor and a programming background. It actually led me to develop my own real-time visualizer that renders stereo sound in 3D using 2D XY plotter calculations (think Jerobeam Fenderson / Oscilloscope Music). I'm actually thinking about making some tutorials on how I built these tools in the future.

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u/Dead_Wolf_Black Jul 09 '26

Fun fact. I worked as a live sound engineer for bands and music groups for 20 years and I could easily (with just a couple hours of prep time) go between digital soundboards, ones that I had never used before (my favorite is the Soundcrsft Vi6). I thought the same concept would apply to DAW's but no, I was definitely wrong about that! They are too complex and too different from one another.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '26

20 years on the road with bands, respect! Good to know who's chilling on the porch with us. 😄 Cheers!

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u/Dead_Wolf_Black Jul 09 '26

Thanks! Happy to be a contributer. Cheers 🤘

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '26

SciArt, yeah, in a way. Normally it's academic stuff, but I'm a non-graduate.

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u/Sweaty_Good3932 Jul 09 '26

Wow, this is very nice ! Thank you fpr your artwork ❤️

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '26

You're Welcome 🙂