This MIDI-controlled 3D T-Rex Will Astound You

The talented musician and audio-visual tinkerer Hexial has recently shown a series of captivating oscilloscope experiments, a must watch for those who enjoy cool sound-to-light shenanigans!

Of his initial experiment, Hexial, aka Alex Herington said:

A 3D animated t-rex drawn on an analogue oscilloscope from 1982, with its redraw frequency modulated by MIDI from Ableton Live. The amplitude of the audio left & right signals move the X/Y position of the beam which cycles through the vertices of the 3D mesh hundreds/thousands of times a second.

I didn't invent though btw - it's just using software written by insanely clever people.

Whatever the origins, this demo is epic:

That's not all, a second demo exists that throws some seriously hypnotic patterns at the screen:

I'm using 2 synths (Serum) routed into the X and Y axis of the beam, changing pitch/effects with sine waves and saw waves. Beware, if you listen to it on headphones it might make your brain go weird because it's panned hard left & right!

I had the good fortune of playing on the same bill as Hexial at the Kickstart 02 Amiga party, so please show him some love on YouTube!

Posted by MagicalSynthAdventure an expert in synthesis technology from last Century and Amiga enthusiast.

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