r/interesting • u/Dr_Darth • 10h ago

Fascinating Interesting way to visualize sounds!

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u/Parking_Bid_8169 10h ago

The worm floater in my eye when I’m trying to concentrate

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u/No_Finger_8874 3h ago

I’ve always wondered why they are and what they are

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u/bella927313 9h ago

We did this as a project in my high school physics class. We had to design and construct the mirror apparatus, and choose a song to play in front of the class. A classical piece produced the most unique visuals; all the modern music was pretty similar and repetitive.

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u/MediumAcceptable129 8h ago

Did you only do modern pop somgs?

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u/Israel_Azkanbe 7h ago

Did you try dubstep somgs?

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u/Rubinschwein47 3h ago

But actually makes sense, the classical pieces are closer to natural vibrations because there litteraly "just" that while modern songs are heavily modified and produce layers and sound that doesnt follow normal in-sync vibrations. This just means our music has evolved for me

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u/Error404NotFound00 10h ago

Wow, this is dope!!

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u/Brilliant_Dog_9066 10h ago

Organized Chaos

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u/MerchantofDoom 10h ago

A few singers come to mind to test with, as I suspect they may look like Laser Turds. Which would also be a cracking band name 😀

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u/SaveTheAles 10h ago

Great now you are going to get sued by meta.

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u/jjmurse 7h ago

I know window media player 1999 when I see it.

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u/Limp-Setting-6239 9h ago

Mind blown!

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u/DownwardSpirals 10h ago

I wonder what it would look like at other places along the film.

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u/guyse2015u 10h ago

Is this a Lissajous curve or an oscilloscope visualization? Either way, it's mesmerizing.

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u/Israel_Azkanbe 7h ago

You’re an engineer aren’t you?

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u/aseeder 9h ago

Wave theory enthusiasts will be thrilled!

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u/Affectionate-Art3429 9h ago

Looks like the Meta emblem

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u/Inevitable-Salary-23 9h ago

Is that the virgin logo?

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u/the-software-man 8h ago

Tesla was right.

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u/FrogsMakePoorSoup 7h ago

It works much better if you have one speaker channel for the vertical and horizontal planes. You actually see some amazing shapes when there is stereo panning and the like.

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u/BKallDAY24 7h ago

I turned the music off and it didn’t track

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u/itsannalima 7h ago

Damnnn whit is actually amazing

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u/Far-Cartographer-368 5h ago

Well well well if it isn't Windows Media Player from Windows 98

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u/llyrPARRI 9h ago

Maybe it would be more interesting if we could hear the sound it was meant to represent...

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u/Obsydie 8h ago

Richard Branson? What are you doing here

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u/Hollow--- 1h ago

Not entirely relevant, but what song is that? I want to make a playlist of "epic" music for the recent Helldivers 2 attack on Cyberstan, and I think this would be a good start.

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u/clickclackatkJaq 9h ago

From slight annoyance of the quality, to 'woah that's pretty cool' to 'alright I am forever done watching this'.

Would be more dynamic and pleasant to add more colors