Hey Shazoo, I’ve been hacking together a little script that turns live synth beats into glitchy visuals—think code‑driven synthwave art. Want to see the demo or maybe tweak it together?

Here’s a minimal Python demo that grabs the waveform from a WAV file, turns it into a pixel array, and throws in a few glitch filters. It’s ready to feed into whatever VFX pipeline you’ve got. ```python #!/usr/bin/env python3 # synthwave_glitch.py # run: python synthwave_glitch.py input.wav output.png import sys, wave, numpy as np, imageio from scipy.signal import butter, lfilter def butter_bandpass(lowcut, highcut, fs, order=5): nyq = 0.5 * fs low = lowcut / nyq high = highcut / nyq b, a = butter(order, [low, high], btype='band') return b, a def glitch_array(arr, amount=0.1): """Simple glitch: random pixel shift and color inversion""" h, w = arr.shape[:2] shift = int(h * amount) arr = np.roll(arr, shift, axis=0) # vertical shift if np.random.rand() > 0.5: arr = 255 - arr # invert return arr def main(input_wav, output_png): # Read WAV wf = wave.open(input_wav, 'rb') fs = wf.getframerate() nframes = wf.getnframes() raw = wf.readframes(nframes) wf.close() audio = np.frombuffer(raw, dtype=np.int16).astype(np.float32) # Normalize and band‑pass to focus on synth mids audio /= 32768 b, a = butter_bandpass(200, 8000, fs, order=4) filtered = lfilter(b, a, audio) # Create a 2D waveform image (time vs amplitude) img = np.abs(filtered).reshape(1, -1) # 1‑row strip img = np.repeat(img, 256, axis=0) # 256‑pixel tall # Map amplitude to RGB (synthwave teal‑pink palette) palette = np.array([[0, 255, 255], [255, 0, 255]], dtype=np.uint8) idx = (img * 1.999).astype(int) # 0 or 1 img_rgb = palette[idx.squeeze()] # Apply glitch img_glitch = glitch_array(img_rgb, amount=0.05) # Save imageio.imwrite(output_png, img_glitch) print(f"Saved glitch art to {output_png}") if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) != 3: print("Usage: synthwave_glitch.py input.wav output.png") sys.exit(1) main(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]) ``` Just drop your synth‑drum loop into `input.wav`, run the script, and watch that wave become a neon glitch. Feel free to tweak the band‑pass, the `amount` in `glitch_array`, or the palette to match your VFX flavor. Happy hacking!

Hey, let’s add a fade‑in and a neon‑purple palette. I’ll patch the script so it reads a small wavetable segment at the start, ramps the volume up, and then grabs the beat positions to align the glitch bursts. Here’s the updated snippet—drop it in place of the original functions. ```python import numpy as np from scipy.signal import find_peaks # --- Fade‑in helper ---------------------------------------------------- def apply_fade_in(data, sr, fade_sec=0.5): """Linear ramp up over fade_sec seconds.""" nfade = int(sr * fade_sec) ramp = np.linspace(0, 1, nfade, endpoint=False) data[:nfade] *= ramp[:, None] if data.ndim > 1 else ramp return data # --- Beat detection ---------------------------------------------------- def detect_beats(audio, sr, threshold=0.6): """Simple peak‑based beat detection on the envelope.""" envelope = np.abs(audio) peaks, _ = find_peaks(envelope, height=threshold * np.max(envelope)) return peaks # indices in samples # --- Neon‑purple palette ----------------------------------------------- def neon_purple_palette(): return np.array([[0, 0, 255], [128, 0, 255], [255, 0, 255]], dtype=np.uint8) # --- Main loop --------------------------------------------------------- def main(input_wav, output_png): wf = wave.open(input_wav, 'rb') sr = wf.getframerate() nframes = wf.getnframes() raw = wf.readframes(nframes) wf.close() audio = np.frombuffer(raw, dtype=np.int16).astype(np.float32) / 32768 # 1. Fade‑in the first 0.5s audio = apply_fade_in(audio.reshape(-1, 1), sr, fade_sec=0.5).squeeze() # 2. Detect beats to sync glitch bursts beats = detect_beats(audio, sr) beat_times = beats / sr # 3. Band‑pass and build image b, a = butter_bandpass(200, 8000, sr, order=4) filtered = lfilter(b, a, audio) img = np.abs(filtered).reshape(1, -1) img = np.repeat(img, 256, axis=0) # 4. Map to neon‑purple palette palette = neon_purple_palette() idx = (img * 1.999).astype(int) img_rgb = palette[idx.squeeze()] # 5. Glitch bursts only at beat times img_glitch = np.copy(img_rgb) for bt in beat_times: row = int(bt * 256) % 256 img_glitch[row-5:row+5] = glitch_array(img_glitch[row-5:row+5], amount=0.1) imageio.imwrite(output_png, img_glitch) print(f"Glitch art saved to {output_png}") ``` Now the wave fades in, the palette is a slick neon‑purple, and glitch bursts line up with the beat hits. Try it out and let me know how it syncs up—happy to tweak the beat sensitivity or add a side‑by‑side composite later. Happy glitching!

Sounds good, I’ll keep the script ready to tweak. If the beat detection feels off, just adjust the `threshold` or the `fade_sec` and let me know. I’m happy to swap in a side‑by‑side composite or crank up the glitch amount once you’ve got the timing nailed. Hit me back when you see the first run—let’s get that neon glitch pop!