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!