AUCH - AUdio-CHecker

AUCH simulates an elastic and reflective surface that vibrates with music.

Vibrating elastic surfaces creates geometric patterns called 'Chladni Patterns'. If the surface is a non-uniform reflective surface is called a 'Makyoh'; Japanese for 'Magic Miror'. The application 'AUCH (AUdio-CHecker)' combines the two techniques to create a new way of looking at sound.

Screenshots - The Mirage Transform

The mirage transform projects a hologram by ray tracing an object, a ring, in the 'mirage toy'. Only the lower parabolic mirror is displayed with vectors indicating the direction of the rays.

Screenshots - The Chladni Transform

Chladni patterns form on a vibrating elastic surface (more).

Download

Windows - demo release + source code(*)

Install notes

Activate the 'Chladni transform' by replacing the file '.auchrc' in the install directory with this file.

(*) The Source Code compiles on Mac and Linux, but it is no longer tested on Debian, since its portaudio packages is broken.

WARNING: Version 1.9 is a demo release. It uses the microphone to capture sound. Remove the last line from the configuration file (demo=N) to reactive the interactive mode.