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Module 4 · ⭐ Cornerstone of the lessonMusic Tech · Ritmo & Pattern: dal beat al codice visivo· module 4 of 8

From sound toimage

Build a rhythmic beat in the sequencer and generate its visual twin in real time. Sequencer, visual output and code are three representations of the same musical idea.

Module explanation

Build a beat, watch it take shape

In this module you build a rhythmic pattern of 16 steps — kick, snare, hi-hat, perc — and loop it at a chosen BPM. As it plays, each track lights up a panel: the same beat generates its visual twin in real time.

It's the first step of audiovisual practice: learning to think of a piece as a synchronized event between sound and image. In the workspace below you can keep sequencer, visual output and code active together, or focus on just one at a time.

  • Program the beat: click cells, adjust BPM, press Play.
  • The visual lights up with every hit, synced to the tempo.
  • The code panel shows the same pattern in live JavaScript.
  • Export the pattern as a scene for the final performance.

Conceptual schema

Sequencer

4 tracks × 16 steps. You program which cells light up.

loop
Audio

Web Audio synthesizes samples on every active step.

Visual

The panels pulse with the tempo, one light per track.

A single source — the pattern — drives two renderers in phase.

Recorded lesson

From sound to image — video explanation

Captions and transcript always available.

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Accessible video player for "Integrated Audio & Video Synthesis — LZX Industries". Use Space or K to play or pause, left and right arrows to seek 10 seconds, up and down arrows for volume, M to mute, C for captions, D for descriptions, F for full screen. Audiovisual performance of integrated modular synthesis: geometric shapes generated by the LZX video synthesizer transform in real time, controlled by the same voltages that modulate the sound.

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Durata ≈ 4:00 · Audio presente

Sottotitoli

  • 00:00 [music] Pulsing percussion pattern.
  • 00:15 Bass line synchronized with the visuals.
Full lesson transcript

Integrated audio and video synthesis session by LZX Industries with 4MS Pedals (2010). EuroRack modular systems are cross-patched: the same signal sources and control voltages simultaneously drive sound and visual generation. The result is a single audiovisual performance — pattern, rhythm and color evolve in sync — recorded live with no post-processing.