C. Allen | Dancer (Oscilloscope Music)

[@Skizz101]

Sounds incredible, looks incredible, and I'm incredibly disappointed the robot didn't absolutely buss it down.

[@direwolf8257]

Bro animated a humvee driving to a helicopter smoothly and it sounded good

[@PernovaAnd12]

no replies after 3 years let me fix that

[@dumaass]

@@PernovaAnd12 thank you so much. i honestly wouldn't have known what to do had there not been a reply on this comment.

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

For a LOL, listen to this at 0.75 speed and turn on Closed Captioning! I'm certainly not one to mock AI, but KZbin's Algorithm is trying REALLY HARD to figure out what DANCER is trying to say! EDIT: KZbin had turned auto-CC off, but I turned it back on.

[@deephorizon1365]

haha

[@Xander_eight]

I never got an option for captions, but when it was slowed down part of it kinda sounded like e1m1 from doom. Specifically at 0:46.

[@dankdungeon5104]

it doesn't give me captions

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

@@dankdungeon5104 YT had turned CC off, but I got it working again.

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

@@Xander_eight YT had turned CC off, but I got it working again.

[@Doctor_17]

Can you imagine a full on concert with the visuals of the music playing behind a DJ with the absolute power to control what happens? Because I am, now. I want it. Now. This is a new favorite genre of music for me.

[@makipri]

The electronic music group LXRY creates both the music and the oscilloscope visuals with a modular synth setup. Derek Holzer does it too.

[@klazzera]

a dj can't manipulate waveforms in this level, at least sound engineer is needed for this

[@ipodtouchiscoollol]

and even if they can there no way your gonna be synthesizing waveforms this intricate in real time

[@thejuice1254]

You should go and see the Chemical brothers. One of the best audio visual shows around. They have their own live visuals guy and quite a part of their show is made up of epic osciloscope lazer stuff. When I saw them do their song horse power live which is a mental song as it is they did the horse running towards the crowd with the lazers it was nuts. But the one i'm seeing on youtube is just the 3d low poly horse back drop. Watch it any way coz its a mental song. But yeah you must see them. I'm an audio visual artist and to me its the best audio visual show in the world. Period.

[@SciFiFactory]

Lets invent a 3D oscilloscope just for this man to make music on!

[@theorangeoof926]

Let’s discover 4D space just so we can make a 4D oscilloscope for him!

[@Popbot]

​@@theorangeoof926 The discovery of 4d space would make a (traditional) 3d oscilloscope possible since a 2d oscilloscope is possible in 3d space. i could be wrong though, don't quote me on it.

[@cunnieseverywhere]

Too much processing power for a device that measures voltage

[@LMBLNCR]

alls you need to do is to make a 3d matrix of an incomprehensible number of leds and program it to be a 3 channel input which is madness BTW

[@LeLe-pm2pr]

@@LMBLNCR you could use a 3rd variable to obtain a 3d set of points, that you can import in blender and render

[@chrissysmith9450]

I love the subtle voices in the beginning. Maybe we'll see an Oscilloscope song with... Singing?

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Vocals are very intriguing to listen to, but terrible visually because the audio is so complex & incoherent

[@chrissysmith9450]

@@ChrisAllenMusic fair enough

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

@@chrissysmith9450 and yet... i'm definitely trying to mix it up so I'll sneak in some vocal chops where I can!

[@jeremylakeman]

But can't you hide any sample in a straight line, so long as it's MONO?

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

@@jeremylakeman Yes indeed, a straight diagonal line. Adding any other osci music shape to that will distort everything as it happens at the same time. So you could have mono singing, or something else, but not both at once.

[@peterhan3327]

WOOO YEAH BABY, HE'S BACK!

[@gracielaortiz1364]

He was not dead, he was working on it

[@merlin_V2]

I love those graphics combined so beautifully to make Music. Is there any chahnce for us to get clean non music versions of those sick Animations?

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Not saying no, but I first need to figure out how to package that up for sharing. I've got lots of random footage in the vault. Stay tuned!

[@OK-st9st]

I see huge potential for this. Big sounds and cool oscilloscope wave pictures! Imagine using serum to cross between waves for a weird transition of pictures.

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Serum works OK with Osci music .wav files, (I've experimented a bit,) but IIRC it only runs at 44.1KHz, so the output is pretty chunky looking. Also, can only have one graphic, because you need one Serum Oscillator for each of the left and right channel. Serum's wave distortion effects do work pretty well, though!

[@OK-st9st]

@@ChrisAllenMusic that’s cool you already know!

[@calebsalyards8076]

Normal music videos are hard. Screw it, lets make one on an oscilloscope!

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Go hard or go home

[@amityFinder2099]

I always look forward to these. I was about to go to sleep, but these 7 minutes were great. Thank you Chris!

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Glad you enjoyed the lullabye!

[@vaxwxav7006]

me too

[@adgefreeman6091]

A year later and Im in the same boat

[@wyattgootee-vi1dj]

I wonder what happens if you have to different oscilloscopes playing 2 different audios. (so one can be bass, 1 left drums, 1 right drums[to create stereo], one can be melody, one can be harmony) to create an actual FULL SONG.

[@CursedQuest]

He has finally uploaded again! The legend is back!

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Don't call it a comeback... !

[@sinewave1kHz]

Very clever composing within the oscilloscope music limitations. And the connection between visuals and sound is strong.

[@FooFoo4230]

Artists do tend to do better with limits, it gives them more ideas on what to do.

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Thanks! Yes, quite limiting, but inspiring sometimes too!

[@HalogenNC]

1:12 has gotta be one of the most slept on drops in history

[@saifschannel2599]

How does it feel to be *this* talented at something that results in one of the coolest things on this entire website?

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

kind words, indeed. thx

[@thatguy431]

So cool to see how chaotic percussive sounds are!

[@newbert9287]

Great stuff Allen. This is one of the best pieces oscilloscope music I’ve found. I managed to get to this gem of a channel from a video made by Smarter Every Day that was about oscilloscopes, and mentioned a particular jerobeam fendonson, witch eventually lead me to here a year or two ago. I was fascinated by how these old pieces of sound equipment can be used to create crazy sounds and music. All in all, I’m glad I got to experience this great genre of music by incredible and talented people. Cheers!

[@Turboy65]

It's fun to have this with you when the Keysight equipment demo truck comes to visit your company. Connect your phone to their scope on display and it always gets a reaction.

[@StaticR]

Only bats can fully enjoy this music

[@woodman4728]

Then I must be batman then

[@lizstgg515]

i wish humans had echolocation

[@lilquantum8267]

In what way?

[@ThomasPlaysTheGames]

Woah small world. Didn't expect to see you here.

[@StaticR]

@@ThomasPlaysTheGames Haha! well I like musical gimmicks and this one absolutely fits that criteria. Incredible how sound can be both musical as well as coherently visual when grpahed out

[@nobunga23.26]

oh yes, i missed hearing your music, i'm glad you returned, in fact, I really like the MECHA theme and I was surprised by its return and especially with this very good music track. I very much hope that you will continue doing this phenomenal and awsome work as usual!

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

thank you! Mechs need more love

[@Tomi.762]

someone tell disney to hire this man for the next tron

[@advancedwinterprinter4762]

Dupstep next gen be like

[@SamplrDesigns]

Dubstep now too fast

[@СергейГалимзянов-ю8ф]

Damn. I wanna full playlist of it to a disco. It would be the most techno and acid trip in ever existence.

[@-NGC-6302-]

How in the world did I never realize how special those visuals are?

[@adhoccerswings]

You can clearly see the plot developing in the music

[@MazeFrame]

Just what I needed to get this day started.

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Rise and shine!

[@themehguy9084]

holy crap this is the longest and the most appealing video i have seen this rocks

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

thx!

[@pooby_2392]

dancerbot's lore goes hard, awesome work master crafter

[@thomasrosebrough9062]

Fun fact this was made with "Oscistudio" the software that Jerobeam made!

[@AndreaArturoGiuseppeGrossi]

Every time it amazes me how this art is made. Simply outstanding!

[@80Jay71]

The best I've seen/heard so far!

[@morzemus1805]

GET INTO THE FRIGGIN ROBOT, SHINJI!

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Exactly!

[@-NGC-6302-]

Yay, this one looks and sounds great as always

[@daanbos5918]

Spotify when

[@visionedspoon2821]

Chris Allen's way of 'showing us his little side project'

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

shhhh...

[@iLife64]

Lots of amazing FM in this one

[@Lef2die]

LYRICS + TIMESTAMPS. 0:11 back today 0:17 something 0:57 oh 1:36 oh 1:40 now 1:57 now 2:16 know 2:42 so 2:54 so 3:17 hello 3:35 so 3:57 let's go thank you 4:17 thank you 4:42 wow 5:06 sir 5:21 alright 5:48 ah 5:55 so 6:19 help me 6:35 oh yeah

[@coriae]

always putting out bangers that could fit right at home in DP's Tron Legacy OST

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

NGL, DP are my heroes!

[@kurtremislettmyr7108]

Are you serious, it's the video made on a oscilloscope with the audio we hear? That's Awesome !! Sounds cool too .

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Yes and yes, thx for watching!

[@tyttuut]

Wow, this one is seriously insane. Awesome work.

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Thanks for watching! I got pretty ambitious with this one, happy with where it came out but I've got more to prove so stay tuned...

[@homemedia4325]

Over a year later and I told my work buddy about these after he mentioned he also found Stable diffusion very interesting... so perhaps the next step is to see what stable diffusion makes of these??? :D

[@lamarowen2811]

Reminds me of ELP... Tarkus, or Karn Evil 9 or similar..... Prog scan music....

[@SapphFire]

Nice! These are getting more and more detailed. I like that you licenced it under a CC licence.

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Glad you like them!

[@cobracrystal_]

its gorgeous.

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

thanks for watching!

[@epkoda]

dude my jaw is on the FLOOR the music _ITSELF_ is a cool robot like whaaa

[@nidgithm]

its a good thing i turned down my volume before this very cool, i didnt think it was possible to make an oscilloscope animation that also kinda sounds like a song

[@V3RYM3GAFUN]

Woah, this is probably the most complex so far

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Yes, many neurons were harmed in the making of this film

[@V3RYM3GAFUN]

@@ChrisAllenMusic oh no

[@DerWIZZLE]

Very pleasant for my ears as a dubstep Fan but the visuals are THIC aswell 🤩

[@ssj_neo]

Welcome back Chris glad your well and living. Well hopefully your well, make sure you take care of yourself first. 2:45 At the parts you see the Giant Robot it makes we wanna yell out "Ah It's a Gundam" like on the anime lol

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

We cannot confirm nor deny reports of a Gundam. -DARPA

[@ssj_neo]

@@ChrisAllenMusic hahaha sounds just like government, Be safe

[@joymoding]

0:11 were you trying to emulate Echoes there?

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Nah, just throwing down a tempo and a tonal center. But I've had lots of influences, so who knows where it comes from?

[@joymoding]

@@ChrisAllenMusic Eh, it's still cool nevertheless.

[@tikityler1386]

Your stuff is amazing @Chris Allen I just love the way the music sounds like it should based on the looks. I just find that absolutely fascinating. I know that sounds stupidly obvious but I just love that it does that. Visuals and music are both stunning.

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@christophererickson2606]

You always post a new track whenever I'm craving a new O-scope song :P

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

We know you have a choice when shopping for o-scope songs, and we appreciate your patronage!

[@areadenial2343]

These things keep getting more elaborate... great work as always!

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Thanks!

[@user-pc5sc7zi9j]

Who else thought the robot armoring up would be in preparation of an action scene? (lore-wise to protect it in battle and tech-wise to give it a simpler model for the animation).

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Yes, much action ended up on the cutting room floor. 7 minutes running time is already pushing it! Who says this is the last we'll see of the DANCER, though?

[@user-pc5sc7zi9j]

@@ChrisAllenMusic HAH! That would have been my next guess! Nice! You 1-up yourself constantly.

[@alacer8878]

I was just considering what an upload from you with less percussion would look like. Lovely, as always. :D

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Thanks!

[@StudioofCommentary]

"Sir. Theres something on the Long Range Oscilloscope." "Patch it through." *cue the track* "By the gods....."

[@ScorpionsFatality]

I swear listening to this with bass boost headphones is AMAZING!! I adore your works!!!

[@BrianDavis-jl7qr]

Are these visuals only produced from the sounds because I don't see how it makes the cars and robots and that stuff. Doesn't seem like it could do that.

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Yes, precisely. The audio stereo signal is split, and draws the images via X-Y plot on an oscilloscope.

[@ilostmybrakes8181]

Once again. He is back with amazing art and music!

[@Fandjii]

Well his done it he’s made a animation and a very good song with a thing to track and see sound waves well I’ve seen it all

[@pschiptunes64]

I really think oscilloscope music could benefit chiptune greatly. It could be used as some really heavy and sick bass.

[@Takyodor2]

Wow, those are some impressive visuals and beats! :0

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

thanks for watching!

[@multi-purpose_pancake7488]

"PLS SOMEBODY HELP MY MOTHER IS IN CARDIAC ARREST" (The doctors and nurses vibing in the background)

[@Artygvez]

The legend has returned

[@shamshab4559]

Pure art, just fantastic. Also I hear something from At Dooms Gate from DOOM OST

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Thanks for watching! I was angling for a Cyberpunk 2077 feel with the Acid Bassline, but DOOM certainly has influence!

[@GSVRemix]

I definitely heard the Duke3D theme somewhere around the 01:00 mark.

[@ron9365]

he has returned

[@Blitzozs]

voice says: "I love you dear" *LOREEEEEEEEEEEEE*

[@papskormsepic7670]

HE RETURNS

[@ArtBarn591]

Oh boy!! I am in the middle of moving and now I can’t wait to get the old Fairchild CRT scope hooked back into my audio rig!!!!!!! Thanks for this!

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Enjoy!

[@nytrodioxide]

The cybermancer has done it again

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

The Cyber thanks you

[@laurentfridez8830]

Hold on, seeing this masterpiece for free should not be free. Daammnnnn that’s insane

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

are any of us really free?

[@jonathanoakes6135]

Honey wake up Chris Allen made another music video

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

LOL

[@laurensvisser7623]

On my laptop, DC levels are bouncing like crazy. Must try it at home on a professional sound card!

[@samdeminico2294]

It keeps getting better! You rock dude.

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Thank you!

[@Hampsterfeld]

ok nahh but 1:40 DAYUMN IS THAT SMOOTH

[@damienberry8328]

Imagine being the guys to make this 🙌 props to them

[@Akkhazin]

me:hey whats 20 divided by 5 again? my brain:

[@tharii314]

1:26 These measures make me reminisce about Mr. Hahn from Linkin Park...

[@tix7278]

Welcome back hell yeah! beginning reminds me of portal, love it dude

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Thanks! Too long since I put something out... blame the 'rona

[@2k7u]

Absolute legend

[@uzairmacartney380]

imagine if u were in a hospital and the nurse saw the heart rate monitor going like that

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

nurse would be dancing along with the patient!

[@Jo_aJoaninha]

Now thisis what converting mp3 to mp4 really is.

[@oGrqpez]

Nice to see you again

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Thanks! Glad to get something finished finally!

[@RustyBrusher]

These are always so cool, shame my headphones are broken in one ear :(

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Thanks anyways for watching!

[@Blitzozs]

well technically you can see the audio

[@Huberchet]

2:47 sounds a bit like the drop from Boneworks - House of monogon

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

I hadn't heard that one before.. Just listened to it (f'ing badass!) and I can certainly hear the resemblance!

[@plorb0]

this goes unbelievably hard

[@mycotian]

Love the song, love the visuals!! Rockin it as usual

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

thank you!

[@mike8257]

10/10, would listen again 👍

[@stiky5972]

Oh hell yeah, another upload, welcome back

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

thank you!

[@bournelucid]

You are a bloody legend mate

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Thank you!

[@mckfly]

closest thing we are getting to a oscilloscope movie

[@SciFiFactory]

OMG those animations are so smoooooth!

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

thank you!

[@Joker8Joker]

One day this will become holographic music and then im even more happy.

[@1PunchCrab]

Hands down my favorite!!

[@Mellowbaton]

What would it look like if you had multiple oscilloscopes for different tracks in a song? Like one for drums and one for the other stuff. Might give more flexibility

[@Kludgedean]

"whimpers submissively*

[@deephorizon1365]

bruh the fuck

[@Kludgedean]

@@deephorizon1365 what's wrong with that? 🤣 SUB as in subwoofer and submissiveness

[@deephorizon1365]

@@Kludgedean how high are you

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

DANCER acknowledges your respect. You will be spared.

[@manictiger]

@@deephorizon1365 Don't kink-shame him. So, he has an attraction to oscilloscopes. Yolo.

[@smellthel]

This is awesome!

[@IsaacKuo]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@tharii314]

2:08 Awesome... Traffic jam?