Jerobeam Fenderson - Reconstruct

Track 10 of the audiovisual album Oscilloscope Music
available at oscilloscopemusic.com
What you see is what you hear: The audio signal is fed directly into the oscilloscope, where vector graphics are drawn with sound.
Filmed from an analog Tektronix 5103N scope.
left audio channel: horizontal deflection
right audio channel: vertical deflection
software used: OsciStudio & blender (circuit diagram, robot scene), SketchyScope (walking scene), Max MSP (bicycle & mountains), Capella (scorewriting), Ableton Live
circuit diagram: Ultra-Simple Oscilloscope (Tube Version) by Jon Stanley: www.electronixandmore.com/proj...

[@VirtualRiot]

Who in their right mind gives this a downvote.

[@isaacjones5937]

Doug Anderson Wow, what a thoughtful comment. Great.

[@RomelioSanz]

Probably a Mexican Reggaeton fan.

[@Carstuff111]

Wow Bob Meme.... way to mangle the English language, and people wonder what is wrong with this country?

[@bobmeme2510]

^^VIRGIN^^

[@Carstuff111]

No, just tired of seeing people ruin a language because they are too lazy (or stupid?) to type correctly. If you speak that way too, I hope someone smacks the shit out of you.

[@tomjackson1045]

He drew a damn circuit diagram with sound! And then the robots assembling the stick figure...I have just had my mind blown, I have no way to express how unbelieveable this is...

[@donutstix22]

@@audiodood why did i think it was a mac10

[@DemoniteBL]

@@audiodood Damn

[@sign_verken]

Keep in mind it's one dot

[@elektroqtus]

I want to talk to this man about using his audio to test my am stereo transceiver if this comes across with at least 90% accurate, that's a nicely set up system

[@Illimaris]

ME TOO!!!

[@TheZauer]

This one is strangely baroque

[@jerobeamfenderson1]

Good catch. The harmonic progressions mostly follow rules of Bach's choral works.

[@CasualGraph]

How does it play melodies and harmonies without changing the image? Are the rolling hills making the tones change somehow?

[@edwardfanboy]

Changing the frequencies without changing the waveform shape will keep the picture the same, it will just be scanned through faster.

[@xmvziron]

The waveform is what matters. The frequency can be modified, and the image won't change, but if you set it to a low enough frequency, it will flicker at that frequency.

[@ct-hv1uz]

Only the timbre can change the image, the pitch only affects how many time the image is created per second.

[@Woofus_Poofus]

This is the stuff we should be transmitting to Aliens

[@gdash6925]

SituatedSynapses this actually makes sense

[@CatShapedDonut]

Mhm

[@VortexStolenName]

It conveys that we have an understanding of what sound is, and how to electronically interpret it. So yeah, good idea. Edit: Only problem is, how would radio waves shift due to the expansion of the universe. What if what the aliens perceive is just a bunch of noise because of the stretching. I'm no astrophysicist but I like to be knowledgeable on everything I can, so if what I said is wrong, someone tell me so.

[@abledbody]

@@VortexStolenName What you said is wrong. ...More or less. The radio waves would be affected by the Doppler effect if the recipient is traveling at a different speed than Earth, but this wouldn't really make that much of a difference. Radio receivers do not have a built in frequency which it expects to receive signals at. In fact, this is why radios are able to differentiate multiple channels. Regardless of if we're sending AM or FM, Doppler shifting will change the frequency the receiving device needs to listen for, and the speed and pitch at which the data plays. The audio and visuals will remain completely in tact. Think about it this way: You're sending two signals, one is an X coordinate, and the other is a Y coordinate, and to make a sound they repeat a pattern really fast. If you compress or decompress the wave, they'll be the same X and Y coordinates, they'll just repeat the pattern faster or slower.

[@martysh1226]

@@VortexStolenName maybe aliens dont even understand whats music

[@NickMoore]

Awesome, very Portal 2 feeling to the music.

[@brendethedev2858]

I thought the same thing

[@mrdonut7158]

Nick Moore yep

[@bitchlasagna4720]

yes

[@zealwarriorgaming5315]

Yh it does

[@TehVulpez]

a r p e g g i o s

[@John-Laird]

If Bach knew how to use an oscilloscope.

[@MostafaElSakari]

This guy’s good but not that good

[@JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJay]

Not if, but when

[@not_estains]

LITERALLY

[@shem_badui]

I gotta admit, the melody in this track kinda feels orchestralic.

[@CK9C]

My mind just exploded all over the studio

[@gasmasked_bandit]

Wait a second. You were here instead of making your own music? Hmmmmm. Busted.

[@CatShapedDonut]

Yoooo nice to see you You need help with the clean up?

[@mihael64]

owie that probably hurt

[@fluffproductions14]

Same

[@loyalkingshound7369]

Dots- portal or introduction to this new world/ crossing the threshold lines- similarity to sorting algorithms. could symbolize a test could also represent the mentor along with Dots, teaching our protagonist the rules of this world. foreshadows the later return home. Blocks- represents a controlled approach to the much more chaotic world to come Circles- represents hero's journey as a whole/ possibly due to the more chaotic beat, rhythm and visuals may represent a hardship in the journey Spirals- more likely represents step 8 (death/ordeal) than circles dose. puting circles most likely as a representation of the journey. also spirals has a more somber tone. planets- takes us away from the hero's journey for the first time to show us some of the workings of this world from a newcomers perspective. and visions of what has been left behind in the journey. gives us a goal to strive for. Adoxo - Asteroids- most likely represents the reward and a sense of familiarity as this is the only track to feature a human like voice. a victorious and calming sound to this piece may also represent the reward Shrooms- despite coming towards the end of the album seems to mirror the call to adventure as well as the refusal of the call. with multiple drug references (shrooms, weed and the general psychedelic nature of this track) it could easily be the beginning of the album to set things in motion. Deconstruct- seems to be the beginning to the return, one last trial before this strange reality can be left. a rapidly increasing pitch indicates a climax to our hero's journey, as well as a lowering tone just half way to indicate the hardest part has been passed reconstruct- as the name suggests would be the resurrection, but it also acts as our hero's return, and the road back quite literally represented with the hero on a bike riding through mountains, getting lost, losing hope and eventually getting it back just in time to finally escape and return home.this is our return to the ordinary world represented by the fade of the final green lines and our hero riding past them.

[@charadremur333]

Wow. You are a very intelligent person. Thank you for this, as it brings me peace.

[@charadremur333]

You have earned a sub for this.

[@ponponpatapon9670]

this guy is a modern day philosopher

[@gasun1274]

what a profoundly efficient way to obscure a lack of intelligence

[@mkaraRBLX]

and at the end there is a dot, which loops right back to the first video. How cool is that?!

[@fredlllll]

i have the feeling that cyclist may have taken something shortly before starting his trip XD

[@49yoppy]

He went on a different kind of trip...

[@seeword420]

Definitely got some Albert Hoffman vibes

[@CatShapedDonut]

@@49yoppy he went on a field trip!

[@crank6096]

a helmet

[@maxtes252]

Probably the mushrooms that moved, just like real life.

[@entozoon]

This is possibly the peak of human achievement.. and it's so intensely nerdy, no-one will ever know. I can only just grasp the mathematical and artistic effort that went into it (and I have a degree in generative synthesis, lol). Your tutorials are solid gold too Jerobeam, please keep producing content!

[@itz_lexiii_]

Think about it this way... Thats what your ears see... Wacky

[@ChrisSucks]

need a mind condom

[@itz_lexiii_]

Holy shit, i just came back to this video and realised it had an insane ammount of likes. why?

[@crash-wb8ij]

@@itz_lexiii_ *top 10 anime reboots*

[@jeremyie]

@@itz_lexiii_ bad phrasing, but its because its just an interesting way to put it

[@itz_lexiii_]

@@jeremyie yeah, its just was on my mind. never thought so many people would agree

[@muh1h1]

We have some old analog oscillosopes at work, I am going to be reeeeeeeeeeally unproductive tomarrow! :D

[@strawberryjam3670]

lol

[@muh1h1]

DerDa Actually did end up doing nothing but messing around with the Scopes today :D

[@strawberryjam3670]

lol

[@temmie621]

You'd think this was imgur with updates like that

[@Brony22]

you should play one of these songs on it

[@NJem4010]

I've never heard music that looks this good. What.

[@SmileyFace01]

I've never heard music that feels this good. What.

[@sunny15300]

I never felt music that looks this good. What.

[@thefanboy3285]

I've never looked music that heard this good. What.

[@cycrothelargeplanet]

I've never had music that works this good. What.

[@haaaaf8087]

I've never ate music that looks this good What.

[@darksunrise957]

Sounds just like a song Cyriak would use in one of his disturbingly fascinating videos; Fits right in. XD

[@L00PdeL00P]

Yes! Totally!

[@Witchesofbapho]

Especially at around 3:01

[@I-have_phonophobia]

2:03

[@northamericanpichu]

Visual FX artists: my work is better Sound FX artists: no, MY work is better Jerobeam Fenderson: *_HOLD MY OSCILLOSCOPE_*

[@user-gy8xv2wb5l]

how do you hold an oscilloscope it’s a program

[@geodebreaker]

@@user-gy8xv2wb5l no, an oscilloscope can be a device.

[@northamericanpichu]

@@user-gy8xv2wb5l ?

[@MAr10q]

@@user-gy8xv2wb5l uh you didnt get the joke

[@simonsays_999]

@@user-gy8xv2wb5l no, this video uses an actual physical oscilloscope

[@TheDavidjenn]

I swear, this is like taking a "trip" to a whole new level.

[@not_estains]

shut up *p l e a s e*

[@TheDavidjenn]

@@not_estains anal l e a k a g e

[@not_estains]

@@TheDavidjenn *s t o p*

[@punman5392]

This is probably the best song on the album in my opinion. It's by far the most musical of them and I love the classical style

[@deathtrips]

how the fuck

[@ozzie_goat]

Fancy seeing you here.

[@Dusty2455433]

THIS

[@xtremememestv1717]

Lmao what the fuck why are you here

[@deathtrips]

Xtremememestv why wouldnt i be here

[@xtremememestv1717]

deathtrips just all the gabe videos, you're a fucking legend

[@strawberryjam3670]

i want a baroque orchestral Version of this

[@lonelight8572]

Right?

[@Emolga2225]

forget the novelty, this is genuinely one of the greatest pieces of music I've ever heard. The teetering between major, minor, and diminished arpeggios coinciding with the constantly changing metre and tempo truly makes this a one of a kind listening experience.

[@NessMother2]

This gave me a headache but brought a tear to my eye because of how good it was Good work soldier

[@ultimaoportunidadVEVO]

ikr

[@NessMother2]

Yeah it's so hard but blissful at the same time

[@LukasKlein]

OH MY GOD YES

[@feemathieson8101]

could totally see this technique being pulled into music from the likes of daft punk and deadmau5 absolutely love it

[@cartergomez5390]

Now I gotta listen to those and my phone is at 1% #goals

[@wassupinternet4339]

This guy traveled to the edge of the universe in 3 minutes

[@taitano12]

Uh, this sounds a bit like what goes through my head when I'm riding my bike... Should I be worried?

[@Shabbydue]

Maybe

[@CatShapedDonut]

lol

[@Serpter4215]

Nah

[@1d10tcannotmakeusername]

If you have played Portal 2, listened to classical, and seen this video, than probably not. I've done all 3, so... Oh, just so you know, I don't have Portal 2 anymore... Sad, but I'll probably be able to get it again in the near or far future.

[@clintonleonard5187]

I am telling anyone that will listen about this. This is an evolution that more people need to be talking about. Imagine a whole opera made like this. It's like the holophone from Futurama.

[@CatShapedDonut]

@Fadilizer k

[@spiderbatkids5317]

‘What’s your favorite music to listen to?’ *’visuals’* ‘…what?’

[@smellthel]

This is one of the best synth songs I’ve heard, and he did it on an OSCILLOSCOPE!

[@ViscidCoder]

I wanna try this. I will just try to do a simple mushroom

[@joelhoon1707]

​@@ViscidCoderMake sure it moves, just like in real life!

[@ViscidCoder]

@@joelhoon1707 sure

[@AiOinc1]

This is my favorite track in the album, and (no offense) it sounds the most like real music.

[@KuroOldAccount]

AIO inc. same

[@bwtm9653]

Have you heard Planets?

[@alakani]

This is the only acceptable use of 'no offense' that I've seen in my entire life, like, it addresses a legitimate challenge to be overcome, given that the video and audio technically have to be identical. But yeah it's dang impressive how good some of these tracks are already, props to OP

[@jazzensemble]

I think spirals did a really good job too.

[@MauveDash]

Blocks Mushroom and this sound like music

[@StephenFasciani]

has anyone ever thought of putting portal 2 music through an osciloscope? sounds awful familiar

[@jerobeamfenderson1]

www.reddit.com/r/oscilloscopemusic/comments/5f3cf6/has_anyone_run_this_through_an_oscilloscope/

[@StephenFasciani]

Jerobeam Fenderson It's a cube, I call purposeful.

[@deathbuncentral2310]

Solaris Eclipse yeah I never thought of that

[@mikefletcher7181]

Jerobeam Fenderson hey that's me!

[@AlterRektMLG]

ill be trying that with hotline miami music

[@loyalkingshound7369]

i cant help but feel after watching all 10 videos that there was actually a story here. im not entirely sure, and im sure theres things i missed in the first few videos but it was all very interesting both audibly and visually. im definitely going to re-watch this a few times to get a better picture of what it may be about, and maybe even make a video explaining what i find. i realy enjoyed the videos though. would love to see more from you

[@abatos1146]

Reminds me of 'reunion' from portal 2. Awesome work.

[@johnsherfey3675]

Abatos 11 I wasn't the only one!

[@rootz420]

He is GOD OF AUDIO ENGINEERING

[@TheIndigoShine]

-Please tell me Mr. Fenderson... WHY DO I FEEL LIKE CRYING?! And... Smiling too?? -Oh... What is this feeling... It's Nostalgia. Thanks for this wonderful art project Jerobeam Fenderson. ❤

[@dopplerfox]

This track is easily my favourite by far, both visually and audibly! It gives me huge Wendy Carlos vibes since the music has quite a Bach feel to it imo.

[@arcadeuk]

Wow, another amazing video. I can't believe how much effort you put into these!

[@matrix2048]

[0:00] The blueprints of a circuit.

[@snazzysportstacker]

If someone could make that into an actual schematic, that'd be awesome. I'd love to see what it does if it even is a schematic or does anything.

[@jerobeamfenderson1]

It's the schematic of a simple oscilloscope. I just put the link in the description.

[@snazzysportstacker]

Jerobeam Fenderson You are actually the best person on the planet.

[@SmileyFace01]

This is real music! Why doesn't this win every award for best music?

[@Xenon-Art-Design-And-Animation]

Sounds amazing and the visuals are stunning! Who knew so much could be done with an oscilloscope? Would love to see some kind of movie include this kind of music.

[@mkxpro55]

This one just feels super nostalgic. Overused comment, I know, but like, the 4:3 resolution, and the green on black, it looks like this would've been shown on a late night on PBS in the late 90s or something. It's super relaxing in it's own way..I can't get enough of these videos, and I'm super excited for your next album!

[@chuckvanderbildt]

You've totally outdone yourself with these. They are absolutely amazing.

[@Zdwojson]

This is the most creative music ever.I heard this beautiful thing.

[@smellthel]

His best one by far. Incredible.

[@trayvon4484]

BRILLIANT! MAGNIFICO! It felt like me, humanity traveling through this stange reality exploring the endless variety of experiences capable from our senses with a symphony an orchestra made of that very endless reality composing the soundtrack of humanity's timeliness in this young universe that we only traveled and orbited non but a semi circe through our own galaxy the milky way, this small fraction of humanity's experiences of this reality is portrayed through your visual-audio presentation. Thank you. I'm sad only a fraction of the Human Race will ever have the opportunity to watch your creation. Thank you.

[@polymetric2614]

this guy should be the composer for portal 3

[@masicbemester]

yes

[@suwinkhamchaiwong8382]

Valve: *sees the number 3* Valve: oh god *oh fuck*

[@phoebz_0688]

Doc : ur dad may die Heart monitor: 2:59

[@malkzonyt]

Kao 360 lol

[@JonTheGeek]

It still blows my mind you can get a picture to make a song.

[@JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJay]

Every time I hear this, it ALWAYS slaps

[@alicethouard4607]

Absolutely breathtaking

[@recurvestickerdragon]

when the view curves and we get a visual representation of compressed audio range... *chef's kiss*

[@djk1288]

God, this whole album was really something else. Who could've known that art like this would exist! Thank you greatly for creating this, you deserved every penny of that Kickstarter.

[@peppinodoesnthaveany]

man 0:00-3:18 hits hard

[@digitexstudios5634]

The best music I’ve ever seen!

[@cuckingfunt9353]

What makes them so good is the movement, he really has made an art form out of it.. I am addicted.

[@sillygoosedude9604]

are we not talk about how this stickfigure -was built by two claws -casually strolled out -got on his bike(?) and -sped up to "ludicrous" speed, off god knows where in this "world" cuz that's just amazing

[@tsgbbx2834]

Wearing this through headphones It wiggle sthe insides of my ears

[@deftcoleman0552]

“Oh great. Now he’s playing classical music.”

[@pnwmeditations]

This one broke my brain more than any other one. Simply outstanding!

[@cloudystarsky8381]

I wish there was an extended version (as in actually extended, not just looped)

[@TheTruth1sPower]

This is so beautiful

[@JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJay]

When I become a robot, the first thing I’m gonna do is play this on a piano, somehow.

[@HaveDraw]

This man turned a parallax effect into sound and then into light which is also energy just for showing it for us through our screen

[@stellargoat5541]

it’s so interesting how we can connect the audible with the visual.

[@bohij3030]

the baroque sounding progressions combined with the uhh, instrumentation i guess, gives it a really portal 2 vibe

[@nos1000100]

so an oscilloscope can do parallax scrolling but the nes couldn't with out tricks? hmmm

[@PainterVierax]

pixels vs vectors ;)

[@GewelReal]

Few vectors vs thousands of pixels (human could calculate this all at few frames per minute lel)

[@Katzelle3]

This is pre rendered.

[@Jcorella]

No... You can't even really put this in the same class of a render either... You'd see this real time if you were to feed the audio signal directly into an oscilloscope. His discription "What you see is what you hear: The audio signal is fed directly into the oscilloscope, where vector graphics are drawn with sound."

[@Katzelle3]

Jcorella The audio signal was created and played back on a computer. All the oscilloscope did was amplify the signal and sending its channels to two coils. The oscilloscope is still less capable than an NES or even a CRT monitor from the 70s.

[@dhritishmansarmah2496]

just beautiful

[@ChGu90]

Der absolute Wahnsinn!! Hab dein ganzes Album gehört/geschaut. Super cool!

[@RedPoisonDragon]

Beautiful.

[@kung-borean30]

Wonderful classical music there

[@ViscidCoder]

This will be my ringtone

[@fs_ih]

Guys this includes some 8d audio so wear headphones/earbuds It makes it look cooler

[@pepnsauce]

These visuals are crazy.

[@ponchorabbit4821]

this one is my favorite (:

[@cjlwhite1]

I dont think a lot of people understand how complex this actually is. But I can assure you that I do understand how much work goes into this. You are a true genius.

[@davidaugustojr421]

Man's going superspeed with his bike man

[@leokun8523]

That was a magical journey. I truly thank you

[@flowerzika7852]

Why is this so so beautiful

[@FoxPopvli]

The melody makes me think of Bach! :')

[@maximal9857]

step one: be rebuilt by robot arms step two: walk out the door step three: watch the hills grow step four: ride bike step five: profit

[@ViscidCoder]

my favourite song, cuz it's also the 1st song i ever seen and heard made with an oscilloscope

[@minecraftermad]

best one so far tbh

[@Alex-di8ti]

This is truly mesmerising

[@micanki]

this is so beautiful, sound and vituals

[@HotK0ffee]

Godamn those arpeggios perfect

[@kepe__]

This is probably your best sounding one. Havent seen them all though. Cheers! Love what you do.

[@theharmacist3103]

One of your Best works, in my opinion.

[@afloyd4976]

This had a classical feel to it. Lovely!

[@BillJambon]

that is so beautiful, it hurts

[@ndr_32]

Fucking Parallax and aerial viewchange in a fucking oscilloscope... And making music at the same time... Just genius!

[@crazyrobloxjj]

nothing to say, just purely awesome

[@ComandoBurrito]

the goat, I'm planning making a set with this type of songs in it

[@Bleedingskiesmusic]

absolutely amazing

[@pacsani0]

Make more videos with these musics! I love them.

[@cjcodes]

so this is why my computer is making all these grinding noises: the actuator arms are building tiny men

[@VaporTrap]

phenomenal

[@super_guy11111]

this ones like a fever dream

[@topicvideosguy]

I tried playing this at 2x speed and it had weird pitch shifting that I have never seen before.

[@FP0S_1]

I tried it too

[@FP0S_1]

And it had the weird pitching shifting that i jave never heard before.

[@I-have_phonophobia]

It became higher pitched?

[@skullboy3300]

why does this slap so hard

[@toga941]

Anyone else almost have an out of body experience? I love how this fucks with my brainwaves in this way.

[@lynnfriday6910]

This is super cool and impressing

[@giuliete14]

BRO ENTERING THE PS1 WITH THIS ONE 🐇🔥🐇🔥🐇🔥🐇🔥