YUVa have just completed the first stage of a new project showcasing the ‘proof of concept’ of real-time 3D for live musical performace. Think of the days of silent films when the action on the screen dictated the mood of the music played in accompaniment. Vusic turns this concept on its head!

With Vusic, the music itself drives the visuals on a screen. We’ve chosen Debussy’s ‘Claire de Lune’, the third movement of his ‘Suite Bergamasque’ to demonstrate the concept. The atmospheric and dreamlike qualities of the piece are enhanced by visuals showing a magical underwater world.

Our quartz patch uses the recently released Kineme 3D plug-in as well as sound reactive GLSL shaders. Big thanks to Kineme for expanding their particle tools to include 3D meshes & boids so we could make our fish school properly.