Hackers On Planet Earth

Engineering Waveflower - A Radial Oscilloscope for Visualizing Livecoding Music

Ying Chyi Gooi

This talk aims to help explore the connection between musical harmony and geometry in a simple, easy-to-use interface. The program Gooi created (Waveflower) can be extended using livecoding techniques to help us learn through experimenting with music theory, to tune a pitch, or be used as a visualization tool in audio/visual productions. Gooi believes it is time to present an equally useful alternative to Lissajous scopes.

Friday 2100 Gramercy Park Suite

Ying Chyi Gooi launched his own music and engineering centered project at waveflower.org. His project features an audio/visual interface that uses mathematics to visualize audio signals. With seven years of professional engineering experience, he is now excited to be exploring the frontiers of his technicality and creativity in order to help people draw strong connections between harmony and geometry - in addition to music, theory, and programming.