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How Does Oscilloscope Music Work? Hear the Drawing
Explore oscilloscope music in BeamTracer Scope. Hear how phase, pitch, summed tones, and square-wave offsets change an X/Y drawing, then take the artwork to Laser.
What Harmony Looks Like: Hear the Shape of Music
Hear and see musical intervals in BeamTracer Scope. Explore Lissajous curves, just and equal tuning, phase, harmonics, beats, and four-note chord projections.
Trace Live Video on an Oscilloscope (and Send It to a Laser)
Trace a camera or screen live on an XY oscilloscope in OSC-1, then send the same outlines to a laser. Plus which of three video-to-laser routes fits your job.
Can You Turn Geometric Animation into Laser Graphics?
Turn geometric animation into laser graphics with BeamTracer Video to Laser. Compare video projection, traced contours, ILDA export, and live sources.
Send Your Laser Look as an MP4
Make a laser show preview video with no projector: export your look from BeamTracer Animation Studio as a 1080p or 4K MP4 to send a client or post online.
PNG or JPG Logo to ILDA (When You Don't Have an SVG)
Convert a PNG or JPG logo to an ILDA laser file with no SVG: trace it in BT Laser Studio's Image to Laser, clean up a JPG, pick the point count and download.
Laser Banding Explained: Why Laser Beams Look Wavy or Broken on Camera
Laser banding explained: why laser beams look wavy, bent or broken on camera but not to the eye, the redraw-rate math, and how to match it to your camera in BeamTracer.
Audio-Reactive Laser Show: Export a Beat-Synced ILDA File
Make an audio-reactive laser show: tie a shape to your track's bass in BeamTracer Animation Studio, export an ILDA file, and check it in the ILDA Viewer.
Audio-Reactive Laser Logo: Make Your Logo Pulse to Music
Make an audio-reactive laser logo: split your SVG into parts in BeamTracer Animation Studio, give each part its own reaction to the track, and export ILDA.
LaserCube Audio-Reactive Without Loopback Software
Make a Wicked Lasers LaserCube react to music from a browser tab, a file or a mic: OSC-1 in Chrome or Edge, no virtual audio cable, with a free simulator first.
LaserCube Point Rate: What the 35K Limit Means
The Wicked Lasers LaserCube Ultra Mk2 tops out at 35,000 points per second. What a higher setting does, the low-rate floor, and how to check a file first.
LaserCube Setup with BeamTracer: LAN Client to First Light
Set up a Wicked Lasers LaserCube for BeamTracer: Ethernet, LAN client mode, quit LaserOS, FIND NETWORK DACS in the Bridge, then ARM and START a first frame.
LaserOS Alternatives: Other Ways to Drive a LaserCube
LaserOS alternatives for a Wicked Lasers LaserCube, from each vendor's own pages: Modulaser, Liberation, LaserShowGen, MadLaser, CloudLase and BeamTracer.
Lottie to Laser: Turn a Lottie Animation into an ILDA Show
Turn a Lottie animation into a laser show: drop the .json or .lottie file into BeamTracer, keep its colors, export ILDA, and prepare the file so it draws cleanly.
Oscilloscope Music on a Laser Projector: How to Play It
Play oscilloscope music on a laser projector: stream OSC-1 to a Helios, Ether Dream or LaserCube, preview the scanners free, and see what changes from a CRT.
Laser Blanking Explained: How to Fix Ghost Lines Between Letters
Laser blanking explained: why ILDA files show ghost lines between letters, how to check a file in the free ILDA Viewer, and how to fix blanking or color delay.
Hidden Line Removal Makes Your 3D Model Sound Better
On an oscilloscope the beam's path through a 3D model is also its waveform, so removing hidden lines changes the sound as much as it changes the picture.
Animated GLTF to XY Audio and Laser Art in Your Browser
Convert animated GLTF or GLB files into XY audio and laser-ready motion in your browser. Choose clips, loop, scrub and export WAV without Blender or plugins.
3D Model to Oscilloscope or Laser Art in Your Browser
Turn a 3D model into XY oscilloscope art or a laser projection. Import GLTF/GLB in the browser with hidden-line removal and real scan limits — no plugins.
Beginner Laser Projector (2026): ILDA, DACs & First Setup
Choosing your first laser projector — what's safe, what's legal, ILDA vs DMX, how to connect a laser to your computer, and how to sync shows to music.
Laser Show Safety (US, 2026): Variance, 3 m Rule, Checklist
How to run a safe, legal laser show in the US — FDA variance rules, audience separation distances, beam termination, scan-fail, and a pre-show safety checklist.
How to Convert SVG to ILDA Laser Files (ILDA) — Free Online Tool
Convert SVG artwork into laser-ready ILDA files with BT Laser Studio, free in Chrome or Edge — step-by-step, from import to preview and ILDA export.