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How Do I Freeze an Oscilloscope Display Without Stopping the Audio?
Hold the picture while audio keeps playing in OSC-1, update the frozen trace one frame at a time, and save a PNG of the displayed figure.
How Do I Add Phosphor Trails to an Oscilloscope Video?
Give moving oscilloscope art glowing trails in OSC-1. Compare persistence settings, try Amber CRT, and save the result with the native video recorder.
How Do I Morph Between Shapes on an Oscilloscope?
Morph a circle into a triangle, a heart or a star in OSC-1. Use the Morph Sequencer's shape slots, sweep POSITION, and record the changing XY trace as WebM.
How Do I Draw a Square Instead of a Circle on an XY Oscilloscope?
Compare sine and square waves in BeamTracer OSC-1. See the two channel waveforms, change phase, and record the resulting XY picture with its actual sound.
How Do I Measure Stereo Phase on an Oscilloscope?
Compare left and right channel phase in BeamTracer OSC-1. Use SCOPE and MEAS, test circle, line and ellipse presets, and record the XY drawing with sound.
How Do I Export an Oscilloscope Video with a Transparent Background?
Record an OSC-1 trace as transparent WebM for video overlays. See Background Opacity, the live recording settings, and why Render Video keeps a black background.
Why Does Mono Audio Draw a Diagonal Line in OSC-1?
See why matching left and right signals draw a diagonal in OSC-1. Compare phase, unequal levels and a missing channel with animated demos and native sound.
How Do I Stop a Waveform from Rolling in OSC-1?
Hold a rolling OSC-1 Sweep waveform still. Choose the right channel, set an edge trigger, and compare AUTO, TRIG, rising and falling with animated examples.
How Do I Record Oscilloscope Art as a Video with Sound?
Record BeamTracer OSC-1's live picture and audio as a WebM. Choose the video shape, capture a changing figure, and learn when to use Render Video for MP4.
Why Do Lines Connect Separate Shapes in Oscilloscope Drawings?
Understand connecting lines in oscilloscope drawings. Compare the same OSC-1 artwork with different starting corners, then inspect its exported stereo XY audio.
How do I save an editable oscilloscope drawing in OSC-1?
Save an editable oscilloscope drawing in BeamTracer OSC-1. Reopen strokes, keep unfinished lines and trace speed, and choose drawing or project files.
Halloween Laser Ideas: Turn Free Lottie and SVG Art into ILDA Files
Make Halloween laser artwork from free Lottie animations, SVG pumpkins, and clip art. Preview the result in BeamTracer and learn the free ILDA export limits.
How Do You Make Lissajous Figures in a Browser?
Make Lissajous figures in BeamTracer OSC-1 with frequency ratios, phase and amplitude. Save a static SVG or ILDA frame, or record the figure with its sound.
How Do You Draw Animated Text on an Oscilloscope?
Draw animated text on an oscilloscope in BeamTracer OSC-1: animate lettering with WRITE or TRACER, preview laser output, and choose a compatible DAC for a real projector.
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.
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.
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.
Music Frequencies Explained: See Bass, Mids and Highs Live
Every band from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, where each instrument sits, and how to see bass, mids and highs on a free browser visualizer. Read EQ colors like a DJ.
How to Draw Two Things at Once on an Oscilloscope
Add two shapes on an oscilloscope and you get one hybrid, not two objects. Here are the four real ways to draw two things at once, phase cutting included.
How Does Hidden Line Removal Change a 3D Model's XY Audio?
In OSC-1, hidden line removal changes which 3D edges become XY audio. Compare the same view with the setting on and off, then inspect the picture and point count.
Controlling Brightness With No Brightness Control
An XY oscilloscope has no brightness knob for a single point. Here is how oscilloscope beam brightness is really controlled: path density and beam speed.
Why Your Oscilloscope Image Is Blurry: Sample Rate and Trace Detail
Keep fine detail in oscilloscope music with high-rate originals. Learn what sample rate, drawing speed, and display settings can—and cannot—fix.
Oscilloscope Music Software: OsciStudio vs osci-render
OsciStudio, osci-render, or a browser? An honest look at three oscilloscope music tools — what each is genuinely best at, and how to pick one for your work.
What Audio Effects Look Like on an Oscilloscope
See what reverb, low-pass filters, phasers and bit reduction look like on an XY oscilloscope — the two-way dictionary between how audio sounds and draws.
Where Oscilloscope Music's Chords Come From
On an oscilloscope, drawing a shape twice is an octave. Here is where oscilloscope music harmony comes from, and why it drifts against a 12-TET piano.
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.
How to Make Oscilloscope Music — Beginner Guide (2026)
Learn oscilloscope music and Lissajous art with OSC-1, a free XY oscilloscope for Chrome or Edge — CRT phosphor simulation, synth, and real laser DAC output.