OSC-1 Oscilloscope
Professional XY oscilloscope music platform — built-in synthesizer, 15 beam effects, 8 scope presets, MIDI control, laser DAC output, and video export.
OSC-1 is a professional XY oscilloscope in the browser. Play oscilloscope music, control a built-in synth, and output live to a laser DAC — no hardware oscilloscope required.
Who It's For
- Oscilloscope music fans who want to play and visualize the genre without hardware
- Musicians exploring XY synthesis and Lissajous visual music
- VJs and visual artists using XY vector graphics as a performance medium
- Laser artists who want to preview and stream oscilloscope music to a DAC in real-time
Key Features
- Responsive phosphor display — smooth beam motion, bloom, and afterglow
- 8 scope presets — Tektronix 465, HP 1740A, Vector Display, Amber CRT, Laser Sharp, and more
- 15 real-time XY beam effects — Rotate, Swirl, Vortex, Kaleidoscope, BitCrush, Polygonizer, and others
- Built-in Viktor NV-1 synthesizer — 3 oscillators, dual ADSR, LFO, 50+ presets, MIDI Learn
- Virtual keyboard — Polyphonic two-octave QWERTY keyboard
- Track library — Curated oscilloscope music for immediate playback
- MIDI and OSC control — Web MIDI, bidirectional OSC with WebSocket bridge
- Laser DAC output — Helios (WebUSB direct), Ether Dream and LaserCube (bridge); Studio tier, 3 free sessions
- ILDA export — Export the current frame as an ILDA file (Studio tier; 3 free clean exports a month below it)
- Video export — frame-accurate MP4/WebM rendering for loaded tracks, plus live-input recording
Three UI Modes
OSC-1 scales from casual listening to full performance rig:
Oscilloscope Mode
Audio playback, beam styling, scope presets, VU/spectrum monitors. The starting point.
Creator Mode
Adds generators, shape tools, video source input, and audio-reactive beam modulation.
Performance Mode
Adds the layer mixer, step sequencer, scene manager, and shape sampler for live shows.