Wormhole
Wormhole is a space-themed audio-reactive scene in BeamTracer Audio Visualizers. Shape its response in your browser with settings, audio modulation, presets, and tips.
Wormhole is a space-themed audio-reactive scene in the Space category. Open it from the left visualizer list, start an audio source, and use the settings panel to shape its response.
Open Wormhole
Launch the visualizer with its matching left-nav entry selected.
Interesting facts
A wormhole — formally an Einstein-Rosen bridge — is a hypothetical shortcut through spacetime that general relativity's equations permit but that has never actually been observed. BeamTracer's Wormhole is a flythrough tunnel built for visual and audio impact, not a claim that a traversable shortcut like this could really exist.
- Wormholes came out of Einstein's math, not a telescope. In 1935, Einstein and Nathan Rosen showed that general relativity's equations allow a bridge connecting two distant points in spacetime — a purely theoretical result from day one.
- Nothing like one has ever been detected. NASA researchers are blunt about this: general relativity permits wormholes mathematically, but there is no observational evidence for anything like one anywhere in the universe.
- Keeping one open would take matter nobody has ever produced. Calculations suggest a stable, traversable wormhole would need to be propped open with "exotic" matter that has negative energy density — something physicists have no known way to create or sustain.
- The name is newer than the idea. The bridge concept dates to 1935, but physicist John Wheeler didn't coin the term "wormhole" until the 1950s.
- Interstellar's wormhole was built from real relativity. For the 2014 film, physicist Kip Thorne supplied Einstein's general-relativity equations to the visual-effects team, and the resulting renderings were accurate enough to produce two peer-reviewed papers on gravitational lensing.
These details are summarized from NASA Goddard's Cosmicopia explainer on wormholes and general relativity, and cross-checked against Space.com's coverage of the peer-reviewed research behind Interstellar's wormhole and black hole visuals.
Quick start
- Start the demo track, choose a local audio file, or enable a live input.
- Try a preset or style first, then open the section for the part of the image you want to change.
- On a control with Assign modulation, open the source picker, choose a signal, and watch the slider's live fill.
- Use Reset to Defaults whenever you want to return to the original look.
Audio modulation
On a control with Assign modulation, select the activity icon to open Modulate with. Choose a named source, or choose — None to leave the control unmodulated. After you assign one, its name appears below the slider; select that name to edit the route, or use Clear modulation to remove it. The slider track shows the live signal reaching the control.
| Modulated control | Section | What the route changes |
|---|---|---|
| Bloom | Material | Sets the visible strength of bloom. |
| Base Hue | Colors | Moves the color around the color spectrum. |
| Hue Shift | Colors | Moves the color around the color spectrum. |
| Speed | Animation | Sets how quickly speed changes or moves. |
Settings reference
Core
| Setting | Available values | What it changes |
|---|---|---|
| Tunnel Mode | LIGHT SPEED, GEOMETRIC, DRIFT | Chooses the tunnel mode or style. |
| Tube Diameter | 0.01–0.1 | Controls tube diameter; higher values increase the effect and lower values reduce it. |
| Star Density | 500–5000 | Controls how concentrated the visible elements appear. |
| Segments | 3–120 | Sets how many divisions form the visible shape. |
| Particle Count | 50–500 | Sets how many visible elements are drawn. |
Material
| Setting | Available values | What it changes |
|---|---|---|
| Intensity | 0.1–2 | Sets the strength of the selected visual effect. |
| Bloom | 0–2 | Sets the visible strength of bloom. Use Assign modulation to choose a source. |
| Twist | 0–1 | Controls twist; higher values increase the effect and lower values reduce it. |
| Star Size | 0.5–5 | Sets the visible star size. |
| Trail Length | 0.1–2 | Sets the visible trail length. |
| Hyperdrive | 0–2 | Controls hyperdrive; higher values increase the effect and lower values reduce it. |
| Particle Size | 0.5–3 | Sets the visible particle size. |
| Fog Density | 0–1 | Makes the scene fog thinner or denser. |
Colors
| Setting | Available values | What it changes |
|---|---|---|
| Base Hue | 0°–360° | Moves the color around the color spectrum. Use Assign modulation to choose a source. |
| Hue Shift | 0–3 | Moves the color around the color spectrum. Use Assign modulation to choose a source. |
Audio
| Setting | Available values | What it changes |
|---|---|---|
| Master Gain | 0–3 | Sets how strongly the input signal affects master. |
| Bass Intensity | 0–3 | Sets the visible bass intensity. |
| Mid Intensity | 0–3 | Sets the visible mid intensity. |
| High Intensity | 0–3 | Sets the visible high intensity. |
| Smoothing | 0.02–0.5 | Balances immediate audio response against steadier motion. |
Animation
| Setting | Available values | What it changes |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 0.1–3 | Sets how quickly speed changes or moves. Use Assign modulation to choose a source. |
| Loop Animation | On / Off | Turns loop animation on or off. |
| Burst On Beat | On / Off | Turns burst on beat on or off. |
Camera
| Setting | Available values | What it changes |
|---|---|---|
| Mouse Follow | On / Off | Turns mouse follow on or off. |
| Zoom | 0.1–0.6 | Sets the visual zoom. |
| Smoothing | 5–60 | Balances immediate audio response against steadier motion. |
Some controls appear only after you enable a related mode or style. The settings panel always reflects the options available for the current selection.
Tips for a better audio visualization
- Use bass for the largest orbital or camera motion and highs for stars, sparks, or glow accents.
- Try assigning Bass to Bloom, then compare Mid, High, and Volume while the demo track plays. The slider's live fill shows the signal reaching that control.