Synth Lab
One stack tied together by audio: gesture becomes sound, sound drives reactive visuals, visuals drive light. The AI is the luthier; the body is the player. Architecture designed, build underway.
The idea
Synth Lab is the umbrella that connects the other instruments into one performance: your hands drive a synth, the synth’s audio drives reactive visuals, and the visuals drive the lights. One gesture ripples through sound, image, and the room.
The key insight is that audio is the spine. Because the VJ deck already listens to audio, the whole chain closes with routing rather than custom bridge code — gesture → synth → audio → visuals is mostly a matter of sending the right signal to the right place.
This one is honest about its status: the architecture is designed and the first slice is specced, but it’s still being built. It’s here because it’s the thesis the rest of the work is building toward.
How it works
Everything routes through audio; the VJ deck is already audio-reactive, so the chain connects by routing, not new glue code.
Hand-tracking audio (Gesture Instrument), VCV Rack patches, my-lil-vj reactivity, and DMX lighting.
A virtual audio cable (VB-CABLE) routes synth output to the visuals; device pickers wire the loop end to end.
Each pillar stays independent and swappable — the integration is signal flow, not a monolith.
What’s next
Execute slice-1 — close the gesture → synth → audio → visuals loop end to end.
Design and first slice are written; the build is in progress. No live captures yet.