ARE (Audio Reactive Engine) .tox
Added 2025-06-08 15:15:32 +0000 UTCI'm honored to introduce you to ARE β the Audio Reactive Engine ! π
After nearly two years of work on audio reactivity, I believe Iβve managed to craft a fairly complete tool
ARE offers:
Automatic or manual drum detection (Drums) ;
Detection of the global dynamic of the signal (Global Dynamic) ;
Per-frequency dynamics detection (Reduced FFT) ;
Detection of low, mid, and high components of the audio signal (LMH Dynamics) ;
Manual BPM detection.
ARE is designed for optimization β parameters are available to reduce CPU consumption as much as possible while keeping output consistency. A graphical interface allows you to monitor audio signal processing and fine-tune the exposed parameters
Technical documentation is in progress, as well as two tutorials π:
One focused on how to use ARE ;
One on how to make 3D elements audio-reactive.
If you encounter bugs or have suggestions, please share them β itβs super important for improving the tool! And if you use ARE in your projects, Iβd love for you to mention it !π
This project may not be copied or reproduced.
Comments
If you setup the audio device in with the "minimum" buffer while keeping some viable data for the ARE to work it's perfect. The documentation I wrote speaks about latency and ARE. I use ARE in my live VJing and the only latency comes from devices and setup, ARE itself runs at 0.8ms average
Edgar Schubhan
2026-03-02 18:53:07 +0000 UTCHey folks, i'm looking for help on latency. Does the ARE.tox add latency to the produced visual? Obviously this is important in a live arena. Thanks
Jack stevens
2026-03-02 15:12:47 +0000 UTCThe patch is just the audio analysis, obviously it doesn't move. Did you see the last tutorial ?
Edgar Schubhan
2025-07-24 12:40:45 +0000 UTCGo to your ARE.tox parameter, select "audio and tools" tab then click on the "ON/OFF" button next to "Audio file (Off) / device (On)" Once you put in on "ON" mode Create a audio file in CHOP next to your ARE.tox Then you go to your movie file out TOP and drag and drop your CHOP on the line that say Audio CHOP in you Movie File out parameters
Hamza Medjehed
2025-07-16 23:32:37 +0000 UTCHey SARV, thanks for sharing this. I'm trying to use this with internal sound source but I'm getting no action on the ARE meters themselves (Global Dynamics/FFT). Source is selected, sample rate same as audio interface, buffer same as interface too. Any ideas?
EdZ
2025-07-13 13:36:32 +0000 UTCWould love to see an tutorial. It looks super promising!! :)
enterblank
2025-07-07 18:37:01 +0000 UTCGreat start! way more control than the typ AudioAnalyzer. I hope to field test on a projection install this July 22-24.
Jim Kuehn
2025-07-07 01:24:28 +0000 UTCWaiting too...
Leon Krykhtin
2025-06-27 05:48:54 +0000 UTCStill waiting how to use this tool... Nothing is moving or sounding at all from your patch.
Leon Krykhtin
2025-06-27 04:38:17 +0000 UTCI do it asap !
Edgar Schubhan
2025-06-16 08:47:01 +0000 UTCcan you provide any info at all? trying to understand how the parameters work. got an upcoming show
Adrien Oneiga
2025-06-15 03:25:23 +0000 UTCNice can't wait for the tutorials as i would like to see your workflow and then apply a video 3d to your audio reactivity particles
Not Available
2025-06-15 00:30:42 +0000 UTCWhat kind of visualization do you want ?
Edgar Schubhan
2025-06-13 10:09:13 +0000 UTCGreat ToolοΌThere is a great need for techniques to visualize audio waveforms! Any chance of getting an early access to a demo?
Vision Z
2025-06-11 05:23:55 +0000 UTC
