Hacker News AI · 10/7/2026, 3:46:30 PM
Open Source IWRZWR: 160+ Sound Visualization Experiments
Developer kaganin has open-sourced IWRZWR on GitHub, a collection of over 160 sound visualization experiments. The repository covers 25 categories including waveform animations, spectrum patterns, particles, and rhythm memory, offering rich visual references and code implementations for audio frontend development.
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160+ sound visualization experiments across 25+ categories. explore waveform animations, spectrum-inspired patterns, matrix displays, particles, rhythm and memory.
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01 — soundwave directions
spectrum ribbonmono wavesilk layersliquid wavefine spectrum
02 — geek soundwaves
teletext pulsevector scopewireframe echoascii streamspectral tape
03 — vector studies
phosphor sweepxy dustphase braidterminal tracecontour memory
04 — sound machines
resonance sandharmonic motorspring railpendulum choirgrain conveyor
05 — 01 raster protocol
gate registerpacket stitchraster combparity bloomaddress bus
06 — 02 causal instruments
coupled nodesbearing fancausal relaystate boxesbranch memory
07 — 03 pocket machines
segment relaycompression treatysplice loomorbit punchcardsample hold ladder
08 — 04 calibration desk
calibrated horizonsdelay vernierphase aperturepursuit orbitfolding topology
09 — 05 plotter logic
broken gridstep weavecell courierfactor constellationgesture fragments
10 — 06 selective memory
rank sieveexchange trayimpression pressslice loupeoverstrike seal
11 — 07 signal translations
wake fieldrevision strataperforation logictranscode windowwire loom
12 — 08 quiet telemetry
skew profileduration receiptstepped throatshear beltcarrier window
13 — 09 control laws
quantized handoffclipped travelretrigger ratchetcontext leaseschmitt memory
14 — 10 field operations
section gatefield straincompression atlasflare stemevent slots
15 — 11 shared resources
choke pairvoice vacancydocked phrasemasked recallrouted emphasis
16 — 12 inference engines
ricochet registeridentity holdcritical sectionsdeferred yieldrange reduction
17 — 13 conditional machines
confidence fencevector closurecycle escapementreversible detourmutation quota
18 — 14 visible invariants
moment balancemarginal printarea contractregistration residualocclusion order
19 — 15 procedural marks
order residueeuclidean packingerror escrowseries productnested span
20 — bloom · 10 alternatives
carry cascadediamond relaybit weavephase shutterbinary tidevoxel lungfault orchardorbit registerxor interferencesieve memory
21 — matrix · directions
gravity curtainoblique relaytwin helixspiral sinkcorner tide
22 — matrix · routes
figure eightricochet registersquare circuitpendulum bankfountain foldcounter rotorshourglass driftjunction turnorbital shellsaccordion field
23 — sound and motion · 4 × 5
kick ricochetsnare prismhat escapementimpact cagepluck reboundenvelope orbitband satellitesphase gyroresonance petalsstereo slingstring bridgefold bankcoupled framespulse louversspectral fanecho chambersmemory loomattack ledgerdecay halodiffusion bed
24 — cell / trace / memory
echo orchardhalo cacheband ledgerdiamond spillorbital dusttwin wellsspiral retainpulse quiltrebound clouddiagonal sediment
25 — spectral fan & band satellites
spectral fanband satellites