live ยท August 2026
Sonic Canvas - Audiovisual Instrument
A browser-based instrument for composing and performing sound through responsive, real-time 3D visuals.
Disciplines
- Audiovisual Instrument
- Music Technology
- Creative Tool
- 3D
About this Tool
Sonic Canvas explores what becomes possible when a musical instrument and a visual system are conceived as one creative environment.
Built entirely for the browser, it combines a multi-part synthesis engine with sequencing, MIDI control, and real-time audio-reactive 3D graphics. Musical gestures shape particle systems, geometric forms, ripples, and other generative structures as they are played, making image and sound part of the same performance.
A streamlined, touch-friendly Play Mode supports immediate creation, while a deeper Studio environment opens up sound design, sequencing, and visual control. Performances can be captured directly in the browser, with audio and visual output produced within the same system.
The result is more than a visualiser or software synthesiser: it is an evolving audiovisual instrument in which composition can be heard, seen, and performed.
Key Features
- Multi-part browser-based synthesis and sequencing engine
- Real-time audio-reactive 3D particle and geometry systems
- Touch, keyboard and external MIDI performance
- Euclidean rhythm generation and loop-based composition
- Custom visual forms generated from SVG and transparent PNG assets
- Per-part sound and visual control within a shared performance environment
- Live audiovisual performance recording
- WAV and multitrack audio export
- Responsive interface designed across desktop, tablet and mobile
- Runs entirely in the browser with no installation required