Visible Gravity
An ode to those early and quiet moments in a night where the strobe light is still only a hopeful glimmer beyond the horizon, a sign of the euphoria to follow.
Visible Gravity
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The concept was born after experimenting with sound waves to sit alongside a 48-minute ambient track created by Daniel Avery for XLR8R. We began to ask ourselves if we could evolve the process of capturing soundwaves in real-time and how to manipulate them in a way that’s subtle, organic and pulls you in.
![](https://acommonthread.studio/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Visible_Gravity-_Main5-scaled.jpg)
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Our main tool for this process was Abelton Live, importing the sound and capturing its visual representation using an Oscilloscope to view the waveforms. We then added various plug-ins which let us manipulate the frequencies which gave us a live visual representation in a striking and bold manner allowing the music to flow and flicker, building up to a euphoric release.
![](https://acommonthread.studio/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Visible_Gravity-_Main8-scaled.jpg)
![](https://acommonthread.studio/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Visible_Gravity-_Main9-scaled.jpg)
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Animations and edits by Connor Campbell. The full film can be viewed here VISUAL GRAVITY and at the top of this project page.
Gallery View
Visible Gravity
![](https://acommonthread.studio/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Visible_Gravity-_Main2-scaled.jpg)
![](https://acommonthread.studio/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Visible_Gravity-_Main3-scaled.jpg)
![](https://acommonthread.studio/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Visible_Gravity-_Main4-scaled.jpg)
The concept was born after experimenting with sound waves to sit alongside a 48-minute ambient track created by Daniel Avery for XLR8R. We began to ask ourselves if we could evolve the process of capturing soundwaves in real-time and how to manipulate them in a way that’s subtle, organic and pulls you in.
![](https://acommonthread.studio/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Visible_Gravity-_Main5-scaled.jpg)
![](https://acommonthread.studio/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Visible_Gravity-_Main6-1-scaled.jpg)
![](https://acommonthread.studio/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Visible_Gravity-_Main7-scaled.jpg)
Our main tool for this process was Abelton Live, importing the sound and capturing its visual representation using an Oscilloscope to view the waveforms. We then added various plug-ins which let us manipulate the frequencies which gave us a live visual representation in a striking and bold manner allowing the music to flow and flicker, building up to a euphoric release.
![](https://acommonthread.studio/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Visible_Gravity-_Main8-scaled.jpg)
![](https://acommonthread.studio/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Visible_Gravity-_Main9-scaled.jpg)
![](https://acommonthread.studio/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Visible_Gravity-_Main10-scaled.jpg)
Animations and edits by Connor Campbell. The full film can be viewed here VISUAL GRAVITY and at the top of this project page.