Sound in
Play anything on your PC. CYMATIK listens to Windows system audio, or you can load an audio file.
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CYMATIK
Same soul. Higher dimension.
Design a reality.
Let sound disturb it.
See what happens.
The demo video above is an earlier prototype capture. The worlds, materials and tools below describe the current Windows build, which is in private beta. Updated footage is on the way.
CreateBuild a world.
Build a world.
Let the music disturb it.
CYMATIK: Physics Lab is a real-time audiovisual instrument. Choose a world, decide what it is made of, and play any audio through it. Every hit leaves a mark that spreads, meets the next one and fades on its own.
Music supplies the forces. Physics determines the behavior. You explore the consequences.
Worlds
A surface, a tunnel and experimental twin-surface worlds. Each one is a persistent space that remembers what struck it.
Materials
Dots, membrane, clay and metal. Change material in the middle of a ripple and the wave carries on.
Camera and control
Four camera shots, with live control of force, physics, appearance and color.
Worlds
FLAT
The base world. One persistent surface stretching to the horizon.
FLATZ
ExperimentalTwo opposing surfaces, each with its own persistent state. Events can go to one, the other, both, or alternate between them.
VRTKLZ
ExperimentalThe FLATZ pair turned vertical, so the world rises on either side of you.
TNLZ
A tunnel. The world wraps around the viewer, and the circumference becomes part of the instrument.
Materials
DOTZ
A dense field of points. Depth comes from perspective and occlusion alone.
MRKRY
A continuous membrane with its own hue. Light follows the shape of the wave.
CLAYZ
A matte, sculptural body. Form without shine.
METALZ
The same body in reflective metal.
CHRMZ
ExperimentalChrome that reflects the room around it and the structure inside it.
Experimental items are marked. They work today, and they are still being shaped.
Go deeper: the five systems behind every world
Every control belongs to one of five systems. Together they follow the path from the force that enters the world to the color you finally see.
- 01
EXCITATION
How energy enters the world.
The forces and impulses that drive the simulation. Choose where they land, how they are shaped, and how hard they hit.
- Placement
- Point or rim force
- Transient force
- Sustained force
- 02
PHYSICS
How the world responds.
Propagation, dispersion, damping and domain. The same strike can ring clean, smear into shimmer, or die away.
- Dispersion
- Damping
- Spatial detail
- Domain
- 03
STRUCTURE
What the world is made from.
ExperimentalPlace a physical structure inside the world. It has its own physics and its own memory, and the same events strike it.
- Sphere
- Size and gap
- Strike patterns
- Own material
- 04
APPEARANCE
How the world is rendered.
Point surface, camera and depth. Stand inside the world, move through it, and decide how much of it you see.
- Point density
- Height scale
- Camera
- Haze
- CHRMZ optics
- 05
COLOR
How the world gets its visual identity.
Live control of hue, automatic color motion, and the lit room that reflective materials mirror.
- Hue spectrum
- Auto color
- Room (OPTX)
Appearance and color change how the world is seen. They never change its physics, and nothing in them can erase the world's state.
Go deeper: circumferential physics and CHRMZ optics Experimental
Circumferential PhysicsExperimental
Physics around the circumference.
Most audio visuals turn loudness into a visual parameter. CYMATIK can instead let sound strike a world whose circumference is part of the physics. In the TNLZ tunnel world, three controls decide how that circle behaves.
TOPOLOGYWhat the circle is. One continuous fabric, or a ring of independent panels, up to 128.
EXCITATIONHow many places an event strikes at once, up to 128.
POLARITYWhich way each strike pushes: out, in, or alternating.
Dispersion and damping then decide how each strike travels and fades. The world keeps its state, so every strike leaves a consequence that spreads, interferes with the next one, and dies away on its own.
CHRMZ OPTICS
ExperimentalReal-time reflective-material research. CHRMZ asks whether worlds and structures can reflect one another, and the room around them, while the physics keeps moving.
Experimental. Reflection behavior is still being refined, and CHRMZ is not a finished material.
Controls in the current build
- Reflection depth
- Probe resolution
- Refresh rate
- World relief
- Sphere relief
- Exposure
- GPU timing read-outs
You don't need to be a musician. You don't need to be a visual artist. You don't need to understand the physics. You need curiosity and the desire to play.
PerformHands on the music.
Hands on the music.
Eyes on the room.
Every control stays live while the world runs. Steer it from your hardware, recall a whole setup from a preset slot, record your own moves, and send a clean picture to the room.
LIVE CONTROL
Every parameter stays playable during the performance. Move a slider and the world answers while it is still moving.
MIDI LEARN
Touch a CYMATIK control, move a knob on your controller, and the two are paired. Maps can be saved and recalled.
PRESETS
Twelve slots hold the whole setup: world, material, force shape, physics, camera and appearance. Name them and recall them.
AUTOM8
Record how you move the controls, then play the motion back, pause it or loop it. AUTOM8 keeps your control moves, not picture or sound. For video, see RenderLab below.
- Clickplace a force
- Spaceimpact
- Rreset the world
- Hhide the interface
The audience sees the world. The artist sees the instrument.
Open Output creates a second window that carries the world and nothing else: no header, no tabs, no cards, no read-outs. Place it on a projector or display and double-click for full screen.
It is a second view of the same world, not a second world. Each surface frames the world for its own shape, built for widescreen and ultrawide displays and tested on a 32:9 ultrawide.
- Live displays
- Projection
- Ultrawide presentation
Windows Spout output
Spout output is being built so CYMATIK's picture can be shared with other Spout-capable video software on the same Windows PC.
It is not part of the current private beta. There is no release date yet, and compatibility with specific VJ software is not confirmed.
Produce · RenderLabTurn a performance
Turn a performance
into a video.
From sound to social. From performance to production.
RenderLab records your performance, then renders it again offline as a clean video master. You choose the shape afterwards, so one performance can become a widescreen video for your site and a portrait video for Reels, Shorts or TikTok.
Perform and record
Play your set and press record. RenderLab keeps what the world did and the audio Windows was playing. A quick preview video is ready seconds after you stop.
Choose the shape and settings
Pick widescreen, ultrawide, square, 4:5 or 9:16, a size and a frame rate. Enter your own size if you need one.
Render the video master
RenderLab rebuilds the performance frame by frame, offline, and writes an MP4 with a lossless audio file beside it.
Finish and share
Open the MP4 in your video editor to trim, add captions or titles, and upload it to your site or your social platforms.
- Widescreen
- 16:9, up to 3840 × 2160
- Ultrawide
- 32:9, up to 5120 × 1440
- Square
- 1:1, up to 2160 × 2160
- Portrait
- 4:5, up to 2160 × 2700
- Reels and Shorts
- 9:16, up to 2160 × 3840, or 1080 × 1920
- Frame rate
- 60 fps, with 120 and 240 fps options. 240 fps needs an NVIDIA graphics card. 24 and 30 fps are not offered.
- Files
- MP4 video, plus a separate lossless audio file.
Native portrait, with exceptions
For 9:16, 4:5 and 1:1, RenderLab moves CYMATIK's camera to fit the new shape instead of stretching the picture. A vertical FLATZ world, and narrow shapes from takes that use Event Horizon or OZL8, fall back to a letterboxed or center-cropped frame. For the best result, record in a window shaped like your finished video.
What to know
- RenderLab does not trim, caption or publish. Finish in your video editor.
- It records the audio Windows plays, not a microphone.
- Rendering runs slower than the performance, so plan for it.
- Tested on Windows 11 with an NVIDIA graphics card. Rendering needs Chrome or Edge installed. Other setups are not yet verified.
- Very wide masters may need a video extension from the Microsoft Store to play in Windows.
RenderLab is in private beta and is planned for CYMATIK 1.0.
Release status
Where CYMATIK stands.
CYMATIK: Physics Lab is a Windows instrument from Lotus Labz. It is in private beta, and commercial release is coming soon. Nothing is available to buy or download yet.
The Windows build
What this page describes.
- Live audio response, worlds, materials and cameras.
- MIDI Learn, presets, AUTOM8 and clean output.
- RenderLab recording and rendering.
Still on the way
Not yet released.
- Windows Spout output.
- Updated demonstration footage and RenderLab samples.
Working, still being shaped
Marked on this page.
- FLATZ and VRTKLZ worlds.
- The STRUCTURE sphere and CHRMZ optics.
- Circumferential physics in TNLZ.
Commercial release coming soon
Planned, not yet available.
- RenderLab is planned for CYMATIK 1.0.
- A 14-day trial is planned.
- Planned introductory price: $99 for the first 30 days after launch. Planned standard price: $149 for a perpetual license.
- Windows 11 and an NVIDIA graphics card are recommended based on current testing. Final system requirements are pending validation.
Made for
Built to be played.
DJs and producers
Visuals that follow a track or a set, without building a visual show from scratch.
VJs and live performers
A responsive world meant to be steered with hardware controls and recorded moves.
Musicians and artists
Turn a performance into video for music promotion, your website and your portfolio.
Venues and projection
A clean output window for wide screens and projectors, built for widescreen and ultrawide shapes.
Questions
CYMATIK FAQ
Is CYMATIK a finished product?
Not yet. The Windows build of CYMATIK: Physics Lab is in private beta, and commercial release is coming soon. Experimental features are marked on this page.
Can I buy it or try it now?
Not yet. Nothing can be purchased or downloaded today. A 14-day trial is planned, along with a $149 perpetual license. The planned introductory price is $99 for the first 30 days after launch. Lotus Labz will announce availability when the release is ready.
Can RenderLab make videos for Reels, Shorts and TikTok?
RenderLab can render 9:16 portrait video, with the exceptions listed in the RenderLab section. It does not trim, caption or post. Open the MP4 in your video editor to finish it and upload it to the platform you use.
Does CYMATIK work with Resolume or other VJ software?
Windows Spout output is in development. It is not released, and compatibility with specific VJ software has not been confirmed yet. Lotus Labz will say so here once it is.
What do I need to run it?
Windows 11 and an NVIDIA graphics card are recommended, based on current testing. Final system requirements are pending validation, and no performance guarantees are published yet.
What platforms will be supported?
CYMATIK is being built for Windows. Other platforms and plugin formats are not announced.
Is the demo real?
Yes. It was recorded from the running software, with the audio you hear driving the visuals. It is an earlier prototype capture, and updated footage is planned.
Do I need to understand physics?
No. The physics is the engine, not the interface. You only need curiosity.
A world waiting to be disturbed.
CYMATIK is in private beta, with commercial release coming soon. Watch the prototype, follow along, or get in touch to collaborate.