Animations

Chladni Animation

Explore musical nodal figures, vibrational modes, and frequency ratios on a virtual plate.

Chladni Animation is a visual lab for exploring the musical physics of vibrating plates.

By varying two frequency axes, plate dimensions, material, particle density, and persistence, you can observe how nodal lines and resonant regions emerge across the surface.

The page can also connect to a key/scale selection so those modes map to musical pitches, letting you compare ratios and listen to two oscillators tied to the chosen frequencies.

It is a tool for connecting acoustics, vibration, shape, consonance, material behavior, and musical perception inside one interactive experience.

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Controls

Freq X
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Freq Y
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Resultant
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Chord/Scale Oscillators
Chord/Scale Oscillators
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Recent chords and scales
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Higher values add many more particles and increase CPU usage.
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Controls visual memory/trails of previous frames.
Plate / Material Parameters

Interactive Chladni-style nodal pattern simulation driven by two frequency axes.