Creative workflows

This guide covers creative uses that sit between the product controls and future export features: choosing source material, capturing stills and video, and 3D-printing experiments.

Choosing source material

Solo performances, voices, full DJ mixes, and room sound all drive the same broadband response. Use a direct line/loopback feed for clean music, or a microphone when you want the room to contribute. Voice/Vocal and Ambient intent labels do not impose a pitch or source-count limit. Good starting controls: lower Material Density and Caustic Strength for quiet or sparse material. For dense, layered music, try Spectral color so the field is colored by the spectrum. For clean recordings or a direct feed, avoid browser audio cleanup unless you need it. Echo cancellation, noise suppression, and auto gain can rescue a noisy microphone, but they also alter the signal that drives the field.

Still shots

For a still representation:

Choose the source and let the visual settle.
Set Rotation Mode to Off, or set it to Manual with a very slow Manual Spin Speed.
Frame the scene with camera controls.
Lock the camera.
Use your browser or operating system screenshot tool.
Save a preset if the look is worth returning to.

Baryon does not currently provide a native still-image export button.

Video captures

For a controlled video take:

Use Manual rotation when you want a steady sculptural spin.
Use Audio rotation when you want the scene to move with the recording.
Baryon output is opaque. Use a black background with Add or Screen blending in the receiving tool when black should disappear.
Save the exact control state as a preset before recording.

3D printing and mesh export

The current public app does not export 3D-printable geometry. That includes raw coordinates, point clouds, STL, OBJ, GLTF, and direct slicer-ready files. This is an important distinction: Baryon is not rendering a point cloud. The visual comes from a continuous volumetric modal field. To make a physical object from it, an export feature would need to convert a chosen moment of that field into geometry. A credible 3D-print export workflow would need to answer these questions:

Decision	Why it matters
Moment in time	A live field changes continuously; the export needs one frozen state.
Field threshold	The mesh needs a surface boundary, not every sampled value.
Scale and thickness	Printed material needs structural support and minimum wall thickness.
Solid versus shell	A slicer needs watertight geometry, not only a visual surface.
Orientation and base	Sculptural prints often need a stable base or mounting strategy.
File format	Slicers usually expect STL, OBJ, or 3MF; design tools may prefer GLTF.

The right export source would be the field state itself, not a screenshot. A screenshot can become a visual reference, but it cannot preserve the underlying 3D structure.

Current limits to know

Manual cymatic rotation is controlled through Rotation Mode and Manual Spin Speed, not keyboard shortcuts.
Camera controls change the viewpoint, not the underlying pattern.
Still and video capture currently use browser or operating-system tools.
Geometry export is not currently exposed in the public app.

These limits are documented so creative workflows can stay grounded in what the current product actually supports.

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