Control panel reference

The Baryon GUI (top-right corner) lets you shape the visualizer in real time. Hover over any control in the panel to see its tooltip. This document provides the full reference for every user-facing control, organized by folder. For a practical walkthrough, start with First session guide. For the conceptual model behind these settings, see Understanding the engine. Desktop OSC, OSCQuery, and MIDI control-input setup lives in Parameter Automation; outbound modal-structure data lives in OSC Structure Export.

Common Tasks

Task	Controls to use
Manually rotate the cymatic volume	Set Rotation Mode to `Manual`, then adjust Manual Rotation in Motion.
Keep the scene stationary	Set Rotation Mode to `Off`.
Let audio drive scene movement	Set Rotation Mode to `Audio`, then tune Motion Scale.
Change viewpoint	Use the floating camera controls or orbit drag while the camera is unlocked.
Prevent accidental camera movement	Enable Lock Camera.
Capture a still	Frame the scene, lock the camera, set rotation intentionally, then use browser or OS capture tools.

Baryon does not currently expose keyboard shortcuts for manual cymatic rotation. The only currently documented keyboard shortcut is fullscreen where the host exposes it.

Audio Input Profiles

The mic profile selector next to the mic button exposes two analysis presets:

Profile	Description
Voice	Speech and singing. Tracks a lead vocal pitch and uses harmonics as texture.
Ambient	Crowds, rooms, parties, and mixed music. Represents multiple simultaneous sources instead of one driver.

The mic path auto-calibrates when the microphone starts and whenever you switch profiles.

Mic Settings

Controls for live-input analysis and browser microphone processing.

Label	Description
Live Input Mode	Choose how unknown live devices should be analyzed. `Auto` uses heuristics, `Line Feed` uses the file-style path, and `Acoustic Mic` uses the mic-specific path.
Mic Intent	Choose how acoustic mic input should be interpreted. `Ambient` is forgiving for rooms and instruments; `Vocal` emphasizes singing and lead pitch.
Echo Cancel	Suppress speaker bleed and room echo from mic input. Useful with speakers, but it may color the audio spectrum.
Noise Suppress	Filter out steady background noise before analysis. Useful in noisy rooms, but it can soften quieter harmonics.
Auto Gain	Automatically normalize mic volume. Convenient for speech, but it flattens dynamics for visualization.

Performance

Controls for render cadence, adaptive quality, and the performance HUD.

Label	Description
Profile	`Auto` adapts raymarch steps toward 60 FPS, `Custom` uses Target FPS, and `Max Quality` leaves raymarch steps ungoverned.
Target FPS	Performer cadence and adaptive raymarch target used when Profile is `Custom`.
HUD	Shows FPS and render resolution on screen.

Output

Controls for the published output mode and opaque output fill.

Label	Description
Mode	`Transparent` composites over other content. `Opaque` renders solid output.
Output Color	Background fill color used in Opaque output mode.

Shape

Controls for the raymarched modal volume.

Label	Description
Extent	Keep the field contained in the flagship sphere, or let the waves radiate past it and fade into space.
Boundary	Choose whether the modal family behaves like a reflective boundary (`Neumann`) or a fixed node.
Node Threshold	How sharp the bright ring structures appear — lower values create crisper, more defined rings.
Density	How thick and bright the overall volume body appears — raise for a bolder, denser orb.
Absorption	Depth contrast inside the orb — raise for crisper internal layers and less haze.
Refraction	How strongly the laser bends through the acoustic pressure field — higher values focus tighter webs.
Opacity	How solid the orb appears — raise for a stronger presence, especially when compositing over video.
Steps	Rendering quality versus speed — higher values look smoother but may reduce frame rate on slower GPUs.

Color

Controls for the orb color and Spectral Light transfer.

Label	Description
Color Mode	`Static` uses the chosen colors. `Spectral` colors promoted cymatic modes from the audio spectrum.
Volume	Main volume color of the orb interior.
Contour	Color of the sharpest ring edges and contour highlights.
Color Mix	Strength of Spectral Light coloring when Color Mode is `Spectral`.
Sheen	Adds a holographic sheen to the orb’s surface edges.
Sheen Color	How far the sheen color shifts toward cool blue-green tones.
Sheen Edge	How tightly the sheen stays to the very edge — higher values confine it to a thinner rim.

Motion

Controls for scene movement and audio reactivity.

Label	Description
Rotation Mode	`Audio` rotates the orb with music, `Manual` uses Manual Rotation, and `Off` keeps it still.
Manual Rotation	Spin speed in Manual rotation mode — negative values reverse direction.
Motion Scale	Scales the auto-calibrated rotation in Audio mode. It has no effect in Manual rotation mode.
Reactivity	How strongly the visuals respond to the audio — raise for more dramatic reactions.

Bloom

Controls for bloom and fine-grained bloom shaping.

Label	Description
Bloom	Toggle the bloom or halo effect around bright parts of the orb.
Bloom Strength	How bright the bloom halo is.
Bloom Radius	How far the bloom spreads from bright areas.
Bloom Threshold	Minimum brightness before a region contributes to bloom — raise to limit it to the brightest highlights.
Bloom Response	Makes the bloom smaller and more stable by trimming how easily bloom reacts during crowded frames.
Rim Bloom	Pushes more brightness toward the outer rim before bloom is applied.
Rim Compression	Tames sharp edge spikes before they reach the bloom pass.

Logo

Idle-state overlay controls.

Label	Description
Logo Intensity	Brightness of the idle logo shown when no audio is playing.
Logo Size	Size of the idle logo overlay shown when no audio is playing.
Logo Color	Color of the idle logo overlay shown when no audio is playing.

Diagnostics

Diagnostic controls help isolate render, audio, and analysis behavior. Debug-only controls require devtools (DEVTOOLS_ENABLED).

Label	Description
TRAA	Toggle temporal anti-aliasing for diagnostics when isolating render latency, shimmer, or post-process cost.
Capture Debug Data	Record per-frame debug data for the active analysis and renderer.
Freeze Pattern	Hold the current modal pattern in place instead of updating it from live audio.
Force WebGL2	Restart the renderer on the WebGL2 fallback path for compatibility testing. This remounts the canvas.
Low-load Playback	Reduce render overhead during playback diagnostics so you can inspect behavior on slower systems or heavier songs.
Cavity Geometry	Choose which cavity geometry to request for diagnostics. Spherical requests still fall back to the rectangular basis today.
Inject Tone	Replace live audio with a synthetic test tone so you can inspect a known, repeatable input.
Tone Hz	Frequency of the injected test tone in Hz. Low values inspect renderable patterns; high values exercise bandwidth-limit diagnostics.
Tone Signal	Choose whether the injected test signal is a pure sine or an explicit harmonic series.
Tone Amp	Amplitude of the injected test tone — lower values produce subtler pattern excitation.
Log Frames	Write a debug snapshot to the browser console every N frames. Use 1 for every frame.

Presets

The Presets folder lets you save and recall named snapshots of all current control values.

Action	Description
Name field	Type a name for the preset you want to save.
Save	Save the current controls under the typed name. Overwrites any existing preset with the same name.
Load dropdown	Select a saved preset to restore its values. Modifying any control after loading clears the selection indicator.
Reset to defaults	Restore all controls to their factory defaults.
Delete Selected	Delete the preset currently shown in the Load dropdown (controls are left unchanged).

Settings are also auto-saved to localStorage as you adjust controls (debounced 500 ms), so your last session’s values are restored on next load.

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Guides

Reference

Control panel reference

Common Tasks

Audio Input Profiles

Mic Settings

Performance

Output

Shape

Color

Motion

Bloom

Logo

Diagnostics

Presets

​Common Tasks

​Audio Input Profiles

​Mic Settings

​Performance

​Output

​Shape

​Color

​Motion

​Bloom

​Logo

​Diagnostics

​Presets

Common Tasks

Audio Input Profiles

Mic Settings

Performance

Output

Shape

Color

Motion

Bloom

Logo

Diagnostics

Presets