HYDRACTRL in action

At the beginning of May I was about to dive deep into my plotting again when a little idea-elf came knocking on my shoulder and it said "Hey, what if we try vibe-coding a wrapper around Hydra so we don't need Synesthesia".

I thought "What?! A completely brand new idea that might not even work? While I actually have a whole bunch of other stuff planned for May??"... idea-elf: "But look how it sparkles!"...

So I built the thing. And I named it HYDRACTRL, as it's a control surface for Hydra. See what I did there? The core was built in a few days, but I ended up extending and polishing it for the rest of the month.

You're probably still asking yourself "Sure, ok, but what is HYDRACTRL???"

Well it allows me to now use real-time generated and audio-reactive visuals in my VJ setup. The clip above is from the very first test jam for D&LY's next show. Audio is from the brand new and exquisite set by Dely.

Enjoy!