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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.

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Choosing source material

The first creative choice is the input profile, and it comes down to one question: does the audio have a single lead pitch, or many sounds at once? 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.

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Still shots

For a still representation:
  1. Choose the source and let the visual settle.
  2. Set Rotation Mode to Off, or set it to Manual with a very slow Manual Rotation.
  3. Frame the scene with camera controls.
  4. Lock the camera.
  5. Use your browser or operating system screenshot tool.
  6. Save a preset if the look is worth returning to.
Baryon does not currently provide a native still-image export button.

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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.

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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: 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.

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Current limits to know

  • Manual cymatic rotation is controlled through Rotation Mode and Manual Rotation, 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.