> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.baryon.live/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Control panel reference > Reference for the Baryon GUI controls and diagnostic settings. 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](/public/guides/first-session). For the conceptual model behind these settings, see [Understanding the engine](/public/guides/understanding-the-engine). Desktop OSC, OSCQuery, and MIDI control-input setup lives in [Parameter Automation](/public/desktop/parameter-automation); outbound modal-structure data lives in [OSC Structure Export](/public/desktop/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 | | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | **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. | | **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. | ## 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.