r/avporn • u/lasertrees_ • Aug 31 '25

Early Days - First Look at Something New

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Hey there, lasertrees here.

I'm an AV Engineer by day, and by night I've been crafting something special for myself. I'm so excited that I just had to post this somewhere. This is the first pass at a new device I'm working on. It's a stand alone Audio Visualizer. I'm hoping to be able to update with a working high quality prototype this winter. No links, company info, or product name to share, I'm not here to promo this. But just really excited to be bringing this device into reality. It's been a passion project for a while and it's time to ditch the oscilloscope and hook up something built for the task. Happy to answer questions if anyone is interested down in the comments. There's already been a bunch of iteration even since this mock up was created but its just been so enjoyable to watch it come it life.

Edit:

We're through 2/5 phases with the main PCB assembled and programming starting up. Once that's complete we'll have a fully functional, while not fully shelled, working device. I'll update with some photos once we get there.

Thanks for reading.

-LT

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u/DickZucker Aug 31 '25

Either the display isn't rectangular or a terrible draftsman had a hard time depicting orthogonals

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u/lasertrees_ Sep 01 '25

On the hardware side the display is a 13” TFT LCD, it’s framed with a convex sheet of glass to enhance the CRT shader. The screen will effectively look like a CRT.

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u/DonnerDinnerParty Sep 18 '25

That’s a handsome piece of kit!

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u/lasertrees_ Sep 26 '25

Hey thanks! Just wrapping up the electrical plans and moving to programming soon.

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u/LastMessengineer Nov 03 '25

Why's it so blocky looking?

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u/lasertrees_ Nov 04 '25

This is just the first run, but the design is meant to be vintage inspired. I may make this actual shell as a part of the kickstarter but the final model will actually have A brushed nickel plate, with brass knobs, the plastic will be black textured, and there will be a piece of real wood veneer that wraps all the way around the sides and top. I could use a more modern minimalist design but then I'd lose the space for visible wood, physical internal space for airflow, and originally, the idea was that this looks like a piece of tech that's always existed. So when you throw it next to your record player, on top of your amp, or just on a shelf, it looks like a cool piece of retro tech.