Fun With Lasers And Audio (and synths).
Today we quickly make a laser audio transmitter, laser microphone, invisible laser microphone, and a…underwater CV laser modulator.
Today we quickly make a laser audio transmitter, laser microphone, invisible laser microphone, and a…underwater CV laser modulator.
@Kevinblomgren54638
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
Hi my name is Silvana Blomgren how to block those lasers if someone is pointing to my walls and windows? I saw those kinds of laser in my walls and windows?
@LolBoll-jl4qg
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
What solar panel did you use if you dont mind me asking?
@Yeshuaschild93
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
This is used to torture targeted individuals. Disgusting and evil
@DanielGoldberg-z4c
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
Do double pane windows effectively kill voice frequencies?
@sympholiloquist7404
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
That's fucking crazy
@litherpool
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
BROOOOOOOOOOOO
@GodswillBDone4WeThePeople
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
Add this to some 800+ mhz on special radios and you could divide and destroy a whole town
@myyoutube6978
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
How would you capture if someone is doing this to you? I know of the physical effects.
@silverXnoise
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
I’m a musician, I played guitar in a post-rock band and produced downtempo electronica in the early ‘00s. In 2008 I decided to go back to college and I got a 4-year degree in media studies, then went to tech school for a 2-year degree in electronics engineering. This shit right here is my entire life. Seriously well done.
@ccronicle
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
This is superb would listen hours on end.
@idktho463
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
"Do not ever plug a laser receiver into your modular synthesizer unless you have a good understanding of circuitry and a module that protects the incoming signal." And plugging a laser receiver into the synthesizer is central to the mentioned idea of reducing or eliminating the obnoxious laser glow?
It sounds like infrared might be better for sound quality anyway (and avoid the question of making the green laser less visible), but is that 100% invisible? I want to be unobtrusive, but I don't need to be particularly stealthy, and I believe infrared light doesn't naturally refract into visible light just by hitting windows, so I think I'd be aiming IR blind (which might be bad for my eyes at any wattage, and I think I wouldn't even know if I were shining it into my eyes?) or using an IR camera, which seems like an extra layer of complication I'd prefer to avoid.
@freewheelinghorn
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
lol i love that Benn spent a 9-minute video on what would and has taken academic experimental musicians a semester or longer to pull-off… says a lot about autodidacticism 🤘
@JacobBennettMusic
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
@Benn and Gear You should use a clear, carbonated liquid and see what effect the bubbles have on the modulation.
@JacobBennettMusic
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
This man…. This is… I can't even… I've been studying and learning about synthesis, and modular, for a while now. I've just met what is effectively the man who taught the smartest teacher I've known. This man is an unabashed genius. And he uses it to make music with laser pointers. 😛 Incredible
@artificium_
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
Do have any recorded music up anywhere?
@artificium_
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
This is so fucking cool. what
@noostroi
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
Ok, this is pretty awesome – made me think of Arrival…
@dandymcgee
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
That ending is one of the most beautiful things I've ever witnessed.
@deadmanschest13
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
So cool! Thank you for the inspiration!
@Mosfet510
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
This was great. I really like the sound mod with the ink, every sound is unique.
@schlaier
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
This is easily the most interesting modulation source ever.
@colouredmirrorball
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
1:11 is that a near direct laser hit to your eye? Ö
@drgwon
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
W O W!!! Mind Blowing……Thank!
@wintercyan
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
Do you think it would be possible to pull the balanced audio trick with this, and send two lasers, one with inverted signal, and then sum them, to cancel the interference and get a cleaner signal over distance?
This is very rad, and the modular performance using water and ink was gorgeous!
@T.H.W.O.T.H
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
I know this was posted a while ago, but I was wondering…. could this work by dropping glitters into the tank along with the ink – if it sinks of course? It would block the light beam and, you know, might look kind of trippy too. Fine sand might work as well, and always bring you back to clear(ish) water.
@CantonBecker
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
Really and truly beautiful and original. Breathtaking moment when the ink started falling and I waited for the sound to respond…
@darghe
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
I keep coming back for the ink part as this still blowing my mind how "easily" sound can be altered by light (if it travels by light that is but still!)
@gabsauvage
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
Wow.
@ShellAlbert
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
good
@414Farenheit
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
I would like to try myself this. Do you have any schematic for the transmiter?
@ubiquitousreverser
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
Now if only you would have set this up to play the bubbles in your chocolate milk. See Mom, it serves a purpose, it's fun, and it's chocolatey good. Cool stuff Ben. Tanks for sharing!
@aaroncarter8845
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
That was beautiful, this is a great channel, I learn new stuff every time I watch a video.
@kotn2
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
Nice! Thank you!)
@apawinmyface
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
A true piece of contemporary art. Leagues above anything I’ve seen in a Modern Art Museum.
@pryere
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
Eye candy Eargasm combo . A first for me, thank you.
@jan-martinulvag1962
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
Music for inkports
@valyri
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
aaaa HOW did i not know about this channel until now
@jonaseggen2230
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
looks like aurora borealis : )
Today I heard an interesting program on Norwegian radio about people who claim to be able to hear sounds from the norther lights. That's not possible, but what might be the case, and what scientists now are trying to figure out is if radio waves, magnetic something or whatever is causing grass, twigs, hear in your ear or something else, to vibrate in audio rate.
In e few years your invention will be as common as the spring tank. Maybe try this with several lasers in a larger tank or a swimming pool?
@seanrichards8774
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
Can you tell me a bit more about what the CV is controlling? I showed this to my physics students and they were blown away, but also very curious about what you created and how it was controlled by the light.
@Daniel-pu9fi
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
How the fuck can you be so smart to do something like this? It's beyond me.
@Vertexavery
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
Jesus christ that is amazing
@weekendnacho
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
I would love to hear an ambient album of you with tracks like this!
@Unifono2012
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
amazing
@mylarmelodies
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
fucking hell. brilliant
@Jam2go
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
6:33 such a cool visual
@Stonjei
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
Amazing stuff. Going through your content on your series has been really helpful. How about creating a video on some of your acoustic instruments? More specifically, your Ronroco, the strings you use and the tuning you prefer on it. There seems to be a shortage of good Ronroco videos on Youtube. Cheers!
@latorreflorent9157
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
thank's Benn 😀 its amazing 🙂
@ionianechoes
April 4, 2026 at 6:27 am
Thanks Benn that is amazing and beautiful!!
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