Vocabulary

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Current version: 3

History

Version	Summary
1	first recorded vocabulary: 29 primitives, 24 core and 5 extended
2	add graph primitive: a directed node/edge network with packet pulses travelling along the signal
3	add spectrum primitive: a labeled semantic axis with a signal-positioned marker

31 primitives: 24 core, 5 extended, 2 contrib, 0 legacy

Primitives

Type	Category	Tier	Replaced by	Description
grid	structure	core		matrix grid of cells lit by the frequency spectrum
barcode	structure	core		dense scrolling vertical barcode of the signal
checker	structure	core		a checkerboard whose squares flip with the spectrum
bars	signal-bars	core		vertical magnitude-spectrum bars
hbars	signal-bars	core		horizontal magnitude bars growing from the left edge
radial	signal-bars	core		a circular/polar spectrum radiating from the center
wave	signal-line	core		an oscilloscope/seismograph line of the signal
lissajous	signal-line	core		a Lissajous curve traced from the waveform
particles	geometry	core		a rotating ring of squares sized by the spectrum
orbits	geometry	core		concentric counter-rotating rings of points
dots	geometry	core		a scattered star-field of points keyed to the spectrum (deterministic)
shape	geometry	core		a reactive polygon at center, radius pulsing with amplitude
rings	geometry	core		concentric expanding circles that pulse with the beat
spiral	geometry	core		a spiral of points winding out from the center
scan	motion	core		sweeping scanlines revealed where the signal is high
flash	motion	core		a full-frame flash/invert on loud moments (beat)
sweep	motion	core		a bright vertical bar sweeping across the frame
noise	motion	core		deterministic seeded digital noise gated by energy
caption	text	core		a bottom closed-caption box of the active text/label
rain	text	core		Matrix-style digital rain of the active text characters
text	text	core		the active label as large centered text
crosshair	text	core		a coordinate crosshair + numeric read-out (data-screen)
led	text	core		an LED dot-matrix sign: scrolling text or a named pixel icon (car, coffee, heart, home, music, ...), with an animated effect that reacts to the audio (glow/pulse/blink/equalize/sparkle/wipe)
sprite	sprite	extended		an animated chunky-pixel character (built-in mascot/bot/ghost, or any named pixel icon) that walks/bounces/orbits, faces its direction of travel, switches to an idle/jump pose, and hops on the beat — a composable actor, quantizes with the retro palette
tetris	structure	extended		a Game Boy-style tetromino playfield: a stacked block terrain and falling pieces that speed up with the beat — pairs with the gameboy palette
mesh3d	geometry	core		a rotating 3D wireframe projected to the 2D canvas: a spectrum terrain (waterfall) or a point-cloud globe (uses map coords when present) — driven by the signal
plasma	geometry	extended		a flowing demoscene plasma field (grayscale; colorize with a palette such as neon or pico8)
gridhorizon	geometry	extended		a Tron/synthwave perspective grid receding to a horizon with a sun — pairs with the neon palette
tunnel	geometry	extended		a rotating demoscene tunnel: concentric rings rushing outward with rotating spokes
graph	structure	contrib		a directed network of nodes and edges with packet pulses travelling along the signal
spectrum	structure	contrib		a labeled semantic axis: two pole labels, an optional title, and a marker the signal positions