hi ZenPunkHippy
thanks for your post … the Tektronix sure looks nice (and expensice ) also thanks for the video link…
came across several EEV vids on youtube …but this is soooo time consuming…
I was never able to wrap my head around Watts Voltage Ampere Power Joules back in school …
look an oscilloscope trippy shit YAYYY
Sorry, I posted the wrong model number. The Tektronix 2225 is what I meant, it’s a bit cheaper. Probably find it for < $200 if you look around.
Thats right. The audio was created specifically for the scope in ableton.
Made to change rhythmically with the music
Mind you it does sound pretty awesome by itself
Here is a link to the actual audio used in the Clark video
thanks for clearing it up! 
Check out this page for details of how oscilloscope images are created:
http://www.jerobeamfenderson.net/tagged/oscilloscope
He’s posted Pure Data patches for creating some of them. Very cool stuff!
you read my mind - thanks for that! even if it is a bit hard to listen to ;]
bought an Oscilloscope
made the epic pattern thing 
broke my Toy , dont know what happened … 
LEARNED A LOT !!! 
was worth every penny! prox 10 Euro for 1 hour = had 4 hours fun … experience and knowledge also was worth every penny! 
I want a new OSC !!!
Old Osc for sale in Berlin 
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nice one trabant, there are some nice patterns as well. i like those around eight mins that looks like a fountain 
Turned out cool! props!
Resurrecting this thread after being blown away by that Clark video with a couple of questions:
- All the links in the thread seem to be dead, does anyone know any current information on Adoxo/Phosphorfordummies?
- This is a current YT channel for Jerobeam Fenderson: www.youtube.com/user/jerobeamfenderson1
- If I was getting a scope is Tektronix the way to go - 2225?
I’m thinking this would be a great application for those unused OT cue outs, an audio track straight to scope XY 
Any old scope will work just fine; leader, Tektronix, as long as it’s got dedicated XY and Z (brightness) inputs and a removable graticule, you should be able to coax lovely oscillographics from…
I personally fell quite deep and modified several vectrex consoles to do this sorta thing with a dedicated modular system and open source pure data patches…
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Those look amazing @evanh41!
Cheers for the reply. I found a Tektronix 2225 going near me so I want to go and test it. I was hoping to use my phone to play audio through a 3.5mm - twin BNC cable to check its working - reasonable do you think? I’d have to buy the cable.
The seller does have cables with it but I am not an engineer (yet) and don’t know what to do with those…
@Cocker struggling a bit to find 3.5mm stereo to twin BNC, do you know where your image is from please?
Get a bunch of BNC to RCA adapters. Then adapt RCA to 1/4” or 1/8” or whatever your input is.
That’s the easiest solution, unless you can still find 1/8 to BNC in a length that’ll work.
If that Tektroniks can still display an XY over those probes you’re probably good to go and ready to take the dive.
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Google BNC Cinch/RCA adapter
I always wanted an oscilloscope! So what should we buy / what do we need?
As a starter I can recommend the OSCI Studio
https://oscilloscopemusic.com/oscistudio.php
You can generate WAVs from 3D shapes (with a blender plugin or from OBJ directly) which then can be used to draw on an analog oscilloscope (I guess )
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Can someone explain what MHz range is acceptable and what limitations lower or higher MHz scopes would have? I’ve seen scopes as low as 15MHz. I am a total noob to this and only has piqued my interest as this thread was rejuvenated.
On proper scientific oscilloscopes, the bandwidth is generally quite high, so high that you can do what is called “scan processing”, where you can visibly recall an image over an xy display and contort into what’s known as the “rutt etra” effect.
It’s possible on the vectrex, but tends to muddy up and filter out. But any old eurorack oscillator or audio will be perfectly suitable.
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For reference on oscillographics/ vector synthesis, there’s a whole book on the subject and how to interface.
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Thanks for the explanation! So if I’m understanding correctly the bandwidth size for audio or CV we would use in general can be relatively low? Is 15Mhz too low? Found one for pretty cheap.
Vector Hack Festival
Seems like a superb youtube channel / festival for inspiration / knowledge etc.
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yesssss. the vectorhack channel, festival and community around it is incredible.
I always reference back to some of those talks, and actually had a chance this last year to exhibit some of my work in Croatia for the festival.
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