🌀 This mode renders a full-screen, audioreactive, kaleidoscopic spiral with fluid “swirly” motion.
A single animated spiral is generated, then mirrored and rotated into multiple symmetrical slices to create a mandala-style kaleidoscope that fills the entire screen.

The motion is:

Time-based (always moving)

Audio-reactive (breathes and wobbles with sound)

Playable via MIDI gate and trigger inputs

🎛️ Knob Controls
Knob 1 – Kaleidoscope Slices

Controls how many mirrored wedges are drawn.

Low values → simple symmetry

High values → dense, mandala-like geometry

Range: ~6 to 24 slices

Knob 2 – Spiral Spacing (Density)

Controls how tightly the spiral winds outward.

Low → tight, intense spirals

High → looser, more open curves

Also affects how fast the spiral reaches the screen edges

Knob 3 – Swirl Speed / Intensity

Controls how fast and how strongly the spiral “swirls.”

Modulates the sine-based angle distortion

Knob 4 – Color Palette

Controls the color spectrum.

Each kaleidoscope slice is offset in color

Knob 5 – Background Color

Sets the background color using Eyesy’s color picker.

🔊 Audio Reactivity

Audio input affects multiple aspects simultaneously:

Spiral expansion (pushes outward)

Swirl strength

Radial wobble

Line thickness

🎹 MIDI & Trigger Controls
MIDI Gate (Note 60 – Middle C)

Holding note 60 acts as a true MIDI gate

On note-on, the swirl direction reverses

Holding the note does not retrigger (clean edge detection)

Eyesy Trigger (eyesy.trig)

Any trigger event (audio transient, MIDI note-on, etc.)

Immediately reverses swirl direction

🔄 Direction can flip:

Rhythmically (via audio trigger)

Intentionally (via MIDI gate)

NOTES: Highly suggest turning on Persistence for this mode