The Mix Room / Catch a Groove

56 kbit/s – Transmission 6 – Videogame Visualizers

Thu, Jun 26, 2025

A look into the audio visualization capabilities of the Sony Playstation, Sega Saturn, and Panasonic 3DO.

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AKA: 56 kilobits per second, 56 kbps

Exploration into how technology has influenced music production, distribution and discovery—especially alongside the advent of home computers and the Internet. 56 kbit/s is the maximum theoretical transfer rate of dial-up modems. 56 kbit/s modems were widely available (and practical) to the consumer market as of 1998.

“The Internet is at once a world-wide broadcasting capability, a mechanism for
information dissemination, and a medium for collaboration and interaction
between individuals and their computers without regard for geographic location.”

– Internet Society (1997)

Playlist

    Time: June 26 - 11:03:41 pm
  • Unknown Caller, “Dreaming”

  • Time: June 26 - 11:03:42 pm
  • Hex, “Digital Dreamware OST (3DO) - x86 Mix”

    from n/a

    n/a

  • Time: June 26 - 11:30:54 pm
  • FM Skyline, “astral baths”

    Advanced Memory Suite

  • Time: June 26 - 11:38:31 pm
  • ako, “Sega Saturn CD player visualizer [vaporwave ⧸ synthwave]”

    Ako - Strange Constellations

  • Time: June 26 - 11:38:32 pm
  • Mario 723, “PlayStation 1 Visualizer mode in CD Player (Epilepsy Warning)”

    Manhunt OST

  • Time: June 26 - 11:38:34 pm
  • FZERO, “CD Player Test on upgraded Stereo PlayStation 1”

    Skeler - ID, Juche - Neo Riot, Juche - For The People

  • Time: June 26 - 11:42:53 pm
  • MichaelSakamura, “Sega Saturn music visualizer (starship) - Wipeout soundtrack”

    Wipeout OST

  • Time: June 26 - 11:50:25 pm
  • MichaelSakamura, “Sega Saturn music visualizer (starship) - Saturn Bomberman soundtrack”

    Saturn Bomberman OST

  • Time: June 26 - 11:55:51 pm
  • MichaelSakamura, “Sega Saturn music visualizer (starship) - Sega Rally Championship soundtrack”

    Sega Rally Championship OST

  • Time: June 26 - 11:57:02 pm
  • MichaelSakamura, “Sega Saturn music visualizer (starship) - Sonic R soundtrack”

    Sonic R OST

  • Time: June 27 - 12:03:50 am
  • Dean Pook, “Sega Saturn (Audio CD)”

    DJ Ellis - DEE 1992

  • Time: June 27 - 12:12:18 am
  • Mark Governor, Glenn Nishida, “Stadium Rave”

  • Time: June 27 - 12:19:04 am
  • Trey Bartee, “Sega Saturn Visualizer”

    Sonic the Hedgehog OST

  • Time: June 27 - 12:23:16 am
  • Shallowed, “90s Trippy Techno visuals generated by the Sony PlayStation 1”

    Shallowed - Electric Swell

  • Time: June 27 - 12:26:28 am
  • Nicolas Hermentz, “panasonic 3DO Audio Visualization”

    Eisbrecher - Der Anfang

  • Time: June 27 - 12:28:04 am
  • Gortium85, “Cosmic Corrosion-Pseudo Science with Sega Saturn Visualizer”

    Pseudo Science - Cosmic Corrosion

  • Time: June 27 - 12:30:54 am
  • Lexemus, “PlayStation CD Player Sound Scope (SCPH-9002)”

    The Next Tetris - Main Theme

  • Time: June 27 - 12:33:42 am
  • lafoudrepass lafoudrepass, “mtv music generator visualizer playstation "techno city”

    lafoudrepass lafoudrepass

  • Time: June 27 - 12:43:10 am
  • Jason Demetriou, “SONY PS1 Audiophile CD Player”

    Pat Metheny - Tromso

  • Time: June 27 - 12:43:42 am
  • Big Pauper, “BPMC Circuit Bent Panasonic 3DO Audio Visualizer”

    Oneohtrix Point Never - Behind the Bank

  • Time: June 27 - 12:45:00 am
  • Mr JSV, “PS1 Sound Scope with USB videograbber”

    Ann Annie - Vapor

  • Time: June 27 - 12:49:00 am
  • MichaelSakamura, “Sega Saturn music visualizer (starship) - Tomb Raider soundtrack”

    Tomb Raider OST

  • Time: June 27 - 12:51:55 am
  • VSSonic, “Ecualizador PSX | PsOne Menu Spectrum HD 2016”

    Tomb Raider 2 OST

  • Time: June 27 - 12:54:41 am
  • Ransu, “Playstation Soundscope demo”

    yasunori mitsuda - people seized with life

  • Time: June 27 - 12:58:25 am
  • ShawnS, “The PSone's music visualizer you could save to memory card!”

  • Time: June 27 - 12:58:27 am
  • OddityArchive, “Ben Minnotte – F.A.D.E. (via the Panasonic 3DO Visualizer) (Instrumental)”

    Ben Minnotte, Nick Bertling - For A Dying Edsel