Audacity Image Glitcher

Python scripts for glitching images with Audacity.

Prerequisites

• Install these dependencies on your computer:
  • Python
  • Audacity
• Enable mod-script-pipe in Audacity
• Install Flask (pip install flask or pip install -r requirements.txt)

Usage

• Open a new Audacity project
• Open a new terminal window and navigate to the root of this repository
• Run python server.py to start the Flask server
• Navigate to localhost:5000 in your browser
• Import your image file
• Apply as many effects as you want!
• Export your file
• Check your results, and repeat!

Example Output

Image Sonification Tutorials

If you're new to glitching in Audacity, these tutorials will help you understand what's going on under the hood.

• databending and glitch art primer, part 2: sonification, by stAllio!
• Databending using Audacity, by hellocatfood
• Tutorial on Databending and Glitch Art, by Paul Weiner
• Databending using Audacity Effects, via questionsomething

Audacity Scripting Reference

Useful links for anyone looking to write their own scripts.

• Audacity Scripting Wiki
• List of available scripting commands
• Python test file for determining if mod-script-pipe is running
• Example Python Scripts

Artist Notes

You can see some of my glitch work at zoewolfe.gay.

Troubleshooting