Cthugha (software)
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Cthugha is a music visualization computer program. It was written in the mid-90's by Kevin "Zaph" Burfitt, originally for the PC, and was later ported to other platforms. It was freely distributed. File:Cthugha1.jpg Blue fire File:Cthugha2.gif Metallic Lightning File:Cthugha3.jpg Solar Flare File:Cthugha4.gif Oil Shimmer
HistoryCthugha was started by Australian coder Kevin "Zaph" Burfitt[1] in September 1993 under DOS for the PC, but not released to the public until version 2.0 in March 1994. It wasn't until release 5.1p in October 1994 that popularity of the program took off; this coinciding with the relatively new availability of cheap sound-cards for PCs, such as the Soundblaster. Cthugha was released for Linux ("Cthugha-L") in May 1995, and for the Macintosh ("MaCthugha") in January 1996. In 1994 Cthugha was used heavily in the music video for the top-40 song Dead Eyes Opened by Severed Heads, and as the video wall background for the Australian children's TV game show Challenger, hosted by Zoe Sheridan during the late 90's Burfitt stopped work on Cthugha in January 2001, and there were various attempts by others to carry on the project, but by that time there were so many clones of the software that there was little enthusiasm. UsageCthugha uses a sound card's CD, line or microphone input.[1] ReactionThe oscilloscope patterns of Cthugha have been described as "weird"[2] and "hypnotic".[1] ReferencesExternal links |
