Bengston Rapid Imaging Visualizer (MOAV)

This visualizer is a learning aid for people trying to learn the Bengston rapid image cycling method. It is optimized for use on a desktop or laptop computer, not a mobile phone or tablet (it won't display right). developed many visualizers over the years, and these were all published on this site. But I have now retired all of them, because this is the best visualizer I have ever made, by far. I also call it The Mother of All Visualizers (MOAV)—that's how good it is. If you are on this page I assume that as a minimum you understand how the method works, that you have a list of at least 10 items, and that you have burned these 10 items into images.

The visualizer has two parts: the wheel at the top and the control panel at the bottom. Just below the wheel there is a table with two columns of cells where you type in the items on your list. For example car, house, holiday etc. There is also an option to change the number of cells, depending on how many items you have on your list. The minimum is 10 and the maximum is 24. When you activate the wheel via the green Start button, the highlighted cell starts moving clockwise, forcing you to cycle between the various images (cells). You can cycle silently or using one of the three pre-selected drum sounds (I always use Drum A). You can also change the color of the highlighted cell, but I always leave it at the default grey.

The visualizer has two modes: Fixed and Variable. Fixed is the easiest one to understand, and the one I recommend starting off with. You select the speed setting through the Speed drop-down setting, and the highlighted cells moves clockwise at a constant speed. The slowest speed is 0.5 cells per second, meaning that if you have a list of 20 items you will cycle through it completely in 40 seconds. The fastest speed is 32 cells per second, which would allow you to cycle through your list in well under a second. If you are just starting using the visualizer,.

Variable mode is more advanced, and it is where the real magic starts. The cadence (speed) goes up and down in an unpredictable but smooth way. It mimics the way Dr. Bengston would speed up and slow down his drums when he used to deliver his workshops. It took me a lot of effort to tweak the algorithm and get it to mimic how Dr. Bengston used to do it, but I got it right at the end. When you switch to Variable mode, the first thing you need to determine is the minimum and maximum speed, i.e. the two extremes between which the speed will fluctuate. The slowest possible speed is 1 image per second and the maximum is 32 images per second. The visualizer always starts off at the slowest speed and then gradually but unpredictably works up to the max speed, then down again and so on, but always unpredictably and in a smooth, non-jumpy way. Just like a real human would do it. The difficulty slider determines how much time the track will spend in the slower versus the fastest speeds. If you move it to the right it tends to spend more time in the faster speeds, and vice versa if you move it to the left. I always leave it in the default middle position, as I find it gives me the perfect balance of speed.

Finally, there is also the option to print out your list with the button at the top right, if you just want to have it on a piece of paper.

I am in no way affiliated with Dr. Bengston. The visualizer is completely free for you to use on this site, and I forbid its reproduction anywhere else. Having said that, if you feel an intense feeling of gratitude overpowering you, I will be more than happy for you to help me get some of the stuff on my list. That is, gift me them. This is a selfish method, after all. Get in touch and I'll tell you what I have on my list that you can help me get.