Hi Friend, It's Wes Smith Yo!

I'm an electronic dance music DJ & producer. My catalog of 500+ songs spans multiple genres, over 7,000 days in Beatport top charts, a few #1's, and millions of plays through video games on PlayStation, Xbox and music streaming platforms. I've spun for dance floors from NYC to India and hundreds of points in between. Thank you for your friendship, support & taking this ride with me.
-see u on the dance floor-

Glad you made it. Enjoy the ride.
Wes Smith

Apps

ONEMANSHYO
OMS ArtistSite → simple interactive artist page
OMS Dojo → create.organize.perform
OMS Sozo → Apple Music understanding demo app
OMS Chippy → Electronic dance music fun
StudiYo Partner
Custom GPT for music producers, DJs and creatives. Your AI studio companion on the OpenAI platform.
Bass Cutter

Bass Cutter

About

The Bass Cutter is a dual-purpose mobile DJ and lawn cutting rig. Because the grass won't cut itself and neither will the bass. Two versions have been built, each pushing the boundaries of yard maintenance and party delivery simultaneously.

Version 1.0

DJ Rig — Numark Mixstream Pro Go
Mower — GreenWorks electric push mower

The original. Proved the concept that you can cut grass and drop bass at the same time.

Version 2.0 — DJ Lon Gai Signature Edition

DJ Rig — Pioneer DJ Flex 4
Sound — JBL Boombox

The upgraded edition. More power, more bass, same freshly cut lawn.

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Bass Cutter V1 Banner Bass Cutter V1
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Brick Fitnesss

Brick Fitnesss

About

Brick Fitnesss (three S's) is the revolutionary fitness program for broke artists. The equipment? Standard bricks. No gym membership. No fancy equipment. Just you, gravity, and some bricks.

A satirical fitness program that proves you don't need expensive gear to stay in shape. Paired with curated workout playlists on Apple Music.

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Brick Fitnesss Scene 1 Brick Fitnesss Scene 2
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ONEMANSHYO

ONEMANSHYO Dojo

About

ONEMANSHYO Dojo is an electronic music performance surface combining DJ mixing and live reactive visual mixing. Think of it as a one-person audio/visual show — live DJ set with real-time generated visuals that react to the music.

The custom app runs entirely in Chrome using WebGPU for shader rendering, Web Audio API for analysis and mixing, and the File System Access API for persistent library management. Zero installation. Single HTML file.

App Features

CREATE — Author WGSL fragment shaders with real-time preview, audio-reactive modulators (bass/mid/treble), FFT analysis, transform controls, and BumpR StickRs video overlays.
ORGANIZE — Library management with tagging, smart sets, search, and metadata editing. Containers package shader + audio + settings into portable .oms files.
PERFORM — 4-track mixer with 8 scenes, per-track EQ3, DJ FX, VFX, cue points, DSP compression, and quantized launching. Output composites to a pop-out window for live projection.
ADMIN — Audio card routing, camera/PIP configuration, BumpR StickRs management, effect pool assignments.

Technical

Optimized for Chrome on MacBook Pro 14". Uses WebGPU for 60fps shader rendering across 4 simultaneous tracks, with real-time audio analysis driving visual reactivity through bandpass-filtered peak detection with ADSR envelopes.

Watch

YouTube Playlist →
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StudiYo Partner

StudiYo Partner

About

StudiYo Partner is a custom GPT on the OpenAI platform, purpose-built for music and visuals producers, DJs, and creatives. Created November 6, 2023 — your AI studio companion that understands the creative workflow.

Try It

Open StudiYo Partner on ChatGPT →

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Yobotics

Yobotics

About

Yobotics is a concept exploring robotic systems and automation in music creation, performance, and live visuals. The intersection of MIDI/DAW integration, automated stage elements, and interactive art installations.

Concepts

MIDI/DAW Integration — Robotic systems controlled by music production software
Automated Stages — Kinetic stage elements that respond to performance
Interactive Art — Installations that blur the line between audience and performer

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Yobotics Banner Yobotics Web
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Yobots

Yobots

About

Squint & Wowzer are LED art installations born in 2015. PVC geodesic domes wrapped in LEDs with audio sensors and topped with laser-cut headphone structures. They received a Burning Man regional project grant in 2016.

Build Details

Structure — PVC geodesic domes
Lighting — LED strips with audio-reactive sensors
Topper — Laser-cut headphone structures
Grant — Burning Man regional project grant, 2016

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Yobots at Burning Man - Camo Net Yobots LED Day 1 Yobots Fabric Day 1 Yobots at Serendipity Squint Wowzer Yobots Default World
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Yomatics

Yomatics

About

Yomatics explores cymatics — making sound vibrations visible. Water and materials react to electronic dance music frequencies in real-time, creating visual patterns that reveal the physical nature of sound.

Different frequencies create different geometric patterns. Bass frequencies produce large, slow-moving waves. Higher frequencies create intricate, detailed structures. The result is a direct, physical visualization of music.

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Wes Smith

Neato

Bass Cutter
Dual-purpose mobile DJ and lawn cutting rig. Because the grass won't cut itself and neither will the bass.
Brick Fitnesss
The revolutionary fitness program for broke artists. Standard bricks. No gym required. Three S's.
Yobots
Squint & Wowzer: LED art installations. PVC domes, audio sensors, laser-cut headphones. Burning Man 2016.
Yobotics
Exploring robotic systems and automation in music creation, performance, and live visuals.
Yomatics
Making sound visible. Cymatics exploration where water and materials react to electronic dance music in real-time.
Wes Smith

Yodega

Yo + Bodega

Shop
All of my merch is tested by me, worn by me — it's the same goods you see in all my videos. I use Printful to handle on-demand manufacturing and Shopify.

-thanks for your support-
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Wes Smith

About This Site

A Music Tools Project — Part of the YoTeam! Ecosystem

Application
App ONEMANSHYO Artist Site
Version Beta V1.10.05f
License GPL-3.0
Author Wes Smith
Website onemanshyo.com
Built With Claude AI — Anthropic
Technology
Architecture Single HTML File — No Frameworks, No Build Tools
Platform Chrome — WebGPU Required
APIs WebGPU WGSL YouTube Data v3 File System Access
Shaders Banner Pixelation & Particle Cursor Trail
Music Tools Ecosystem
ONEMANSHYO WebGPU Audio-Reactive Visual Performance
StudiYo Partner Music Production Project Management
Artist Site This App — WebGPU-Enhanced Artist Portfolio
Links
GitHub github.com/itswessmithyo
YouTube @ItsWesSmithYo
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Wes Smith

Learn

Research, references & ways to learn this stuff

Hi Friend ;)
General
Below you can find a listing of many of the key YouTube videos, documents, and other resources that were referenced in learning the skills required to bring ONEMANSHYO to life.
My Content
Walkthroughs
The History of Visuals in Ableton Live
A chronological timeline of native visuals in Ableton Live Suite
Inspiration
The people, companies, and communities whose work shaped Chippy.
People
Bileam Tschepe (elekktronaut), Bob Moog, Chris Wilson, Christoph Guttandin, Dave Smith, Deadmau5, Dennis "Thresh" Fong, Ducky 3D, ELPHNT, Fatboy Slim, FOMO, Gerhard Behles, Ikutaro Kakehashi, Masato Tsutsui, Ned Rush, Robert Henke, Tadao Kikumoto, Tom Cosm, Xan3D, acrylicode, AmazingMaxStuff, blenderguru, Bthelick, DanWorrall, dillonbastan246, grabbitt, harryblends, KaizenTutorials, blankensmithing, warpacademy, yousuckatproducing
Companies
Ableton, Anthropic, Cycling '74, DJ Tech Tools, DJ.Studio, EboSuite, Ecler, Moog Music, Pioneer, Serato, Showsync, Yaeltex, ZwoBot, Apple, Blender, JUCE, Moog Synthesizers, TouchDesigner, DJcity, Intech Studio
Communities
Kick & Bass Community, W3C's "GPU for the Web" Community Group
Content by Others
Videos
A bit more self-modulation
Sounds of Voltage (Jeff) [video]
Ableton Operator Synth Tutorial Deep Dive
Seed to Stage [tutorial]
Capturing and Transferring Expressive Microtiming in Drumming
Eemi Fagerlund — ADCx Copenhagen [talk]
FM (Frequency Modulation) Synthesis in MaxMSP
channel unconfirmed [tutorial]
FM Synthesis: How does it work?
channel unconfirmed [video]
Music Theory COMPLETE course
everything you need to know [course]
Operator Sound Design
Seed to Stage [tutorial]
The Only Ableton Operator Tutorial You Need
EDMProd (John) [tutorial]
Understanding Frequency Modulation
Sound + Voltage (Jeff) — full playlist [playlist]
Web Audio API and React Part 1: Audio Concepts
SingleWingAcademy (confirm channel form) [tutorial]
What Is Documented Shall Never Die
Astrid Bin (Bela) — Audio Developer Conference [talk]
WWDC26: Meet the Music Understanding framework
Apple [talk]
Other Material
Apple Music Understanding (AMU)
Apple developer framework — developer.apple.com/documentation/musicunderstanding [framework docs]
Human Interface Guidelines
Apple — developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines [guidelines]
Response delays and the timing of discrete motor responses
Wing, A. & Kristofferson, A. (1973) — Perception & Psychophysics 13, 455–460 [paper]
The Synthesis of Complex Audio Spectra by Means of Frequency Modulation
John M. Chowning — JAES vol.21 no.7, 1973 [paper]
PLUR
Wes Smith

The History of Visuals in Ableton Live

A chronological timeline of native visuals in Ableton Live Suite

Summary

Yo team, this is a walk through the history of visuals in Ableton Live, from the Max and Jitter roots starting in 1997 up to October 2026. I went back through my videos and reference material to trace how native visuals in Live came together: Cycling '74's Max and the Jitter visuals add on, QuickTime video arriving in Live 6, Max for Live in 2009, Vizzie, Ableton acquiring Cycling '74, and Max for Live shipping inside Live Suite starting with version 10.

Along the way: Robert Henke on Max being built for things with no timeline and Live being built around one, which is still the core thing to figure out when you tie visuals to music. Early Max for Live experiments, community tutorials from Amazing Max Stuff, Ned Rush, and others, TDAbleton for TouchDesigner, and devices you can still pick up today, including EboSuite, Videosync, T3X2R, Ganz Graf Mod X, Geometrum 02, and Photism, through to Max 9 and the 9.2 release. Worth knowing: even though Ableton owns Cycling '74, the two run on separate roadmaps, so a new Max release like 9.2 doesn't ship with Live Suite right away.

Video
Reference Material
Date Title Source Link
1997What is Max?Cycling '74link
2003Jitter - Visuals for MaxCycling '74link
2006-09-28Ableton Releases Live 6Abletonlink
2006-12-12Cycling74 Perspectives: John deKronCycling '74link
2009-11-16Cycling74 Perspectives: Robert Henke on Max for LiveCycling '74link
2009-11-23Ableton releases Max for LiveAbletonlink
2009-12Max4Live Jitter-MIDI demoGreg Lorinczlink
2010-11-18Cycling74 Vizzie Tutorials: Quickstart - 1Cycling '74link
2011-01-18Audio Visual set in Ableton with VIZZableBob Jarvislink
2013-03-05Live 9 and Push are hereAbletonlink
2014-08-15Crazy Ableton Live Visuals Demo and DownloadSounds Like Somalink
2017-06-06Ableton Acquires Cycling '74DJ TechToolslink
2017-11-14EboSuite demo at LOOP 2017EboSuitelink
2018-02-06Max for Live bundled in LiveAbletonlink
2018-12-31Max For Live Tutorial - Visual in Ableton Is Possible = Ned RushNed Rushlink
2020-06-03Unlocking TDAbleton in TouchDesigner, TouchDesigner Tutorial 011The Interactive & Immersive HQlink
2020-09-10T3X2R, Mayas v2.1, Ableton Visual, Max for Live deviceT3X2Rlink
2021-01-15Max/MSP, Exploring Vizzie 01Amazing Max Stufflink
2021-03-22Ableton Live Deep Dive: Custom VisualsCatalyze Music Academylink
2021-04-27Videosync 1.0 Demo ProjectShowsynclink
2021-05-12Audiovisual Jam, Ableton Live + M4L + VsynthMafolink
2022-02-27Introduction to JITTER, pt.1: The Matrix (or, live visuals in Max MSP)oliver thurleylink
2022-03-28Making visuals for your music in Ableton: a demo of my wip appaesthetic_candylink
2022-04-08The Best Audio Visualizer for ABLETONwowflowerlink
2023-07-06ZwoBot in Ableton Tutorial - 01 - Introduction & The ZwoBot PlayerKavalcadelink
2024-02-25Shaders (GLSL) in Ableton with Harmony BloomMario Nieto Worldlink
2024-10-30Introducing Max 9Cycling '74link
2025-03-14Ableton Live Visuals, Tutorial, Tips, & TricksUser Friendly Soundslink
2025-03-17Max Tutorial #26: Intro to Jitter1 (Video Player)dearjohnreedlink
2025-07-27Geometrum 02 Visualizer: Master Max for Live Visuals in Minutes Ableton TutorialSynesthetic Flow, Sabina Covarrubiaslink
2026-07-29Photism setup and first lookphotismlink
2026-10-01Max 9.2.0 Release NotesCycling '74link