AnimusicLLC

AnimusicLLC is the official YouTube channel for the private visual music production company, Animusic LLC which was founded in 1990 by Wayne Lytle, and David Crognale, it has been a dormant entity since at least 2019, the YouTube channel being last active in 2012.
==Background==
it is currently a registered limited liability company in New York and had offices in Texas and California during its active stages. The initial name of the company was Visual Music, but was changed to Animusic in 1995.
The company is known for its Animusic compilations of computer-generated animations, based on MIDI events processed to simultaneously drive the music and on-screen action, leading to and corresponding to every sound. The animated short "Pipe Dream," showed at SIGGRAPH's Electronic Theater in 2001, details the use of this specific sequencing.
Unlike many other music visualizations, Animusic uses MIDI information to drive the animation, while other 3D programs animate figures or characters to the music. Any animated models in Animusic are created first, and are then programmed to follow what the music, or MIDI information, instructs them to do.
Many of the instruments appear to be robotic or play themselves using seemingly curious methods to produce and visualize the original compositions. The animations typically feature dramatically-lit rooms or landscapes in rustic and/or futuristic locales.
The music in Animusic is principally pop-rock based, consisting of straightforward sequences of triggered samples and digital patches. According to the director's comments on Animusic 2, most instrument sounds are generated with software synthesizers on a music workstation. Many sounds resemble stock patches available on digital keyboards, subjected to some manipulation, such as pitch or playback speed, to enhance the appeal of their timbre.
=== Wayne Lytle ===
Wayne Lytle (born: https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/wayne-lytle) is the co-founder of Animusic who originally conceptualised it in 1982https://animusic.fandom.com/wiki/Wayne_Lytle, from grade 10 to 12 he attended Princeton High Schoolhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-lytle/ and then went on to study at West Chester University of Pennsylvania from 1981 to 1985 receiving a bachelors degree in music and computer science, and from 1986 to 1989 he studied at Cornell University receiving a masters degree in computer graphics. He began working at the Cornell Theory Center in 1989 until 1999 as a producer for scientific animationshttps://history.siggraph.org/person/wayne-lytle/ and from 1997 to 1998 he worked as a visual effects software consultant for Mass.Illusion under contract in Massachusetts. 
Lytle worked under contract for RP Solutions, Inc. from 1998 to 2001 as a programmer, this same firm would purchase Animusic's headquarters in August 2017https://www.rpsolutions.com/about/contact-ushttps://www.linkedin.com/company/animusic-llc/. He is married to Patricia (since 29 August 2012https://www.facebook.com/wayne7777777/) with whom he has two children, Andrew and Elizabeth. Lytle has repetitive strain injuries (RSI) and has not been active in work since 2019. Lytle was interviewed by Steve Danielson on his podcast Moveable Do as released on 7 September 2021https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/moveabledo/episodes/Wayne-Lytle-Animusic-e16466p.
==Content==
"Pipe Dream" - Animusic.com, uploaded on 18 March 2008 at 3 minutes and 28 seconds in duration is the oldest video on the channel, as of 19 July 2024 it has over 16 million views, over 187K likes, and 11,320 commentshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCIpKAIFyo. This video is an online release of the fifth track, Pipe Dreams from the album Animusic (also known as Animusic 1) released on home media in 2001. "Resonant Chamber" - Animusic.com, uploaded on 19 March 2008 at 4 minutes and 27 seconds in length is the most popular video on the channel as of 19 July 2024 with over 18.2 million views, over 256K views, and 12,355 commentshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toXNVbvFXyk. This is an online release of the third track, Resonant Chamber from the album Animusic 2, released in 2005 on home media.
==References==
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