Jam with giant squid
Improvise complex electronic music on stage — the whole band shares one living neural network that listens and answers instantly
Push the tempo and it pushes back — a bandmate, not a click track
The same neurons drive sound and light — rooms that respond to the people in them
Low latency · Multiplayer · Now recruiting beta testers
Where will you take it?
One living neural network, three rooms. Pick the door that sounds like you — or scroll on for the short tour
On stage
Improvise complex electronic sets with a bandmate that listens — whether the band is five of you or just you
For performers →Fields and galleries
Sound and light driven by the same neural activity — rooms that genuinely respond to the people inside them
For installation artists →In the studio
Patch new instruments in a visual editor and ship them as VST3 / AU plugins. No C++, no gatekeeper
For instrument builders →Meet the band, right in your browser
Glia's neural field runs as WebAssembly on this page — no install, no account. In the full demo, every squid is a live neuron: it flares as it fires, dims as it tires, and drifts back as it recovers. Play something and watch the shoal lock on.
While we finish the shoal, jam with a single cell: a real Hodgkin-Huxley neuron, running live. Feed it a pulse, drag the tempo, give it a nudge — watch it lock on and answer.
One network. Every neuron alive.
Whatever you make with Glia, it runs on the same thing: a field of Hodgkin–Huxley neurons, each a living membrane potential firing in real time
Be first to play it
We’re recruiting a small group of performers, installation artists and instrument builders to beta test Glia in the real world — on stages, in galleries, in DAWs — we’ll happily keep anyone else posted for launch. Tell us a little about your setup and we’ll be in touch.