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Recursive Symbol Machine
Recursive Symbol Machine is a standalone GPU visual instrument that turns one symbol into nested, radial, spiral, branching, tunnel, orbit, grid or cascading compositions. Shape recursion, transforms, motion and color, then save a PNG or record the result.

Inside the instrument
What it does
- 01Load a symbol or use built-in shapes
- 02Nested, radial, spiral, branch, tunnel, orbit, grid and cascade structures
- 03Recursion depth, copies and scale falloff controls
- 04Direct position, scale, rotation and mirror controls
- 05Animation, modulation and color controls
- 06Save and load presets
- 07PNG export and canvas or window recording