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After George Lamb introduced Brooklyn synth-scenesters Au Revoir Simone onto his 6 Music show last Tuesday you may have heard him announce that we were now "visualised out of our minds".

The 6 Music Visualisation Console

"Visualising radio" is the clunky phrase the Ö÷²¥´óÐã has unleashed on the public to describe our live trial, that's also involved 5 Live, Radio 4 and Radio 1, that gives an opportunity for listeners to get a closer look into our radio shows and let you interact more with them while they are on air.

6 Music have been regularly filming Hub sessions for some time but the trial has enabled, via the 'visualisation console', for these to be shown live for the first time. The console also allows listeners to send in questions and comments on the sessions - and unlike text messages - it's free to participate.

Although Hub sessions tend to be broadcast live the addition of live video creates much more buzz in the studio that the guests, presenter and production team all then feed off. Bands are reacting really well to the stream of questions coming in from fans. On Tuesday Au Revoir Simone cheerfully talked about hanging out with David Lynch and the joys of Prince. When Spinnerette were visualised in the Hub a question about whether Brody Halle had scrawled her shopping list on her hand became a visual gag that was only able to feed into the broadcast and create a sense of 'now' between listeners, artist and presenter because the video was being streamed live.

The visualisation trial continues tomorrow on 6 Music with a Hub session from the Temper Trap. Let us know what you think.