sound visualization: sound to animation

[seraph]

The idea of this visualization is very simple:
to draw circles using frequency spectrum data of short time segments of sound file


The most important rules for drawing circles are:


Vertical position of the center is proportional to frequency: in other words, vertical axis represents frequency.

Horizontal position of the center is determined by the channel (left or right), and aligned on a axis which can 'vibrate'.

Diameters are proportional to the amplitude of the corresponding frequency component.

http://www.mat.ucsb.edu/~woony/research/fall01/mat596b/index.html

[play]

This sort of thing can be implemented quickly and easily with maxMSP. With the Jitter plug-ins they can be quite complex and interesting as well, utilizing 3d rendering and effects.

http://www.cycling74.com/products/jitter.html