Very Interactive People

The previous version of my audio-art-tool was just a quick test. It was nice to see the lines move to the rythm of the music, but the end result was just not something one would hang on the wall. Well at least not me.
The main idea is to generate an abstract piece based on music and an image. And the end result just wasn’t what I had in mind initially. So here’s a second attempt:

http://www.veryinteractivepeople.com/lab/audiobasedgenerativeart2/

You can now more or less control the movement. It’s still heavily influenced by the music though.
Here’s one of the results:

Have fun!

I’ve been saying for a long time now I was going to experiment with audio based generative art. The idea was to use my generative art engine, but instead of using mouse input, use the spectrum of an audio file to move the ribbons around.
So, I finally found some free time to actually write some code. In Flash its really simple to get the spectrum using SoundMixer.computeSpectrum(), so using audio as input turned out to be a simple task. Remember, its just an experiment. I’m well aware the algorithm can be improved a lot. But, some of the results are pretty cool.
Here’s an example:

And here’s the tool I wrote (wrote it in Flex) to generate these pieces. Big thanks to Lieven Cardoen for letting me use some of his music!
You can save a snapshot any time during the process. I noticed some Vista machines only allow you to save to the desktop. So to be sure the save button works, its best to save to the desktop.
http://www.veryinteractivepeople.com/lab/audiobasedgenerativeart/

I’d love to see the results. So if you generate something cool, send it my way. Feel free to upload it to flickr, facebook, whatever… but please link back to this page.
Have fun!