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Subject:
Computer program to run a "light show"
Category: Computers Asked by: terrig-ga List Price: $5.00 |
Posted:
11 Aug 2004 18:02 PDT
Expires: 10 Sep 2004 18:02 PDT Question ID: 386738 |
Hi. I want to create a "light show" using my computer to create the program and then hook it up somehow to colored light bulbs so that when I play my media (which I will create a computer video via Flash or Swish on my computer and compile it to music), the lights will reflect to the colors/sounds of my computer. Can this be done? I want to do something like the "Fremont Experience" in Las Vegas, but on a much smaller scale. Please help! |
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Subject:
Re: Computer program to run a "light show"
From: crythias-ga on 12 Aug 2004 01:24 PDT |
If you can find an audio spectrum analizer that has support for signalling an output, starting with something like http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/G-M/multimedia/audio/article.php/c4725/ or http://www.fftw.org/ for fourier transforms... essentially, if you can find a way to capture the peaks you want, you can send a serial signal to a light controller.. It's not a project for the faint of heart. You need software to convert sound to signals; hardware to convert signals to actions, and actions that manipulate lights. On a professional level, this can also be handled through Midi. Midi *is* the way to go. However, onboard soundcards have tended to dump the MIDI port from newer computers. The goal would be to find peaks of wav/mp3 audio and convert those peaks to MIDI signals which control a MIDI light controller box. http://tomscarff.tripod.com/midi_light/midi_light_controller.htm is a sample how to make your own... The device is a single channel light controller. The channel can have a Note-On from 0-127, which is very diverse. |
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