Chromesthesia (2018)
Sound -> Light
As part of my master’s degree, I built a system which analyses audio input and outputs it as light in any way the user wants.
Here’s an example - in these videos, the software converts pitch to colour, and loudness to brightness:
And here’s another example, in which I use coloured bells to control the colour of the lights:
This was all used for my final piece, Circles:
The system is built using Max/MSP, an eDMX1 PRO USB to DMX interface, and a laptop. The software looks like this:
Please get in touch if you’d like to use it for anything!