Chromesthesia generator
IGME-470 Final project, Raine Taber
Audio visualizing
This project aims to change an
audio visualizer from a digital
format to a physical format where
you provide the music instead of
the computer.
Synesthesia is a trait found in 2%-4% of the
population. People with Synesthesia often
associate 2 usually unrelated stimuli, such as
letters and colors.
Chromesthesia
A form of Synesthesia correlating color and
sound
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What color is related to which sound
varies from person to person
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Its is commonly accepted that higher
pitches are related to brighter col0rs,
and lower pitches relate to darker
colors
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15%-50% of synesthetes experience
Chromesthesia
Different instruments will reach different frequencies, which helped determine which frequency ranges
would be good for different colors
Schematic ideas
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Common cathode LEDs
Potential need for capacitors
to smooth out the input from
a noisy microphone
Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/science/synesthesia
https://www.thesynesthesiatree.com
https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=googlescholar&id=G
ALE|A123321897&v=2.1&it=r&sid=AONE&asid=96b09980
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1910704117#sec-5
http://whs-blogs.co.uk/teaching/hearing-colour-synesthesia-m
usical-composition/
https://www.har-bal.com/product-information/frequency-chart
https://www.amazon.com/JBL-Waterproof-Portable-BluetoothSpeaker-dp-B07XK9L6XH/dp/B07XK9L6XH/ref=dp_ob_title_
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https://www.deviantart.com/rocksdanister/art/Audio-Visualizer
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