03_sound.md

Sound: Analysis

The videos in this section were created using a different editor for p5.js. All of the concepts should still apply, however, there are some minor changes. Most notably in JavaScript let is now the preferred way to declare a variable over var. If you would like to learn more about this you can watch this video about let vs var.

Question

Can we analyze our way to good music?

Readings

• Consciousness is an orchestra.
• Problems with FFT

Video Tutorials

Basics

• 17.1: Loading and Playing sound
• 17.3: Timing, Jumps and Cues
• 17.4: Amplitude Analysis
• 17.8: Microphone Input

Visualizations of Sound Data

• 17.9: Sound Visualization: Graphing Amplitude
• 17.10: Sound Visualization: Radial Graph
• 17.11: Sound Visualization: Frequency Analysis with FFT

Code

• Code for above video tutorials
• Chapter 20 (sound) from Learning Processing ported to p5.js

Getting Started with p5.js book

• Chapter 13 through Ex. 13.3 of Getting Started with p5.js book - Ebook (free with NYU Library login)

Reference

• p5.sound reference