1w95(2w45) Untitled 1

untitled 1 is a piece that is created in Flash.

I wanted to create a piece that was a direct translation of the music itself. Therefore to do this I chose to use the Sound computeSpectrum code that is available in the later versions of Flash.

I asked Winston to supply me with the different instrumental tracks for the song Puzzle. He sent me over the bass, guitar, drums, strings, vocals and piano parts to the song; as well as the song itself with all the parts complete.

I decided to divide up the song as i wanted each circle to represent each instrumental part. I wanted the user to be able to visualise each part and see how they interact with each other.

Below the circles, I wanted to show the frequency of the music to denote the “volume” of the piece to the user as this is what would be one of the main elements that were missing to them.

Here is the outcome of the piece:

During the making of the piece, I tested the use of 1 circle juxtaposed with 1 line and how this would work out. The response from testing subjects was that it was too confusing and they didn’t understand the concept.

here is one of the tests:

http://www.pixelwires.com/piece2.swf

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