A simple visualizer in comparison to the other four; the length of each line is based on the length of the current segment of the song. For each successive line, the line is drawn perpendicular to the previous. A custom illustration is generated by the conclusion of each song and with every different song a unique map of the flow of the song results from this visualizer.

The final print is a simple two-color linocut, roughly 14″ x 14″. Black ink over green ink on white 90LB Stonehenge paper.

Each circle represents one frequency of the spectrum of the music. The size of each circle and it’s distance from the center of the video are based upon the value of that particular frequency. There is a primitive beat detection function that listens to the music, and every time it detects a beat, it scrambles the locations of the circles and re-plots them. Color is also simply based on the distance from the center, and if the distance increases, the color brightens from blue to yellow. In addition, there’s a slight bit of rotation applied to the video.

The final print is a two-color screen print. Blue halftone pattern over yellow shapes on white, 90LB Stonehenge paper. 20″ x 13″.

This visualizer starts simply with each frequency of the spectrum represented by little circles, plotted in a line. For each frame the program loops through a for loop, plots one frequency, rotates a fraction of a degree, repeats until it has plotted every frequency, and then continues on to the next frame. The size of each circle is based on the value of the frequency it represents. There is an envelope applied to the spectrum so that the difference between the frequencies with low values and high values isn’t as jarring; things get smoothed out a bit.

The final print is a five-color screen print, 12.5″ x 19.5″ in size. Colors include gray, 3 shades and opacities of red, and a transparent pearlescent glaze. Printed on 90LB Stonehenge paper.

This video is actually also pretty simple in function, each segment of the song is represented by a dot. The size of the dot is based on the max loudness of that particular segment. Each dot is drawn to the canvas so as that it’s perimeter is just touching the perimeter of the last, at a random angle. The first segment is always drawn at the center of the screen. As the song plays, each time the current segment changes, the program draws a new series of dots. Thus, this visualizer is really two; one that draws static illutrations, and the other, one that can be viewed as a temporal visualization of the music.

The final print is a four-color woodblock print, three shades and opacities of purple and a layer of black. This print is about 7.5″ x 14.25″ on 90LB Stonehenge paper.

One of the more fun of the five visualizers to work one. Represented in an isometric three-dimensional space, the song is neatly divided into five layers. Each layer contains an equal number of shapes. Each pill shape represents a segment of the song, and the length of each shape represents the length of the individual segment of the song. The quietest of the segments is drawn as a dark shape at the bottom of the stack, and the loudest as a bright shape at the top. The location of the shape in each “column” corresponds to the position of the segment in the song.

The final print is a five-color, black to green, woodblock print. Printed on 90LB Stonehenge paper about 14″ x 8.5″ in size.