Make Some Noise

A particle generator built using Processing and the Mimim sound library. Fast Fourier Transform analysis is used to generate particles, matching frequency and amplitude to size, colour and quantity. Music credit: "Cinematik" by Atom TM from the CMYK album

Make Some Noise is an interactive visualisation that emits particles when audiences produce sound. The particle size, type and density are determined by the frequencies heard: music, speech, grunts, screams, clicks and claps are each are represented visually in different ways.

Built in Processing this software uses a Fast Fourier Transform algorithm to determine frequencies heard through a microphone. The result of this analysis returns frequency information split into three bandwidths then averaged. The averages control the three different particle types: bubbles, cubes and voronoi cells.

The video shows the interaction between music and the particles generated.

Music: Atom™
Track: Cinematik
Album: CMYK