step 5: play!! (best part so it comes first)

step 1: inspo

led pixel array by ittybittyartist

step 2: physical construction

laser cut file of bottoms and sides used to construct pixel array housing

step 3: touchdesigner

audio analysis components... had to download new software "cable input and output" on computer to be able to link directly with spotify on my computer

(left) four components corresponding to the four different audio-visual light modes... programmed keyboard presses of "1" "2" "3" and "4" to switch the modes
(right) led mapping... notes each led's x, y, and z values within coordinate system of the pixel array

(left) timer comopnents to moderate how frequently the python code is running and sending data to the arduino serial port
(right) channel component that operates on each timer cycle to switch the values in the led mapping table

br>(right) led mapping... notes each led's x, y, and z values within coordinate system of the pixel array

(top) code that modulates table values upon each timer cycle
(bottom) code that maps channels to r,g,b values and sends a serial message to the arduino serial port

step 4: arduino code

arduino code used to read in serial messages and convert to signals to send to the leds

step 6: reflect

what worked well:

- the construction looked pretty nice and was easier than expected

- i liked the rain mode

- i was able to map the audio spectrum to the lights pretty easily

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- ability to switch between audio modes with keyboard presses