this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
8 points (100.0% liked)

Synthesizers

294 readers
1 users here now

Welcome to our synth sanctuary, where we turn knobs and make music, one 'note'-orious post at a time!

You can connect with our friends over at:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
8
Reactive Audio Lights? (waveform.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

I make music for therapeutic reasons. I've found that immersive visualisations and lights help with this a lot. I've already bought a couple of rack-mount spectrum analysers and they are awesome.

Do you know of other devices that provide a similar visual experience? I know there are a bunch of cheap bouncing led bars on ali express and the likes but there is a problem: They work based on microphones. I need to be able to plug them in because I use headphones most of the time.

I know it is kind of niche but any pointers would be appreciated.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesn't really matter. I am looking for options.

If I'd make one myself I will probably go with an Arduino and WS2813 based strip in a frosted tube or something. But I would prefer to not have to invest too much time. I've worked on a raspberry pi solution before but it was finicky because of the lack of real-time options. And Arduino is cheaper.

[–] rkk 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

well, Im interested in this so I looked around for some industrial grade stuff (no cheap Chinese that burns off after 10 minutes)

PixelGate: https://entertainment.sundrax.com/products/pixelgate-board

DMX interface: https://www.gear4music.com/PA-DJ-and-Lighting/Enttec-Open-DMX-USB-Interface/2YZZ?_gl=11076dii_upMQ.._gaMjA2NzY2MTQ4Mi4xNjg4ODEwMzE2_ga_0WF1R5QW3K*MTY4ODgxMDMxNi4xLjAuMTY4ODgxMDMxNi4wLjAuMA..

DMX software: https://www.qlcplus.org/

what do you think?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hm, dmx could be useful if I could find some kind of audio to dmx or midi to dmx converter. Then I could set up routing in Ableton using followers and the likes. I will investigate that route further. Thanks.

[–] rkk 1 points 1 year ago

https://www.qlcplus.org/use_case.php

the very first use case

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've found this: https://www.theimpersonalstereo.com/dmax From the docs it seems that it would allow me to map any Ableton parameter to dmx channels. So all I would need is a dmx interface and lights.