Frisson : Music on the Body

Frission is a Processing project that combines sound, computer vision and art to create an immersive listening expereince inspired by frission.
This project was created as part of the Creative Coding course at the University of Oklahoma.
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Intentions and Inspiration

This project came from a curiosity I've had for a while now. I have often thought about how can we represent music through light and possibly person recognition. My Phillips Hue Sync Box for my TV is a large inspiration because of the way the rope light enhances my viewing experience, I thought maybe the same can be done with this. This project is something I can build on, and I coded some things purposefully so I can continue working on this. I can see this being used a parties or events as an interactive experience, even with multiple people. I believe this has a lot of potential to grow into something much cleaner and customizable too! I listen to a lot of music. My most recent Spotify wrapped said I had over 100K minutes of listening time. Music helps me focus, clean, sleep, bond and I feel that this project can add an extra layer to all the emotions that are felt while listening to music for different people.

Concept

BulletSummary of How It Works

  • A live camera feed will be read to separate the background from the foreground to create a smooth silhouette.
  • Computer Vision is then used to detect motion and create contours around the moving object.
  • Get points of the contour and map a shape (in this case circle) to represent the contours.
  • Use FFT to get information about the input coming in through the mic
  • Map a frequency band to the size of the circles so they shrink and grow with the sound.

Below are the code gists for this project

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