For my final project, I want to make some sort of tool to create music visually. Since I don’t have much (any) experience in computer music, I thought this project would be a good opportunity for exploration.

Clapping pattern visualization

This is a visualization (I think, as opposed to a program producing the sounds) of the patterns in a clapping song. The visualization is actually a couple of really simple shapes that clearly show how the song progresses.For my project, I would hope that the visual representation is just as easy to understand as this one.

mta.me

mta.me is a website that shows the nyc subway trains running throughout the day, based on their schedules. As they cross paths with other trains, the path is plucked and makes a nice little sound. This is a really clean visualization and it’s nice how the sounds correlate with the busyness of the subway system.

Artikulator

This is a project that allows a user to draw music on an iPad or iPhone. The person basically finger paints trails on the screen and the app plays through it left to right. It seems like, with this iteration, it is kind of hard to get something that sounds really ‘nice’, but I like how easy it is to just pick up and use.