Analog LED Strip
For this project we were told to create an approximately 1-minute long composition using the Analog LED Strip, and I was almost immediately inspired to use music, and sync up the Analog Strip to the music to create a beautiful sound-sight relationship. I was not sure what piece of music I would use at first, but after watching Captain Marvel over the weekend, I decided to use the Avengers theme song, and match the LED Strip with the song. It took a very long time to synchronize the light effects and the music, and it took hundreds of lines and delay()s to match it up perfectly. Furthermore, since Arduino doesn’t allow us to upload music, the music sometimes didn’t match up exactly as I would press PLAY too early or too late. Fortunately, during the presentation it went perfectly, but for some reason the LED wouldn’t turn off and would stay green. In the video below, the LED turned off properly when I wanted.
Digital LED Strip
For this project, I worked with Skye and Candy on another LED Strip synchronized with music, and for this we used a traditional Chinese piece which is about the battle between the Chu and Han armies, set in 202 BC. The musical piece is called “Ambush from Ten Sides” Our work consists of the final eight chapters of the original composition, and we synchronized the lights to the climax of the musical piece.