soundanalyze.pde

/**
  * This sketch demonstrates how to use an FFT to analyze
  * the audio being generated by an AudioPlayer.
  * <p>
  * FFT stands for Fast Fourier Transform, which is a 
  * method of analyzing audio that allows you to visualize 
  * the frequency content of a signal. You've seen 
  * visualizations like this before in music players 
  * and car stereos.
  */

import ddf.minim.analysis.*;
import ddf.minim.*;

Minim       minim;
AudioPlayer jingle;
FFT         fft;

int meh = 0;
void setup()
{
  size(1024, 800, P3D);
  
  minim = new Minim(this);
  
  // specify that we want the audio buffers of the AudioPlayer
  // to be 1024 samples long because our FFT needs to have 
  // a power-of-two buffer size and this is a good size.
  jingle = minim.loadFile("aroundtheworld.mp3", 1024);
  
  // loop the file indefinitely
  jingle.loop();
  
  // create an FFT object that has a time-domain buffer 
  // the same size as jingle's sample buffer
  // note that this needs to be a power of two 
  // and that it means the size of the spectrum will be half as large.
  fft = new FFT( jingle.bufferSize(), jingle.sampleRate() );
  
}

void draw()
{
  pushMatrix();
  translate(0,meh,0);
  fill(255,255,255,10);
  rect(0,0,width,height);
  stroke(20);
  
  // perform a forward FFT on the samples in jingle's mix buffer,
  // which contains the mix of both the left and right channels of the file
  fft.forward( jingle.mix );
  
  for(int i = 0; i < fft.specSize(); i++)
  {
    stroke(10);
    // draw the line for frequency band i, scaling it up a bit so we can see it
    ellipse( i+512, 400, i, fft.getBand(i)*30 );
    ellipse( 1024-(i+512), 400, i, fft.getBand(i)*30 );
  }
  popMatrix();
// meh++; 
}