New User - Color Sounds

[Mark Chambers]

Hi,

I am not sure if MetaSynth can help me but it very well might. I'd
like to be able to take an image and analyze the color data in the
image. I'd like to be able to convert the color data into actual
waveform or frequency data. That way I can logarithmically transpose
that data into the auditory spectrum. Is this possible in Metasynth?
If not can I assign a range of frequencies to a range of colors, say
20 to 3000 hz to red for example?

Thanks,

Mark

[Edward Spiegel]

Hi Mark,

MetaSynth maps color to spatial orientation. Frequency is based on vertical placement of the pixels. The particular frequencies are determined by the tuning map -- there are many useful tuning maps built-in and several thousand more provided with the software that can be used as custom tunings.

You can find a presentation about how the Image Synth works at:

http://www.uisoftware.com/MetaSynth/videos

The Image Synth basics video is the one that describes the basics of how the Image Synth works.

To do what you would like to do with MetaSynth, you would need a program to convert the images so that color data in your raw image were translated to vertical position in the image that you would use in MetaSynth.

Best,

Edward