INSOUND
Lighting Designer, Hardware & Firmware Engineer
2018 Boston, MA
illuminusboston.org/insound'INSOUND' is an immersive light and sound installation where visitors can experience what it might be like to be inside of a piece of music. By re-mapping the audio spectrum onto various color gradients, users experience a synesthetic connection between light and sound.
The technology to power the sound to light conversion is powered by the MSGEQ7 frequency band analysis chip. This is hooked up to a ARM Cortex-M7 Teensy 4.1 running animations using the FastLED library, which ultimately outputs a DMX signal to 7 high-power DMX bar lights.
The physical material for the structure was provided by molo designs , and is a soft polyester material with a rigid steel frame.
Materials: Molo design polyester wall, DMX bar lights
Tools: FastLED
Media
![View from front of structure](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.ctfassets.net%2Flohj4li4ksig%2F1wmQVKNiDDcovSLCQH6j0V%2F795b6740f144fe14003d6cf067344431%2Finsound_image_10.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
![View inside experience](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.ctfassets.net%2Flohj4li4ksig%2F2juPiJmK3OlYFWxgHA9ll2%2F62babaadc65d35a057cf36d25c9d9545%2Finsound_image_9.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
![Entering experience](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.ctfassets.net%2Flohj4li4ksig%2F15LKin8V9lLVfusKaSALRN%2F37f779da58838e40623d7313d24888dd%2Finsound_image_2.png&w=3840&q=75)
![View from above structure](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.ctfassets.net%2Flohj4li4ksig%2F5b2zFTo6SU8OTBFUb3uMTZ%2Fde2e5c6bc908a6290eaf13c7132378ab%2Finsound_image_6.png&w=3840&q=75)