A decent computer and lots of volume is recommended.

Well, due to the fear of slipping behind, I felt I better start learning the new Flash language, Actionscript 3, and at first glance, one of the coolest features is definitely the SoundMixer.computeSpectrum function.

This is a quick experiment which uses the spectrum data of a streaming mp3 to trigger animation. Although it dynamically reacts to the beat, there are elements of randomness in this example so the animation / visualisation is different every time.

I’ve seen a few Actionscript 3 visualisations before, though they tend to follow the graphic equaliser tradition, whereas I wanted something a little more creative.

I will release some source code as soon as I have built this into a robust class. I intend to build an easily customisable music visualisation program which can build visualisations from your own graphics with various configurable parameters.

Download: AS3 Audio Visualiser

Have fun, but epileptics beware!

The track is Öngyilkos Vasárnap by Venetian Snares

Posted on 14 May 2007
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  1. Rocky 1 month ago

    Hi. Great work by the way. I’m currently creating a media player in flash for desktops and one of the functionality I wanted to include were music visualizations. Hope to see your complete code for this. Thanks. Great Work.

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  2. warum 1 month ago

    BREAKCORE!!!) you are cool)

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  3. J_Mo 3 weeks ago

    Loving this…just like many others by the look.

    This may be a simple one to asnwer…..How can I make the track loop??

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