Metasynth is sort of an attempt to do this, and there have been others.
The problem is that the visuals are a subjective interpretation of the sound
and therefore you have to learn the programmers ideas.
You could learn it, but better if it learnt your associations.
I remember Matt Black [Coldcut] playing around with some synth software from
Ircamm and some form of brain wave analyser about 6 years ago : I didn't
hear what it produced unfortunately :( . I'd imagine that would be a whole
lot cooler with the increased computing power we have now.
The problem with computers as a whole is that the interfaces have become the
only way we can think of using them. Composing music in a VR environment
could be most interesting, for instance. Again this approaches some of the
stuff coldcut have done live, where they use what looked like incredibly
large theramins to control sounds, but rather than it being a hand
controlling it, it's a dancer.
The step on : an entire club where the music and visuals are a formative
journey produced by the crowds own emotions and desires?
Waffle waffle waffle
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> I got an idea that's so cool it's impossible
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> How about an audio editing sequencing/editing program that shows waveforms
> not as big fat spectrum graphs or amplitude envelopes but rather as a big
> long series of shapes and colors associated with sounds?
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> Users could initally select a series of baseline colors and shapes according
> to sounds preset into the software- then the program applies the baselines
> to all input and floats in between the shapes/colors to create big pretty
> images.
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> I'm CRAZY. And I'm a BIG HONKIN' GEEK.
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> This is why I'm still on the list, really- so I can post this kind of
> ridiculousness when it hits and not worry about losing my real friends.
>
> Tom
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