AS3 Sound Spectrum Contest Results!!

There were so many great entries in this contest and deciding on a winner was hard! After much deliberation and help from the great group of mods at the GTAL forums, I’m officially declaring the winner to be trioptic with his fullscreen masterpeice! It has such a cool feel to it and is kind of like watching a painting melt. I love the soundtrack too! Trioptic will be receiving a 6-month Premium subscription to the Lynda.com Online Training Library.

The runner-up award goes to Deviant1853 for his Viz2 entry. This great entry was also accompanied by a Visualization AS3 class which helped to put it on top. Great work Deviant! Deviant will be receiving a copy of my Flash Professional 8 Video Integration CD-ROM courtesy of Lynda.com.

Below is a little Flash app I built which links to all of the entries. Here is the FLA as always. The tooltip displays the name of who created it. Be sure to have Flash Player 9 installed before checking them out!

Thanks everyone!!
Lee

Comments

  1. August 17th, 2006 | 6:29 pm

    Congrats winners!

  2. August 17th, 2006 | 7:35 pm

    woooo! Aside from the shock of winning, I must say that I am very humble among the other entries, and feel very delighted to have learned from you guys.

  3. blu3
    August 18th, 2006 | 1:10 am

    Congratulations to all of you guys, very impressive stuff!

  4. Erik
    August 18th, 2006 | 2:11 am

    Probably a pretty basic question, but how is the blurred trace effects created in some of the demos?

  5. hamferus
    August 18th, 2006 | 2:40 am

    Congratulation to trioptic and to Deviant1835.

  6. August 18th, 2006 | 3:59 am

    Congrats to everyone!!!
    Very nice work :D

  7. August 18th, 2006 | 4:04 am

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    AS3 Sound Spectrum Contest Results!!

    –> http://theflashblog.com/?p=197

    This entry was posted on Friday, August 18th, 2006 at [...]

  8. August 18th, 2006 | 4:29 am

    [...] ectrum Contest Results are out, what was done is simply amazing be sure to check it out at Lee Brimelow blog’s. Congratulation to all participants. This entry was posted [...]

  9. August 18th, 2006 | 6:09 am

    Congrats Trioptic! There have been alot of entries and they have all been of a very high standard, so congrats to everyone who entered :)

    On a side note, how do I recieve my prize :P

  10. August 18th, 2006 | 7:22 am

    Congrats to the winners!

  11. August 18th, 2006 | 9:48 am

    Deviant1853, just send check or money order to…

    :wink:

    Congratulations everyone!

  12. August 18th, 2006 | 4:01 pm

    i would like to know the name of the song from chris entry.
    thanks

  13. Neopolita
    August 20th, 2006 | 7:07 am

    Great works, I would like the name of that song too. Thanks.

  14. Nek
    August 21st, 2006 | 1:24 am

    Somebody plz tell me name of the song from Chris’s visualizers.
    For example:
    http://www.chrisbenjaminsen.com/temp/flash9/1.swf

  15. Jason Martell
    August 21st, 2006 | 11:45 am

    This is way cool. But sigh, when I open your source file for this I get:

    **Error** C:\Documents and Settings\JMartell\Desktop\grid\Entry.as: Line 42: The class or interface ‘Fuse’ could not be loaded.
    var f:Fuse = new Fuse();

    **Error** C:\Documents and Settings\JMartell\Desktop\grid\Entry.as: Line 60: The class or interface ‘Fuse’ could not be loaded.
    var f:Fuse = new Fuse();

    Total ActionScript Errors: 2 Reported Errors: 2

  16. arcadiabc
    August 21st, 2006 | 3:37 pm

    All are great so is the music selected :)

    CHRIS! Please whats the name of that song!

    Thanks

  17. August 24th, 2006 | 8:32 pm

    I went to MosesSupposes to get the FUSE library and there was no download link?!

    Anyone know where this can be grabbed?

  18. August 29th, 2006 | 8:11 am

    To get the FUSE kit, you have to email the owner of the site, using the link provided at mosessupposes.com/Fuse

  19. SlowSnail-30+
    September 6th, 2006 | 6:05 am

    Great job I think runner-up rox!
    thats what I think :-)

  20. September 14th, 2006 | 9:56 am

    Okay guys, it’s now up for download and NEW DOCS! Woo hoo! Enjoy.
    http://www.mosessupposes.com/Fuse

  21. September 16th, 2006 | 3:26 pm

    [...] oo – Jared showing us that we can see the effects of sound in real life, and visualize it! http://theflashblog.com/?p=197 Grant Skinner, gskinner.com Grant is an amazingly smart individual from what I gath [...]

  22. October 13th, 2006 | 10:36 pm

    [...] I’ve just added my first ActionScript 3 experiment over at my lab and it’s my addition to the sound visualizers that are out there. I know it’s far less awe-inspiring than some of the ones from Lee’s contest on The Flash Blog, but I’m happy with it for now. I’ll be making a few adjustments to it in the near future but let me know what you think in the meantime. Oh yeah, almost forgot to link you to it… click here. [...]

  23. October 16th, 2006 | 8:28 am

    [...] The Flash Blog » AS3 Sound Spectrum Contest Results!! (tags: as3 soundSpectrum) [...]

  24. November 8th, 2006 | 7:39 am

    i love this.. congratulations.
    so.. i have do some experiments with flash 9..
    check my spectrums at
    http://www.semmais.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=925

  25. December 1st, 2006 | 3:26 pm

    [...] A while back I held a contest to see who could come up with the coolest sound visualization using the new SoundMixer.computeSpectrum() method. This gives you a whole bunch of byte data which you can use to create cool sound-driven applications. But what if all you need is the overall amplitude of the sound? Well you can do this with computeSpectrum() by averaging out all the values, but that is a lot of work considering that Flash has a built set of properties just for this situation. The leftPeak and rightPeak values of the SoundChannel class provide amplitude data for each channel of the audio file. The example below shows how to use this data to create an amplitude meter. The ActionScript 3 code is below the graphic and you can get the full source here. Flash Player 9 required. [...]

  26. ray
    January 2nd, 2007 | 6:48 am

    pretty sure thats a Heikki song on Chris’s visuals.

    Yep just checked; its Tonight by Heikki

  27. March 21st, 2007 | 12:53 am

    It works at home but not at work. This incident just shows how hooked I am on Cocoalicious and what a great program it is.

  28. priyabrata
    March 28th, 2007 | 8:24 am

    if anybody has the c code for converting music into spectrum kindly send it on the foll id: priyabrata_palit@yahoo.com

  29. May 15th, 2007 | 4:34 am

    Good stuff!

    A bit late, but here’s my attempt:

    It uses the Actionscript 3 SoundMixer.computeSpectrum to fire off random animations. Not a bread and butter visualiser but interesting none the less.

    http://www.soulwire-illustration.com/actionscript3-dynamic-sound-visualisation.html

  30. June 15th, 2007 | 7:35 pm

    [...] clipped from theflashblog.com [...]

  31. October 4th, 2007 | 3:09 am

    [...] Se bidragen och hamna i trance [...]

  32. October 18th, 2007 | 10:59 pm

    [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt [...]

  33. Arnab
    November 10th, 2007 | 10:20 am

    BROKEN LINKS :(

  34. November 11th, 2007 | 7:03 pm

    [...] [...]

  35. November 11th, 2007 | 7:37 pm
  36. November 16th, 2007 | 3:20 pm

    [...] If you are interested in what’s going on in the Flash scene check out flashscene.org and AS3 Sound Spectrum Contest Results at The Flash Blog. [...]

  37. January 24th, 2008 | 6:04 am

    [...] The sound spectrum visualization is a separate swf-file and is very easy to change to something nicer. [...]

  38. February 9th, 2008 | 10:14 am

    [...] sobre a imagem. O som pode demorar um pouco a carregar conforme a tua ligação. Depois de ver bastantes Spectrums, e de já ter criado alguns mais simples, decidi experimentar uma combinação de filtros com um [...]

  39. sri
    March 4th, 2008 | 1:09 pm

    hai
    how to hide realplayer downlaod option flv player & audio player

  40. April 6th, 2008 | 2:48 pm

    [...] in actionscript development, and lots of really cool sound visualizations are already out there [1] [2]. The way I see it, this classic equalizer is a ready-to-use, easy-to-use (even for the [...]

  41. June 2nd, 2008 | 8:50 pm

    [...] including pitch control, tempo control, EQs, etc. A few days ago I was researching a few audio visualizers and made several [...]

  42. June 5th, 2008 | 2:48 pm

    [...] around with the computeSpectrum function in AS3. I really like the work I have seen from the 3D sound Visualizer contest over at Lee Brimelow’s [...]

  43. July 7th, 2008 | 2:13 pm

    I don’t think most of these work in Flash Player 10 Beta 2. Can anyone else confirm?

  44. lee
    July 22nd, 2008 | 6:58 pm

    Is there no way to use the SoundSpectrum class in isolation from other Flash sites using the Sound Class? Try viewing these Content Entries with a youtube video open in a completely separate window. I’m using Safari 3.

    Here’s hot for words: http://youtube.com/watch?v=GyeZBEwmpiU

  45. July 30th, 2008 | 11:57 am

    [...] vvvv, max/msp?? C++, JAVA,??,??????,?????. Flash ?? PaperVision + SoundSpectrum [...]

  46. November 4th, 2008 | 3:40 pm

    I think it will take about a month to sit down and check all of these out as they deserve. :- ) Gorgeous samples for what I’ve seen so far. With those of you who have played with the computeSpectrum goodness, what limitations have you found? Have any of you needed to import third-party libraries to circumvent those issues? I’d particularly be interested in the subject of pitch-modulation with respect to a global sound source. Any tips / advice would be most welcome!

  47. November 21st, 2008 | 10:09 am

    [...] 21, 2008 http://theflashblog.com/?p=197 Posted by clarama1023 Filed in [...]

  48. v
    December 18th, 2008 | 2:49 pm

    Hi. You should look into fixing the security sandbox errors so non-technophiles can enjoy these.

  49. December 23rd, 2008 | 11:58 am
  50. erik
    December 27th, 2008 | 7:04 pm

    it would be really awesome if someone incorporated illusions like lilac chaser. Really awesome stuff here though, thoroughly impressed with the content and Flash’s capabilities.

    http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/col_lilacChaser/index.html

  51. March 25th, 2009 | 7:52 am

    Seriously amazing. New to sound stuff with as3 and it is really inspiring. Thanks

  52. Morten
    April 7th, 2009 | 1:35 am

    To be quite honest.. not to complain or anything… just think it’s a pity…
    None of theese spectrums work on my computer..

    Im using Firefox 3.0.8, with flash player 10.0 r22.

  53. April 8th, 2009 | 9:10 pm

    [...] Sound Spectrum Contest :: Many examples with source [...]

  54. April 27th, 2009 | 8:17 pm

    [...] AS3 Sound Visualizer Contest: http://theflashblog.com/?p=197 [...]

  55. shaan
    May 17th, 2009 | 11:19 pm

    All are done wonderful job. But specially I like to mention that Chris done a number of stunning visualizations. Really enjoyed Chirs’s work. Really creative.

  56. July 26th, 2009 | 1:40 pm

    [...] We also talked a bit about the following links as well:Flash Element TD Gamehttp://www.papervision3d.org/Sound Spectrum Contest Winners [...]

  57. October 24th, 2009 | 5:16 am

    ok, now this thing does’t work if a youtube player is opetn in another tab or even in another window, “solution” is to put sound spectrum script in a movie clip in stead of on stage. But then the problem is that it reacts on any sound in the browser, for example if I have my web site with my spectrum in one tab it will react on the music coming from the youtube player wich is in another tab.
    BTW don’t delete this post, Lee, just because you’re in love with Adobe.
    Let’s be honest and say that has a fault

  58. December 30th, 2009 | 8:34 am

    [...] Bu adreste farkl? örneklerini görebileceksiniz.Örneklerin baz?lar?n?n fla kaynak dökümanlar? bulunuyor. ?ndirip ar?ivinizde tutman?z? öneririm. Ancak daha geli?mi? bir spectrum örne?ini görmek istiyorsan?z buray? ziyaret etminizi öneririm. Demosu için buray?, fla kayna?? indirmek için ise buraya t?klayabilirsiniz. Döküman? indirdikten sonra test için ilgili klasöre “song” olarak adland?raca??n?z bir mp3 atman?z yeterli… Yorumlar? ve aç?klamalar? okuduktan sonra editleyebilirsiniz. Etiketler: mp3, spectrum Bu yaz?y? payla??n! [...]

  59. January 4th, 2010 | 11:36 am

    [...] bien comprendre de quoi ici s’agit, voici quelques exemples, résultat d’un concours de simuleur de spectre sonore en [...]

  60. January 4th, 2010 | 11:48 am

    [...] bien comprendre de quoi ici s’agit, voici quelques exemples, résultat d’un concours de simulateur de spectre sonore en [...]

  61. Oboe Passion
    January 18th, 2010 | 2:20 pm

    These are so awesome and pretty. I’m looking to make effects like this,but really struggling, this is hat I have so far http://users.vic.chariot.net.au/~sarahg/spectrum.html
    If some one could give me a tip on the effects required, or point me in the right direction…. That’d be great, thanks.

  62. Oboe Passion
    January 18th, 2010 | 2:22 pm

    These are so awesome and pretty. I’m looking to make effects like this, but really struggling, this is what I have so far: http://users.vic.chariot.net.au/~sarahg/spectrum.html
    If someone could give me a tip on the effects required, or point me in the right direction…. That’d be great, thanks.

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