Musivue

Summary

Musivue is a reactive LED music display with multi view displays: spectrum analyzer, Spotify cover, or circular graphic equalizer. The goal is to make a wall-hung portrait that portals users into the complex frequencies of your favorite songs.

Thought Process

I’ve always been obsessed with making music displayable. My first (real) PCB project was a VU meter that could go up and down with the booming sounds of your song. I then pimped a boombox with a frequency analyzer to allow for a reactive light show anywhere, anytime. I want to create a central music visualizer that taps into the Spotify API, combining various frequency display formats for one breathtaking decor piece.

Plan

First, I am going to set up the Orange PI 0. From there, I will make it communicate with the 64x64 LED matrix and play around with drawing simple animations. Afterward, I will create various frequency display modes (spectrum analyzer, circular view, etc.) and find a way to feed them music data from the Spotify API. Afterward, I will create a sleek portrait-esque wood case to hang up on the wall.

For tools I will need:

• Soldering Iron
• Laptop
• Miter Saw
• Multi-meter
• Variable Power Supply

I fortunately already have all of these tools. I will just need to buy parts.

Features

• [] Linear Spectrum Analyzer
• [] Circular Graphic Equalizer
• [] Spotify Album Cover
• [] Spotify Smart-Home Control Hub
  • Act as a Spotify recognized listening device able to stream music. Play that music through an onboard audio jack to a speaker.
  • Have buttons and knobs to skip songs on spotify, remotely!
• [] Music Dependent Ripple Wave
  • The LED matrix will ripple in a wave pattern that is dependent on the music playing. The wave will be more intense when the music is louder.

Budget

By the way, I have a box of 50+ soldering irons given to me by @leomcelroy that I will glady ship to anyone who wants one. Just pay shipping.