Description as a Tweet:

Our reactive LED strips create complementary visuals for any song by sending different frequencies to multiple LED segments. Watch, listen, and enjoy the show.

Inspiration:

We love music and wanted to develop a premium listening experience.

What it does:

Existing LED strips can create an exciting atmosphere for listening, but are unable to differentiate between external noise and song audio due to their reliance on a microphone. Our LED strips intelligently assign different sections of the song to their respective segments without the need for a microphone. This creates an exciting atmosphere for listening, and allows multiple senses to properly experience the track.

How we built it:

Matlab, arduino, LED strips

Technologies we used:

• Arduino
• Other Hardware

Challenges we ran into:

Our challenges included
- Placing the crossover bands at the right place
- Reading from the device instead of files
- Playing the music at the right speed (finding the right sampling rate)
- Reducing amount of data so lights can flash in real time
- Scaling voltage output to make LEDs flash at ideal brightness
- Bluetooth integration

Accomplishments we're proud of:

Creating a premium music experience while offering a way for the hearing impaired to experience music visually.

What we've learned:

We learned about the Matlab audio toolbox, Arduino circuits, and we strengthened our problem solving skills.

What's next:

Developing multiple bands (splitting the song up further) and integrating each segment with its own LED strip. In addition, we hope to incorporate RGB LEDs (need a more powerful computer to do so).

Built with:

Matlab audio toolbox, arduino, LED strips

Prizes we're going for:

• Best Documentation
• Best Venture Pitch
• Best Hardware Hack

Edward Farber
Max Breslau
Peter DiMeo

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