The patterns themselves are independent of the music. However, the lines of the patterns react to the intensity of the music. So the designs are two-fold as best I can tell, the man-made shapes and the music enhanced lines of those shapes.
It is pretty neat, isn't it? Bryan C. Forrest Macintosh Specialist LifeNet Virginia Beach, VA http://www.lifenet.org On Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at 08:29 AM, Ann Richmond wrote: > Marta, > > I have a similar fascination with the iTunes visual displays. > I had assumed that they were a graphical interpretation of frequency > and amplitude of the > music playing. That was before I tried running it with the music off > etc. Does anyone know > how this software is designed? Is the display influenced by the music > in any way or is it > really random? > Just curious. > > Thanks, > Ann > > Marta Edie wrote: > >> I have set my clock to chime on the hour as many times as the hour >> indicates. Mine purrs because I like cats. The chimes come in strange >> intervals. For instance at ten it does not chime ten times one after >> the >> other like a clock does, no, sometimes it chimes three times, then >> waits, >> then a few more chimes come, then maybe just one and so on until all >> ten are >> chimed. It is like stuttering. Why these hesitations in between? >> >> An addendum to screenshots: on my powerbook G4 where I still run >> OS9, when >> I run visuals while doing the iTunes, they run lovely during the >> songs. >> However, when I turn the music off, they seem to hesitate and >> sometimes even >> stop. That is why I did not even bother my new iMac, because I >> haven't put >> in tunes as yet. But then I got curious and tried them without >> music, and >> they run like a charm. >> The sreenshots I took here turned out fine, but they turned up on the >> desktop, not on the hard disk. ??? Is that the default? >> >> And do these visuals run in a pattern, do they have a beginning and >> an end, >> or do they always run random? I have gotten myself in a trance >> watching , >> and it seems they are always different and within a half hour or so >> there >> seemed to be no repetition. Any insights? >> Marta >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be April 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be April 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
