  This project brings music to sight. Music can be a visual masterpiece. Some
people naturally experience a visualization of audio - a condition called
synesthesia. The type of synesthesia explored is when sounds create colors in
the 'mind's eye.' Project included interviews with people who experience
synesthesia, examination of prior art, and topic research to inform project
design. Audio input, digital signal processing (including Fast Fourier
Transforms (FFTs)) and data manipulation produce arguments required for our
visualization. Arguments are then applied to a physics particle simulator which
is re-purposed to model a synesthetic experience. The result of the project is
a simulator in MAX 8, which generates a visual performance using particles by
varying each particle's position, velocity, and color based on parameters
extracted via digital processing of input audio.
