Sound meter video?

[pistolpd22]

This may not be the right spot to post this, so if it isn't ...sry. I want to setup up some type of system that i can hook up to the bass drum and makes audio bars move as the background for our songs. I really am wanting to use this for an upcoming youth retreat . Any help or direction on were to go is greatly appreciated.

[MustangNazMedia]

Are you wanting to display this on a projector, or lcd screen?
http://www.electronics-lab.com/blog/?p=9643

CMN Player - Painel Eletrõnico VU de Leds 60cmX20cm -...

there is a stand alone,

I m thinking that there is a circuit or something to do this. Im not sure if you could use the christmas lights to music dmx box. I know you could do it with the dmx box and the wii rock band kit

[JeffReckart]

don't know if this this is too late for your retreat, but check this out!

http://www.churchstagedesignideas.co...-like-it-loud/

[Josh Scott]

Originally Posted by JeffReckart

don't know if this this is too late for your retreat, but check this out!

http://www.churchstagedesignideas.co...-like-it-loud/

They wrote a piece of software to convert audio level to midi. Then used MIDI to control a light board. So I am not sure how you would get it to control a background and still be able to get text over it.

This is what they did with the lights a year or two later

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sorry about the video quality

[bpalermini]

THIS SITE has software audio level meters. Some free, some that cost a little. Don't know how they would work with presentation software but you might take a look. Google software audio level meter for more.

[tedanderson]

There is a program that Herbie Hancock uses for this exact purpose. It's called GForce. It takes any live audio going into a PC and it creates all kinds of patters and stuff on the screen. He uses it for his live shows by projecting it on a mega-sized screen.

http://www.soundspectrum.com/g-force/