If you like music and programming you will probably like this. WoodpeckerFlash is an open source library that lets you synchronize your animations with music, with any sound actually. The first thing that came to my mind when thinking of this concept is Windows Media Player and its Visualizations that animate at the rhythm of the songs. But this is much more than that, it has a huge potential. You can use MovieClips have animation inside or add synchronized music to enrich your interactive applications.
To download the package go to http://woodpeckerflash.wordpress.com. This is a video that shows how Woodpecker works:
I found some interesting examples of sound spectrum with AS3:
- AS3 Music Visualisation from Justin Windle on Vimeo.
- Flash Sound Spectrum Experiment from Jerome Maurey-Delaunay on Vimeo.
- Flash 3D Sound Spectrum Display from Jerome Maurey-Delaunay on Vimeo.
- Experimental Interactive Animation (Demo) from Jie Yun Roe on Vimeo.
I had a good time playing with this code, I came with a small and simple example of an animation using this package. I used the music to animate the lights of the stage and to move the character a little bit. The music is from Alex Syntek, a Mexican musician.
