New Discovery

I had done a little research into Arduino "Shields" before starting this. They are nifty little devices that simply plug into the top of your Arduino and are pre-rigged for dedicated projects. All the projects I had seen using them were for things like motors and other sensor rigs for motion detection etc, I had never seen any that could be of any use in this context. Until now.....

It is actually just a video that came up in the suggested videos on Youtube, at the end of the last MSGEQ7 video I posted, that put me onto this, so here it is for you to have a look at.

As you can see, this is not exactly the same implementation, as there seems to be no recognition of frequency indicated in the colour spectrum, it is definately audio reactive though. My guess is that it is on a cycle of all colours, and the frequency of the shift between them is being modulate using the incoming audio. There is no detail of exactly what is being controlled in the description unfortunately. I did however find  a place you can buy this. So dependent on how things are looking in a weeks time as to the delivery dates of some of the more obscure items on the list I just bought, I may consider purchasing this is an added extra to the project. There is also a possibility that the Youtube user (who's real name I still need to get) who is helping me on this journey, may be willing to have a look at modding his code to work for this Shield.

For now though, I am off to do some more research as the links at the end of the video above also look interesting! TTFN.