acoustic-sight

Video sonification scripts and tools inspired by sight-via-sound study.

Only Python 3.4+ is supported.

Install

First of all we suggest to create a virtual environment:

mkvirtualenv --python=`which python3` acoustic-sight
workon acoustic-sight

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Since supriya PyPI package is currently broken we suggest to install it from sources as it described in it's manual.

SuperCollider

Bu default we use SuperCollider which produce much smoother sound due to it's float precision nature opposing to PyGame which is faster but at higher dimensions (> 8*8) produces noise.

OS X users can install SuperCollider by Homebrew Cask:

brew cask install supercollider

Don't forget to create a symlink to scsynth executable:

cd /usr/local/bin/
ln -s /Applications/SuperCollider.app/Contents/Resources/scsynth scsynth

Users with other operation systems can find a proper distribution on the download page.

NumPy dependencies on Raspberry Pi

To use numpy ensure that you have:

sudo apt install libblas3 liblapack3

PyGame

While PyGame requires:

sudo apt install python3-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsmpeg-dev subversion libportmidi-dev ffmpeg libswscale-dev libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev

Node.JS

SocketIO RPiClient requires Node.js (you can avoid that by using Direct client mode):

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_9.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt install nodejs

Run

manage runserver

Running via Supervisor

First of all, you should install Supervisor:

sudo apt-get install supervisor

You can configure Supervisor to start an http server to control processes:

sudo cp services/inet_http_server-supervisor.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/inet_http_server-supervisor.conf

Then create configuration files:

manage make_configs

Copy configs into Supervisor configuration directory:

manage copy_configs --sudo

And finally restart Supervisor service:

sudo service supervisor restart

Now, if you've configured inet_http_server you can visit http://<your device IP>:9001/ to control services.

Pass parameters to Supervisor services

To customize services run use --args parameter for config tasks.

For example, to increased frame rate of acoustic sight server you may:

manage server_supervisor_conf --args="--frame-rate=24"

Then copy the config manually into Supervisor configuration directory:

sudo cp services/acoustic_sight_server-supervisor.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/acoustic_sight_server-supervisor.conf

Roadmap

• Adjust maximum resolution (PyPeg fails on > 4, SuperCollider have to be tuned to process more synthdefs).
• Look for more efficient ways of sound synthesis (optimize PyGame code by calculating patches manually, use other libraries/tools?).
• Define different maps from pixel intensity to tone amplitude.
• Apply image filters (sharpness, contrast).
• Stream video from other sources (smartphones, webcams).
• Record video (simpler) and audio (harder with SuperCollider).
• Adopt for Arduino (as a standalone or just use it as a source of videostream and audio output system).
• Port to iOS/Android.