Research for lighting inspired codes

I really like this idea more than that of the guitar one. As I think that this would be more fun to play with rather than just strumming some guitar strings. Also using the lights as an inspiration leaves many doors open to explore this project with. More potential.

Open publication - Free publishing - More effects

Research for Light idea:

Sound:
As far as sound goes I want something that sounds bass like. As its the bass line that I feel portrays the idea of the chaser more so than the dynamic of the song.
Below are the websites that I will be using within my interaction
http://www.soundjay.com/
http://www.drumsamples.org/ - This website gave me heaps of drum sounds. Of which I will probably be using over the soundjay soundeffects. As these drum sounds is what I am looking for more than just simple effects. I want that 'real' drum beat.

Research for guitar inspired codes.

If I were to do my guitar inspired coding. I would focus on the strings more that anythings else purely based on the fact that it is the strings that make the noise. I like the idea of doing a guitar as it gives the person who is interacting with the interaction the oppertunity as such to make their own music.

Open publication - Free publishing - More guitars

Ideas

I have a couple ideas for what I wish to achieve in this project.

The first and main one that I am looking into is when the person clicks the mouse a beam of light as such shoots up from the bottom hits where you clicked and then expands into a type of fan creating a sound that lasts the length of the time it takes for the fan to finish, all the while the fan trail slowly disappears. The higher up you push the higher the key is.

The second idea comes from the inspiration of a guitar. So you have the different guitar strings lined up horizontally. When the 'strings' are pulled you create that string sound. E.g., drag E-string; it therefore makes an E sound. Depending on which part of the string you pull it creates a different key of 'E' or 'G' etc. But I feel that this is a very generic interaction and has most likely been done many a times. So I would like to stay away from this interaction and do more research into my first and favourite idea.

PROJECT 3 - SOUND

ARTISTS STATEMENT

My final interaction has four ellipses of different sizes which move with the movement of the mouse. For me I personally feel that once making a pattern on an interaction I like to be able to easily refresh so as to start again. So using mouseClicked you are able to refresh the page and start again.

FINAL

My final interaction

Colour and Opacity

My first I have no opacity with the colour yellow. Admittedly yellow does stand out, especially from the black. Second. The colour purple with 80% opacity. I like the opacity as it gives the interaction a new more interesting element. Lastly. Green, with 80% opacity also, except without an outline. I feel that this undefined the ellipses. Therefore I will be keeping an outline in my end result.

Experimentation

I am now going to experiment with colour, to see whether this will make the interaction better and possibly more attractive.
As well as experimenting with the opacity to see if this heightens my interaction.

Refreshed

Here I have given the interaction a 'refresh' with the click of the left mouse button.

I think that having eight ellipses did create an interesting effect. But i feel that it is too much for what i am wanting.
So I think that I will preferably use four ellipses as i feel it creates an interesting effect rather than having just one or two ellipses.
I will most likely change the sizing's of the ellipses so as to make it more aesthetically pleasing.
Next I want the person interacting with this code to be able to 'refresh' what they have created, so as to start anew.