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Final Documentation for ICM

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For my final project, I wanted to create something that incorporated
the most important things I learned in this term. My idea was to
create a visual image that synchronized with music. Initially, I hoped
to link the images to live music on a piano keyboard. The colors,
shapes and sounds would all interact with each other. Different
portions of the keyboard would control what patterns and colors
emerged.
The technical demands of this were quite intimidating, however. After
all, there so many variations possible on a piano keyboard. So I
decided to link the visuals to a single piece of music.
In addition to the technical demands required, this was also a
creative project. I had to link the music to color changes, image
zooms, shifting of patterns and other visual changes.
Getting the codes right for the visuals to react to the sound was very
difficult. It took a long time to synchronize this. Eventually,
however, I was able to fine tune the technical and the creative
aspects of this project.