I've been poking and jabbing for weeks on how to properly read this data. Can anyone point me in the right direction where I can learn all there is to be known about sound spectrum data (bands, frequencies, buffer size, etc)?
I'm very new to processing, but I am not new to programming. For the most part, I like to think I have a pretty good understanding of processing.
I am experimenting with making a sound visualizer. I was hoping if anyone could point me in the right direction, for sound API's. For example, lets say I want to take all 256 channels of a sound spectrum instance. Let's say I wanted to average the total frequency for just a single value. Furthermore, let's say I wanted to compress these 256 channels into just 4 channels.
I know how to code all of these things, that's not my issue. My issue is that I feel like I'm re-creating the wheel - and that there must already be something like this out there, somewhere.
