Need help getting LEDs to flash to music

sam808

I'm using this tutorial http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-LEDs-Flash-to-Music-with-an-Arduino/?comments=all#CD1C28BGJHVGBEI And the song plays like it should, but the LEDs don't blink. I'm using an Arduino Uno board and this is what my code in processing looks like: import org.firmata.*; import cc.arduino.*;

/**
  * This sketch demonstrates how to use the BeatDetect object in FREQ_ENERGY mode.<br />
  * You can use <code>isKick</code>, <code>isSnare</code>, </code>isHat</code>, <code>isRange</code>, 
  * and <code>isOnset(int)</code> to track whatever kind of beats you are looking to track, they will report 
  * true or false based on the state of the analysis. To "tick" the analysis you must call <code>detect</code> 
  * with successive buffers of audio. You can do this inside of <code>draw</code>, but you are likely to miss some 
  * audio buffers if you do this. The sketch implements an <code>AudioListener</code> called <code>BeatListener</code> 
  * so that it can call <code>detect</code> on every buffer of audio processed by the system without repeating a buffer 
  * or missing one.
  * <p>
  * This sketch plays an entire song so it may be a little slow to load.
  */

import processing.serial.*;
import ddf.minim.*;
import ddf.minim.analysis.*;
import cc.arduino.*;

Minim minim;
AudioPlayer song;
BeatDetect beat;
BeatListener bl;
Arduino arduino;

int ledPin =  12;    // LED connected to digital pin 12
int ledPin2 =  8;    // LED connected to digital pin 1
int ledPin3 =  2;    // LED connected to digital pin 0

float kickSize, snareSize, hatSize;

void setup() {
  size(512, 200, P3D);

  minim = new Minim(this);
  arduino = new Arduino(this, Arduino.list()[1], 57600);

  song = minim.loadFile("Portal.mp3", 2048);
  song.play();
  // a beat detection object that is FREQ_ENERGY mode that 
  // expects buffers the length of song's buffer size
  // and samples captured at songs's sample rate
  beat = new BeatDetect(song.bufferSize(), song.sampleRate());
  // set the sensitivity to 300 milliseconds
  // After a beat has been detected, the algorithm will wait for 300 milliseconds 
  // before allowing another beat to be reported. You can use this to dampen the 
  // algorithm if it is giving too many false-positives. The default value is 10, 
  // which is essentially no damping. If you try to set the sensitivity to a negative value, 
  // an error will be reported and it will be set to 10 instead. 
  beat.setSensitivity(100);  
  kickSize = snareSize = hatSize = 16;
  // make a new beat listener, so that we won't miss any buffers for the analysis
  bl = new BeatListener(beat, song);  
  textFont(createFont("Helvetica", 16));
  textAlign(CENTER);

  arduino.pinMode(ledPin, Arduino.OUTPUT);    
  arduino.pinMode(ledPin2, Arduino.OUTPUT);  
  arduino.pinMode(ledPin3, Arduino.OUTPUT);  
}

void draw() {
  background(0);
  fill(255);
  if(beat.isKick()) {
      arduino.digitalWrite(ledPin, Arduino.HIGH);   // set the LED on
      kickSize = 32;
  }
  if(beat.isSnare()) {
      arduino.digitalWrite(ledPin2, Arduino.HIGH);   // set the LED on
      snareSize = 32;
  }
  if(beat.isHat()) {
      arduino.digitalWrite(ledPin3, Arduino.HIGH);   // set the LED on
      hatSize = 32;
  }
  arduino.digitalWrite(ledPin, Arduino.LOW);    // set the LED off
  arduino.digitalWrite(ledPin2, Arduino.LOW);    // set the LED off
  arduino.digitalWrite(ledPin3, Arduino.LOW);    // set the LED off
  textSize(kickSize);
  text("KICK", width/4, height/2);
  textSize(snareSize);
  text("SNARE", width/2, height/2);
  textSize(hatSize);
  text("HAT", 3*width/4, height/2);
  kickSize = constrain(kickSize * 0.95, 16, 32);
  snareSize = constrain(snareSize * 0.95, 16, 32);
  hatSize = constrain(hatSize * 0.95, 16, 32);
}

void stop() {
  // always close Minim audio classes when you are finished with them
  song.close();
  // always stop Minim before exiting
  minim.stop();
  // this closes the sketch
  super.stop();
}

I just want the LEDs to blink...help!

SilentAce

Format the code please by leaving a blank row and pressing CTRL + K or the C button above in the editing bar, it's difficult to read the code like this.

SilentAce

Did you upload the other part of the sketch to the arduino? Do you get any error messages? Are your wires properly connected from the arduino to the LEDs?