Thought of an idea for a project and need lots of help...

[Big Shooter]

Hey everyone!

This is my first post and it's about an idea that I had for a audio/visual project that if it works will be awesome, but I need quite a bit of help with where and how to start.

Basically, I want to make a shirt that can "hear" music nearest to the person wearing it and display the frequencies using LEDs on the front of the shirt. I got this idea while I was at a recent arts/music event and it's something that I thought would be a lot of fun to make and would be cool as hell to wear around. The only problem is that I don't know where to start. I'm not even sure that this is the right forum for this type of question, but if someone could point me in any direction then that would be of great help. Thanks!

[brandondrury]

Is this a variation of the helmet with beer cans hooked to it?


In all seriousness, the only complication I see is the sheer # of LEDs. If you want any degree of accuracy, you are going to need A LOT of LEDs.


I'm not sure what you do would for the microphone.

Brandon

[Big Shooter]

Originally Posted by brandondrury

Is this a variation of the helmet with beer cans hooked to it?


In all seriousness, the only complication I see is the sheer # of LEDs. If you want any degree of accuracy, you are going to need A LOT of LEDs.


I'm not sure what you do would for the microphone.

Brandon

Haha yea it's a variation of the beer helmet.

It doesn't have to be super accurate, just for fun. I really just need a way to get started. Any ideas?

[brandondrury]

I wish I could be of more help. I'm a recording dude and I pretty much suck at electronics on anything passed ohms law.

Brandon