Okay, so “spectro wuwa” – sounds kinda weird, right? I stumbled upon this while messing around with audio visualization, and let me tell you, it turned into a whole thing. It all started with me wanting a cool visualizer for my music.
I started by just googling around for audio visualizers, you know, the usual stuff. I found a bunch of programs, but nothing really clicked. They were either too complicated, too ugly, or just didn’t feel right. Then I thought, “Hey, I’m kinda decent at coding, why not try making my own?” Big mistake… or maybe not?
The Rabbit Hole
First, I needed to figure out how to even get audio data into my code. I’m using Python, because, well, it’s Python. I found this library called “librosa” that seemed pretty popular for audio analysis. So, I installed it with pip. Easy peasy.
pip install librosa
Next, I needed something to display the visuals. I went with “Pygame” because it’s relatively simple for drawing stuff on the screen. Again, another pip install.
pip install pygame
The real headache began when I tried to understand how to actually analyze the audio. This is where the “spectro” part of “spectro wuwa” comes in. I learned about spectrograms, which are basically visual representations of the frequencies in a sound over time. It’s like a colorful fingerprint for your music! Librosa has a function to create spectrograms, so I started playing around with that.
The “Wuwa” Part
Now, the “wuwa” part… that’s where things got a bit… experimental. I wanted the visualizer to react to the music in a specific way, kind of like a bouncing, pulsing thing. I don’t even know how to describe it properly. I ended up with a bunch of weird mathematical formulas, tweaking parameters, and basically just throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks. I called my wuwa effect that represents some sort of a combination of sin waves and color gradients, and totally messed * was ugly, It was messy.
The (Kinda) Finished Product
After hours of trial and error, I managed to create something that… well, it works. It’s not pretty, it’s not perfect, but it’s mine. The spectrogram is displayed, and my “wuwa” effect is doing its weird, pulsating thing in response to the music. It’s definitely a “spectro wuwa” experience. I still do not konw why I gave this effect name!
I learned a lot during this little project. I learned about audio analysis, spectrograms, and the importance of not giving up even when your code looks like a monster. Will I keep working on it? Probably. Is it ready for prime time? Absolutely not. But hey, it was a fun (and frustrating) ride!
