Turn audio amplitude into color. Every ‘trigger’ event randomly chooses five new coordinates for nested (non-regular) pentagons. There can be up to 60 nested pentagons. Each pentagon represents one of the first 60 positions in the audio input array. The color of the pentagon is mapped to the audio amplitude for each position.
Knob1 sets the history length for the audio input: max. left is ‘no’ history (displays the current audio) and max. right averages the amplitude over the last 20 values (this will ‘smooth’ out the colors).
Things get fun when you set MIDI clock or notes as the trigger source – this will pick new coordinates for the pentagons. The ‘trigger’ button works for manual input.
Initial release (1.0): June 6 2025
Knob1 – Audio History
Knob2 – Rotation Direction & Rate
Knob3 – Pentagon Count
Knob4 – Nested angle offset
Knob5 – Background color
Trigger – Picks new coordinates for pentagons
The pentagons in this mode are filled, if you would like unfilled (outlined) pentagons use this mode:
https://patchstorage.com/s-amp-color-5gon-outlines/
This is absolutely insane with a drum machine!