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Name

FFT
Examples
import processing.sound.*;

FFT fft;
AudioIn in;
int bands = 512;
float[] spectrum = new float[bands];

void setup() {
  size(512, 360);
  background(255);
    
  // Create an Input stream which is routed into the Amplitude analyzer
  fft = new FFT(this, bands);
  in = new AudioIn(this, 0);
  
  // start the Audio Input
  in.start();
  
  // patch the AudioIn
  fft.input(in);
}      

void draw() { 
  background(255);
  fft.analyze(spectrum);

  for(int i = 0; i < bands; i++){
  // The result of the FFT is normalized
  // draw the line for frequency band i scaling it up by 5 to get more amplitude.
  line( i, height, i, height - spectrum[i]*height*5 );
  } 
}
Description This is a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) analyzer. It calculates the normalized power spectrum of an audio stream the moment it is queried with the analyze() method.
Methods
analyze() Calculates the current frequency spectrum from the input source.
input() Define the audio input for the analyzer.
Constructor
FFT(parent)
FFT(parent, bands)
Parameters
parent PApplet: typically use "this"
bands int: number of frequency bands for the FFT as an integer (default 512). This parameter needs to be a power of 2 (e.g. 16, 32, 64, 128, ...).
Updated on January 21, 2019 10:05:15am EST

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