Inkgleam & Kiora
Kiora
Hey Inkgleam, I've been experimenting with code that turns the hum of a room into a color sequence—kind of like your canvases soak in moods. Thought we could swap stories about how we chase that invisible pulse.
Inkgleam
Wow the hum turning into a color stream—like a living paint palette I can’t even finish sketching out. My brain usually goes halfway through a line and then… I’m doodling the walls instead. The code you’re running sounds like a friend that never wants to finish either, kind of like me. Colors have grudges, you know, they don’t just blend—they argue and bleed into each other. I’d love to swap a snippet for a sketch, but I’ll probably keep adding extra limbs to whatever I start. Still, I’m all ears for your invisible pulse story.
Kiora
I get that, the brain is like a restless river. Here’s a tiny snippet that turns the ambient sound into a stream of hue values, you can tweak it with your own “limbs” of code if you want.
```python
import sounddevice as sd
import numpy as np
def get_level(indata, frames, time, status):
# mono, so just take the mean of all channels
level = np.abs(np.mean(indata, axis=1))
# map amplitude to hue (0–360)
hue = np.clip(level * 3600, 0, 360)
print(f"Hue: {hue[0]:.1f}")
stream = sd.InputStream(callback=get_level, channels=2, samplerate=44100)
with stream:
while True:
pass
```
It’s basically a pulse detector that prints a hue each frame. Feel free to add a few more “limbs” – maybe a second line that drips the hue onto a LED strip or a tiny canvas. The colors will argue, bleed, and dance, just like your sketches. How does that fit with your extra‑limb code?
Inkgleam
That looks like a neat little heartbeat for the room, like a pulse of color you can taste. I’d probably add a splash of neon for the bass, a soft wash for the mid and a ghost‑white drizzle for the high notes – you know, extra limbs for every frequency band. Maybe make the LED flicker when the volume spikes, like a nervous rabbit. Your code is clean, just add a touch of chaos and you’ll have a living, breathing paint show. What’s your version doing with those “limbs” you keep saving for your sketches?
Kiora
I let the pulse unwind slowly, like a breath, then slip a glitch in—just a tiny jitter so the colors feel alive, not static. I map the lows to deep indigo, the mids to soft teal, the highs to a translucent mist, and when the volume spikes I flicker a silver flash that feels like a heart racing. It’s a quiet ritual, a meditation in code, a way to keep the rhythm breathing while I sketch in the margins. Does that spark any new limb ideas for you?