Create a Dynamic Music Visualisation for your MP3 player with Actionscript 3

We will create a dynamic visualisation which responds to the beats of the music being played with the SoundMixer.computeSpectrum() method;

First hit Ctrl+J and bring up the Document Properties window and set the width and height to 400 and 200 pixels respectively.
Now hit Ctrl+F8 to bring up the New Symbol window and type in the name as play_mc and click OK. Draw a small rectangle and centre it using the Align Window. Now Select the Text Tool , and go to the Properties Panel and select the text type to Static Text. Now create a label fo your button. Mine looks like this

Now go to the Main Stage ang Drag the play_mc button on Stage from the library. Go to the Properties Panel and type in the instance name as play_mc.
Create a new Layer, name it actions, select the first frame and hit F9 to bring up the Actions Window. Copy and Paste the foll0wing code


var bytes:ByteArray = new ByteArray();

/*this varible defines the size of the visualisation*/
var amplify=40;

/*load the mp3 file*/
var mySound:Sound = new Sound(new URLRequest("myMusic.mp3"));

/*listen for the click on the play button,then play*/
play_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,playMusic);

/*play the music*/
function playMusic(e:MouseEvent) {
mySound.play();
}

addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,displaySpectrum);

/*display the visualisation*/
function displaySpectrum(evt:Event):void {
SoundMixer.computeSpectrum(bytes, false, 0);
graphics.clear();

for (var i:int = 0; i <>
graphics.lineStyle(.5,0x00FF66, 1);
var val:Number = bytes.readFloat() * amplify;
for (i = 0; i <>
val = bytes.readFloat() * amplify;

/*first spectrum. Unequal Values of the X coordinate
in moveTo and lineTo give the spectrum a jagged
look. Equal values result in a symmetrical spectrum */

graphics.moveTo(i+50, -val+40 );
graphics.lineTo(i+90, val+40);

/*second spectrum*/
graphics.moveTo(i+50, -val+100 );
graphics.lineTo(i+90, val+100);
}

}
}
Remember the myMusic.mp3 should be in the same directory as the .swf file. Hit Ctrl+Enter to test the movie!!