Sound-Colour Synaesthesia, Chromatic Representation of Sounds Waves in Java Applets

摘要

The paper herein presents a way in which sound waves are chromatically represented in Java language. It intends to be, as its' title reveals, an instructional material providing help in developing interactive tools for efficient education in sciences, especially in the field of acoustics. The developed jva applets illustrate the main aspects regarding to sound phenomena. It realizes a direct correspondence between visible frequencies of the light and frequencies of sound waves via a sound wave frequency range transformation into a linear scale. The construction of the natural light spectrum was explained in detail, indicating the source code used in applets. Java written software was developed for converting sound wave intensities in colour saturation coefficients. The application allows further development in order to generate a colour visual interpretation of the musical atmosphere and also to develop the performer's creativity. The article addresses the reality in a sensitive manner creating in an undifferentiated manner bridges between face colours and the artistic sensitivity of the human hearing.