Unit-E's Luxetron running ColorChord

Decided to make a colorchord mode that would run on Unit-E's luxehedron ( luxehedron.com/ ). It worked out surprisingly well!
ColorChord is an open source chromatic sound-to-light conversion tool for assigning LEDs to sound intensity mapped into an HSV colorspace. github.com/cnl... If you want to add colorchord to any of your own projects commercial or non-commercial, it is free for use!
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[@stefancharon7082]

This is a thing of immense beauty.

[@KatzRool]

next video: CNLohr opens a portal to another world

[@sellicott]

Yes! More ColorChord!

[@marco1877]

Found you from your Ray Tracer puzzle game and you seem realy interesting :D Looking forward to watching more of your vids.

[@4.0.4]

>$1400 to buy pre-made ...Awesome as a DIY project!

[@NorthernLight2308]

Nice! Remindes me of the C&C Tiberian Sun Crate.

[@CrucialMuzic]

This is so awesome, I so want one!!

[@andreamitchell4758]

wait what, why does the glass look transparent but also mirrored at the same time? is this special glass or a special coating ? ho do you get both the mirror effect and be able to see through the panels at the same time?

[@mohit3189]

partially reflecting mirrors

[@xYouTubax]

Dark outside, bright inside and partially reflecting mirrors.

[@mortenmoulder]

The same glass/film used for magic mirrors. It's also used for interrogation rooms, where you can see them, but they can't see you. It's simply called a one-way mirror and you can get them as whole panels (glass included) or simply as film (where you stick the film to glass).

[@christianeaton]

It's called a "one-way mirror", they're pretty easy to get hold of.

[@andreamitchell4758]

@@christianeaton you mean a 2 way mirror right , isn't a one way mirror just a regular mirror ? i have seen those hexagonal glass boxes before ,terrariums but they have normal glass i was wondering if there is a film that can cut , something thin with self adhesive backing you can get to stick to regular glass

[@xscitobor1233]

glad i subbed

[@World_Theory]

Are you… Using an Infinity Stone (from the Marvel Comics Universe) as a music visualizer?

[@tebbet2381]

Dormamu I have come to bargain

[@SinanAkkoyun]

ColorChord would be so nice if it would run in the esp-idf!!!

[@douro20]

I wonder what the lead time is like on these...

[@clehaxze]

Simply Amazing

[@sznio]

I'd love this thing just to have on my desk, but not as large

[@mommyok4431]

Whoa!! Did you make this? Very cool 😁

[@CNLohr]

My friends Adam and Jon at Unit-E made it.

[@mommyok4431]

CNLohr still! It’s impressive ❤️ thanks for sharing!!

[@bastiaanmarcelis7315]

Murph, Muuuuuurph!

[@marcog4597]

Could you do a video on how to set up color cord?

[@CNLohr]

What kind of application were you thinking? You can just go download it and run it on Windows, but to do really interesting stuff you have to program a little.

[@marcog4597]

@@CNLohr I mostly referring to running it on a esp8266, I've tried getting it to work with a few Dev boards but a yearish ago and couldn't get it working for whatever reason, still want to use it for a few projects because I've looked everywhere and there's nothing like it

[@ronoxengineering]

@@HiddenMyst youd be dissapointed, the embedded microcontroller options dont do the same thing as the desktop versions, you only get a singular color output rather than scrolling bands

[@Danger-Tater]

I wonder how much it is to get a miniature one in my room

[@ryanekapanjisuhartanto7167]

Me: *Realize the video is not viral Aslo me: "I'm not seeing enough movement!"

[@alexnick183]

Прикольная цветомузыка!

[@hanniffydinn6019]

Pretty cool

[@haaspaas2]

I like the idea of the luxehedron, but is it made of gold? How can they justify the 1400 dollar pricetag?

[@0xbenedikt]

That doesn't sound too far off. Not a bad price for a commercial setup. This does not seem to be primarily intended for home use, but rather as decoration on festivals and in clubs, etc.

[@haaspaas2]

@@0xbenedikt its a ridiculous price in any context unless Im missing something. My guess is they just manufacture really inefficiently (low volume, high cost), which is a shame because I feel there is a market for these at the 150-300 usd mark.

[@0xbenedikt]

​@@haaspaas2 I've seen worse quality for more money. It is, as a lot of low-volume gear is, not really intended for home installation. It's not going to be just the materials, there is the labour (assembly and software development) involved (at US, not China-wages) as well as the low sales which requires fewer units to cover the running costs as well as there is a lack of the economics of scale.

[@heathernunyabizness5258]

Because it's art. It took an unbelievable amount of skill and dedication to create this. I can't imagine the hours spent and the failed attempts to get it right. Not to mention the cost of materials both used and wasted in prototypes. They made it look easy. It isn't.

[@gearyae]

@@haaspaas2 I wish I'd answered this sooner, but the mirrors actually turned out to be the major cost drivers for this. $510 for a sheet of pre-mirrored acrylic! Those and the need for unusually high amperage for the 540 LEDs running 5V drove some pretty nasty electrical requirements. I've got a redesign coming for a 10" version that gets under $500 in low quantities due to smaller, thinner mirrors, and dramatically reduced amperage and higher voltage. I can get those significantly lower if we can get some investment, but we've never had the money to do things like buy $10-20k injection molds. Care to invest???

[@sinom]

This looks amazing O.o it only works with the lights off on the outside though doesn't it?

[@ronoxengineering]

could you please post the code? the last colorchord version released for microcontroller only outputs 1 color at a time, and has no equalizer bands

[@CNLohr]

I... What? This is for colorchord2, it's a regular application. I.e. you can go clone colorchord, and build it for your PC.

[@ronoxengineering]

@@CNLohr oh sorry bro, yeah i only just figured out that colorchord 2 was computer driven not microcontroller driven. so, were totally different things and that the uC version was not neccesarily the same as the PC one

[@CNLohr]

@@ronoxengineering They use a lot of the same code but they are slightly different

[@ge2719]

bloody hell, just looked at the price of this thing. $1,400! how can they justify that? its a bunch of perspex and led strips.

[@binaryspace6444]

I know! I could build one in a few weekends for, well, 32$ for 9ft of the same WS2812b 144led/m LED strip, 2$ for an STM32, ~30$ for the aluminum, ~75$ for the acrylic, and lastly ~25$ for the mirror film. All for the grand total of ~164$, or about 8.5 times cheaper than their cheapest model. Lol

[@0xbenedikt]

@@binaryspace6444 But you obviously don't pay yourself a wage for labour and development and you don't have to run a business either. It's no surprise that this thing costs a pretty penny.

[@binaryspace6444]

@Benedikt Müssig Yes, very true! I understand that, and I’m not criticizing them for making enough to put bread on the table, I just would rather make my own then spend that much capital.

[@shodanxx]

@@binaryspace6444 Hello, I would like to order of of your 200$ luxehedron thingy

[@DerSolinski]

When Charles is bored and has free time xD

[@leozendo3500]

Oh no, this means I would have to buy more ws2812 soon... &what about ESP32? Or RGB+Yellow or RGBW or something similar that resolves the bad randering index of regular ws2812- while staying as cheap as possible.

[@clex2349]

Imagine if you put a 360° camera inside

[@catattack885]

*Reminds me of a legendary engram from destiny*

[@fordprefect859]

everyone else's gaming pcs be like:

[@CNLohr]

I work for a major software games developer, working on VR. Mostly as a firmware engineer. But, it's not my job where I learn how to go deep. It's everything outside of my job. And, the answer is work is only 8 hours a day. I live near work. And, I just don't watch TV, movies or have other hobbies, but CODING!

[@fnytnqsladcgqlefzcqxlzlcgj9220]

Needs darkpsy

[@declanobrien7131]

That's my name

[@AdityaMehendale]

NyanCat?

[@DiyintheGhetto]

If you build it. They would come. So show us how you build it 😀😁😂🤣😃😄😅😆😉😊😋😎😍😘

[@zyxwvutsrqponmlkh]

RGB has gone too far.

[@CNLohr]

RGB can't do this. That's RGBY!

[@clex2349]

Idk what RGBY is but ok