MIDI.js/js/MusicTheory.Synesthesia.js

/*

	MusicTheory.Synesthesia : 0.3
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	Peacock:  “Instruments to perform color-music: Two centuries of technological experimentation,” Leonardo, 21 (1988), 397-406.
	Gerstner:  Karl Gerstner, The Forms of Color 1986
	Klein:  Colour-Music: The art of light, London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1927.
	Jameson:  “Visual music in a visual programming language,” IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages, 1999, 111-118. 
	Helmholtz:  Treatise on Physiological Optics, New York: Dover Books, 1962 
	Jones:  The art of light & color, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1972
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	Reference: http://rhythmiclight.com/archives/ideas/colorscales.html

*/

if (typeof(MusicTheory) === "undefined") var MusicTheory = {};
if (typeof(MusicTheory.Synesthesia) === "undefined") MusicTheory.Synesthesia = {};

(function(root) {
	root.data = {
		'Isaac Newton (1704)': { 
			ref: "Gerstner, p.167",
			english: ['red',null,'orange',null,'yellow','green',null,'blue',null,'indigo',null,'violet'],
			0: [ 0, 96, 51 ], // C
			1: [ 0, 0, 0 ], // C#
			2: [ 29, 94, 52 ], // D
			3: [ 0, 0, 0 ], // D#
			4: [ 60, 90, 60 ], // E
			5: [ 135, 76, 32 ], // F
			6: [ 0, 0, 0 ], // F#
			7: [ 248, 82, 28 ], // G
			8: [ 0, 0, 0 ], // G#
			9: [ 302, 88, 26 ], // A
			10: [ 0, 0, 0 ], // A#
			11: [ 325, 84, 46 ] // B
		},
		'Louis Bertrand Castel (1734)': { 
			ref: 'Peacock, p.400',
			english: ['blue','blue-green','green','olive green','yellow','yellow-orange','orange','red','crimson','violet','agate','indigo'],
			0: [ 248, 82, 28 ],
			1: [ 172, 68, 34 ],
			2: [ 135, 76, 32 ],
			3: [ 79, 59, 36 ],
			4: [ 60, 90, 60 ],
			5: [ 49, 90, 60 ],
			6: [ 29, 94, 52 ],
			7: [ 360, 96, 51 ],
			8: [ 1, 89, 33 ],
			9: [ 325, 84, 46 ],
			10: [ 273, 80, 27 ],
			11: [ 302, 88, 26 ]
		},
		'George Field (1816)': { 
			ref: 'Klein, p.69',
			english: ['blue',null,'purple',null,'red','orange',null,'yellow',null,'yellow green',null,'green'],
			0: [ 248, 82, 28 ],
			1: [ 0, 0, 0 ],
			2: [ 302, 88, 26 ],
			3: [ 0, 0, 0 ],
			4: [ 360, 96, 51 ],
			5: [ 29, 94, 52 ],
			6: [ 0, 0, 0 ],
			7: [ 60, 90, 60 ],
			8: [ 0, 0, 0 ],
			9: [ 79, 59, 36 ],
			10: [ 0, 0, 0 ],
			11: [ 135, 76, 32 ]
		},
		'D. D. Jameson (1844)': { 
			ref: 'Jameson, p.12',
			english: ['red','red-orange','orange','orange-yellow','yellow','green','green-blue','blue','blue-purple','purple','purple-violet','violet'],
			0: [ 360, 96, 51 ],
			1: [ 14, 91, 51 ],
			2: [ 29, 94, 52 ],
			3: [ 49, 90, 60 ],
			4: [ 60, 90, 60 ],
			5: [ 135, 76, 32 ],
			6: [ 172, 68, 34 ],
			7: [ 248, 82, 28 ],
			8: [ 273, 80, 27 ],
			9: [ 302, 88, 26 ],
			10: [ 313, 78, 37 ],
			11: [ 325, 84, 46 ]
		},
		'Theodor Seemann (1881)': { 
			ref: 'Klein, p.86',
			english: ['carmine','scarlet','orange','yellow-orange','yellow','green','green blue','blue','indigo','violet','brown','black'],
			0: [ 0, 58, 26 ],
			1: [ 360, 96, 51 ],
			2: [ 29, 94, 52 ],
			3: [ 49, 90, 60 ],
			4: [ 60, 90, 60 ],
			5: [ 135, 76, 32 ],
			6: [ 172, 68, 34 ],
			7: [ 248, 82, 28 ],
			8: [ 302, 88, 26 ],
			9: [ 325, 84, 46 ],
			10: [ 0, 58, 26 ],
			11: [ 0, 0, 3 ]
		},
		'A. Wallace Rimington (1893)': { 
			ref: 'Peacock, p.402',
			english: ['deep red','crimson','orange-crimson','orange','yellow','yellow-green','green','blueish green','blue-green','indigo','deep blue','violet'],
			0: [ 360, 96, 51 ],
			1: [ 1, 89, 33 ],
			2: [ 14, 91, 51 ],
			3: [ 29, 94, 52 ],
			4: [ 60, 90, 60 ],
			5: [ 79, 59, 36 ],
			6: [ 135, 76, 32 ],
			7: [ 163, 62, 40 ],
			8: [ 172, 68, 34 ],
			9: [ 302, 88, 26 ],
			10: [ 248, 82, 28 ],
			11: [ 325, 84, 46 ]
		},
		'Bainbridge Bishop (1893)': { 
			ref: 'Bishop, p.11',
			english: ['red','orange-red or scarlet','orange','gold or yellow-orange','yellow or green-gold','yellow-green','green','greenish-blue or aquamarine','blue','indigo or violet-blue','violet','violet-red','red'],
			0: [ 360, 96, 51 ],
			1: [ 1, 89, 33 ],
			2: [ 29, 94, 52 ],
			3: [ 50, 93, 52 ],
			4: [ 60, 90, 60 ],
			5: [ 73, 73, 55 ],
			6: [ 135, 76, 32 ],
			7: [ 163, 62, 40 ],
			8: [ 302, 88, 26 ],
			9: [ 325, 84, 46 ],
			10: [ 343, 79, 47 ],
			11: [ 360, 96, 51 ]
		},
		'H. von Helmholtz (1910)': { 
			ref: 'Helmholtz, p.22',
			english: ['yellow','green','greenish blue','cayan-blue','indigo blue','violet','end of red','red','red','red','red orange','orange'],
			0: [ 60, 90, 60 ],
			1: [ 135, 76, 32 ],
			2: [ 172, 68, 34 ],
			3: [ 211, 70, 37 ],
			4: [ 302, 88, 26 ],
			5: [ 325, 84, 46 ],
			6: [ 330, 84, 34 ],
			7: [ 360, 96, 51 ],
			8: [ 10, 91, 43 ],
			9: [ 10, 91, 43 ],
			10: [ 8, 93, 51 ],
			11: [ 28, 89, 50 ]
		},
		'Alexander Scriabin (1911)': { 
			ref: 'Jones, p.104',
			english: ['red','violet','yellow','steely with the glint of metal','pearly blue the shimmer of moonshine','dark red','bright blue','rosy orange','purple','green','steely with a glint of metal','pearly blue the shimmer of moonshine'],
			0: [ 360, 96, 51 ],
			1: [ 325, 84, 46 ],
			2: [ 60, 90, 60 ],
			3: [ 245, 21, 43 ],
			4: [ 211, 70, 37 ],
			5: [ 1, 89, 33 ],
			6: [ 248, 82, 28 ],
			7: [ 29, 94, 52 ],
			8: [ 302, 88, 26 ],
			9: [ 135, 76, 32 ],
			10: [ 245, 21, 43 ],
			11: [ 211, 70, 37 ]
		},
		'Adrian Bernard Klein (1930)': { 
			ref: 'Klein, p.209',
			english: ['dark red','red','red orange','orange','yellow','yellow green','green','blue-green','blue','blue violet','violet','dark violet'],
			0: [ 0, 91, 40 ],
			1: [ 360, 96, 51 ],
			2: [ 14, 91, 51 ],
			3: [ 29, 94, 52 ],
			4: [ 60, 90, 60 ],
			5: [ 73, 73, 55 ],
			6: [ 135, 76, 32 ],
			7: [ 172, 68, 34 ],
			8: [ 248, 82, 28 ],
			9: [ 292, 70, 31 ],
			10: [ 325, 84, 46 ],
			11: [ 330, 84, 34 ]
		},
		'August Aeppli (1940)': { 
			ref: 'Gerstner, p.169',
			english: ['red',null,'orange',null,'yellow',null,'green','blue-green',null,'ultramarine blue','violet','purple'],
			0: [ 0, 96, 51 ],
			1: [ 0, 0, 0 ],
			2: [ 29, 94, 52 ],
			3: [ 0, 0, 0 ],
			4: [ 60, 90, 60 ],
			5: [ 0, 0, 0 ],
			6: [ 135, 76, 32 ],
			7: [ 172, 68, 34 ],
			8: [ 0, 0, 0 ],
			9: [ 211, 70, 37 ],
			10: [ 273, 80, 27 ],
			11: [ 302, 88, 26 ]
		},
		'I. J. Belmont (1944)': { 
			ref: 'Belmont, p.226',
			english: ['red','red-orange','orange','yellow-orange','yellow','yellow-green','green','blue-green','blue','blue-violet','violet','red-violet'],
			0: [ 360, 96, 51 ],
			1: [ 14, 91, 51 ],
			2: [ 29, 94, 52 ],
			3: [ 50, 93, 52 ],
			4: [ 60, 90, 60 ],
			5: [ 73, 73, 55 ],
			6: [ 135, 76, 32 ],
			7: [ 172, 68, 34 ],
			8: [ 248, 82, 28 ],
			9: [ 313, 78, 37 ],
			10: [ 325, 84, 46 ],
			11: [ 338, 85, 37 ]
		},
		'Steve Zieverink (2004)': { 
			ref: 'Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center',
			english: ['yellow-green','green','blue-green','blue','indigo','violet','ultra violet','infra red','red','orange','yellow-white','yellow'],
			0: [ 73, 73, 55 ],
			1: [ 135, 76, 32 ],
			2: [ 172, 68, 34 ],
			3: [ 248, 82, 28 ],
			4: [ 302, 88, 26 ],
			5: [ 325, 84, 46 ],
			6: [ 326, 79, 24 ],
			7: [ 1, 89, 33 ],
			8: [ 360, 96, 51 ],
			9: [ 29, 94, 52 ],
			10: [ 62, 78, 74 ],
			11: [ 60, 90, 60 ]
		}
	};

	root.map = function(type) {
		var data = {};
		var blend = function(a, b) {
			return [ // blend two colors and round results
				(a[0] * 0.5 + b[0] * 0.5 + 0.5) >> 0, 
				(a[1] * 0.5 + b[1] * 0.5 + 0.5) >> 0,
				(a[2] * 0.5 + b[2] * 0.5 + 0.5) >> 0
			];
		};
		var syn = root.data;
		var colors = syn[type] || syn["D. D. Jameson (1844)"];
		for (var note = 0; note <= 88; note ++) { // creates mapping for 88 notes
			var clr = colors[(note + 9) % 12];
			if (clr[0] == clr[1] && clr[1] == clr[2]) {
				clr = blend(parray, colors[(note + 10) % 12]);
			}		
			var amount = clr[2] / 10;
			var octave = note / 12 >> 0;
			var octaveLum = clr[2] + amount * octave - 3 * amount; // map luminance to octave		
			data[note] = {
				hsl: 'hsla(' + clr[0] + ',' + clr[1] + '%,' + octaveLum + '%, 1)',
				hex: Color.Space({H:clr[0], S:clr[1], L:octaveLum}, "HSL>RGB>HEX>STRING")
			};
			var parray = clr;
		}
		return data;
	};

})(MusicTheory.Synesthesia);