Here’s a demo using the OpenMusicLabs FHT library, where I’ve added a beat detector (not a very good one) and combined it with a ripple routine. Each detected beat sets off a ripple. There’s a link to my spaghetti code in the Youtube description.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvAnC-6ozjw
Still looks nice, but I agree that the beat detection probably needs more work.
Also I do not see enough ‘movement’… looks like too few LEDs in that… 
Nice effect, Looks really cool but a can’t see a beat detection at work 
It’s really a peak detection on a FFT/FHT bin. Will need to work on that more.
definetely will try myself, i am always into music-to-light things Thanks for your coding!
Hi Andrew, just about ready to start with adding some audio control to my Xmas tree.
Something I wanted to do last year but ran out of time.
Wondering where you are with this FHT and if you got a better control of LED animations from it ?
My initial idea was to use the MSGEQ7 but wonder if FHT could be better !?
I will be using the same old MEGA2560 because of the multiple pins I use.
Any ideas ?
Thanks!
Hi JP,
Haven’t played with it much lately, however it does work fine with the Nano, but apparently not the Teensy. So, it should work with your Mega.
In the meantime, I’ve been playing a lot with with CentOS lately and trying to put together a MediaWiki site for all the FastLED stuff I’ve been gathering. So far, it’s just on my dev server.
@Andrew_Tuline thanks!
I had already download 2 fht files from your github and will play with them a while to decide for myself.
Wonder if the numerous bands available with FHT is not actually counter-productive to controlling multiple RGB LEDs…