Sound design with pictures - Sumu + img2utu

video upload by Madrona Labs

"In this video Cam gives you a tour of his new tool called img2utu. It can turn any picture into a partials map for Sumu, giving you a rich source of spectral sound design inspiration, or a way to hide your own pictures in the frequencies of your music! The idea is simple: every image has structure, and that structure translates into something Sumu can play. Brightness becomes amplitude, position becomes pitch, and the result is a living spectrogram you made from your picture. Whether you're feeding it vintage textures, fractal geometry, or a photo of your eggs and toast, img2utu opens up a completely different approach to building sounds from scratch. No synthesis experience required! Just a picture and some curiosity. Instructions work for Mac and Windows. Follow the links to Cam’s images and patches.

Sumu:
https://madronalabs.com/products/sumu"