Palette
Six k-means clusters in CIELAB space, sized by how much of the frame they cover.
Photo in · track out
Point your camera at the night.
Groovebox reads a photo's colour, light and texture and turns them into a house, techno or liquid drum & bass track. Save it, share it, and watch it climb the chart.
Photos are analysed on your device. Nothing is uploaded unless you save a track.
Top tracks
See the whole chart →Section–
Bar–
Chord–
BPM–
Track sequence
Playback starts at the first drop. Tap the timeline to jump to any section.
Steps–
Drums
Bass
Melody
Hook
Steps are 16th notes, grouped in beats like a TR-808's step keys. Odd steps are pushed late by the swing amount.
How your photo became this track
Pixel analysis
Colour → pitch
Hue weighted by chroma, folded into 12 bins on a circle-of-fifths colour wheel. The tallest bin sets the key centre; dots mark the notes of the scale.
Light
Scene
Measurements
Instrument parameters
| Part | Parameter | Value | Driven by |
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Theory check
Song seed
The data saved with a track. Every player rebuilds the song from this, so it sounds the same on every phone.
Discover
Every listed track, ranked by plays. A play is 30 seconds heard without a break.
Not found
That track isn't here.
It may have been removed by its creator, or the link is mistyped.