This process has an interesting history. In 1937, Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin created a photoelectronic synthesizer that used images on glass plates to play

This process has an interesting history. In 1937, Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin created a photoelectronic synthesizer that used images on glass plates to play music. It was called the ANS synthesizer and was used for the soundtrack of the Tarkovsky film Solaris. Somebody made an app version of it, called Virtual ANS, that is generally available. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANS_synthesizer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANS_synthesizer A commercial product called Metasynth released in 1998 was the program Aphex Twin used for his song referenced here and also in the Matrix movie for the bullet time sound effects. It's amazing, but very expensive.