Mic input animating something complex

Processing Libraries
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Hi!

I grabbed this Plexus effect someone made, combined with the Mic Input from the sound gallery… I’d like to animate certain properties of the balls and lines with input from the Mic.

Here’s what I have so far… what am I missing? Thanks!!

// Example 20-5: Live Input with Sonia

import processing.sound.*;

AudioIn input;
Amplitude analyzer;

Ball b[];
int k = 100;

void setup() {
  size(700, 700);
  
  // Start listening to the microphone
  // Create an Audio input and grab the 1st channel
  input = new AudioIn(this, 0);

  // start the Audio Input
  input.start();

  // create a new Amplitude analyzer
  analyzer = new Amplitude(this);

  // Patch the input to an volume analyzer
  analyzer.input(input);
  
  // create ball
  b = new Ball[55];
  for(int i=0;i<b.length;i++)
  {
    b[i] = new Ball(random(50,width),random(50,height),random(4,7),random(2,4));
  }

}

void draw() {
  background(0);
  
  fill(0);
  stroke(255);
  
  plexus();
  
}

class Ball
{
    
  // Get the overall volume (between 0 and 1.0)
  float vol = analyzer.analyze();
  
  float x,y,dx,dy;
  Ball(float x, float y, float dx, float dy)
  {
    this.x = x;
    this.y = y;
    this.dx = dx;
    this.dy = dy;
    BallMoved();
  }
  void BallMoved()
  {
    x+=dx;
    y+=dy;
    if(x>width || x<0)dx = -dx;
    if(y>height || y<0)dy = -dy;
    ellipse(x,y,3,3);
    }
}

void plexus()
{    
  for(int i=0;i<b.length;i++)
  {
    b[i].BallMoved();
    for(int j=0;j<b.length;j++)
    {
      if(b[i].x-b[j].x<k && b[i].y-b[j].y<k && b[i].x-b[j].x>-k && b[i].y-b[j].y>-k)
      {
        stroke(255);
        line(b[i].x,b[i].y,b[j].x,b[j].y);
      }
    }
  }
}
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Ah! I figured out that if I place the overall volume float inside the plexus() object i can call the variable vol, and it works!