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Fixing Ocean at night in Canvas

So I have wanted to make an ocean in the night with a canvas. I got the Wave part down but I want them to be filled. So that they are not just a lign anymore but a solid block locking like waves. I really like how they look right now but if you have any tweeks that could make them look even better feel free to share them!
Thanks for the Help in Advance!
var c = document.getElementById("screen2");
var ctx = c.getContext("2d");
var cw = c.width = window.innerWidth;
var ch = c.height = window.innerHeight;
var cx = cw / 2,
cy = ch / 2;
var rad = Math.PI / 180;
var w = window.innerWidth;
var h = 100;
var amplitude = h;
var frequency = .01;
var phi = 0;
var frames = 0;
var stopped = true;
//ctx.strokeStyle = "Cornsilk";
ctx.lineWidth = 4;
//first wave
function Draw() {
frames++
phi = frames / 88;
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, cw, ch);
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(0, ch);
for (var x = 0; x < w; x++) {
y = Math.sin(x * frequency + phi) * amplitude/2 + amplitude /2;
//y = Math.cos(x * frequency + phi) * amplitude / 2 + amplitude / 2;
ctx.lineTo(x, y + ch -110); // setting it to the bottom of the page 100= lift
}
ctx.lineTo(w, ch);
ctx.lineTo(0, ch);
ctx.stroke();
requestId = window.requestAnimationFrame(Draw);
}
requestId = window.requestAnimationFrame(Draw);
//second wave
function Draw2() {
frames++
phi = frames / 72 ;
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(0, ch);
for (var x = 0; x < w; x++) {
y = Math.sin(x * frequency + phi) * amplitude/4 + amplitude/4;
//y = Math.cos(x * frequency + phi) * amplitude / 2 + amplitude / 2;
ctx.lineTo(x, y + ch -110); // setting it to the bottom of the page 100= lift
}
ctx.lineTo(w, ch);
ctx.lineTo(0, ch);
ctx.stroke();
requestId = window.requestAnimationFrame(Draw2);
}
requestId = window.requestAnimationFrame(Draw2);
canvas {
display:block;
margin:0 auto;
width:100%;
height:100vh;
}
<canvas id="screen2"></canvas>

First and foremost what I really would change is using requestAnimationFrame two times as it's completely redundant. You can group your drawing operations in a single function and just execute this.
As #mousetail hinted a simple 'fix' would be using .fill() instead of .stroke(). The problem is that you would have two completely solid shapes of the same colour making it look like there's just a single wave. So the next step would be adding two different colours. As that might still look a little boring I'd use two linear gradients - a lighter for the foreground and a darker for the background wave.
To make it look even more interesting I'd move the waves up & down over time.
var c = document.getElementById("screen2");
var ctx = c.getContext("2d");
var cw = c.width = window.innerWidth;
var ch = c.height = window.innerHeight;
var cx = cw / 2,
cy = ch / 2;
var rad = Math.PI / 180;
var w = window.innerWidth;
var h = 100;
var amplitude = h;
var frequency = .01;
var phi = 0;
var frames = 0;
var stopped = true;
var gradientA = ctx.createLinearGradient(0, ch / 2, 0, ch);
gradientA.addColorStop(0, "#29c3d3");
gradientA.addColorStop(1, "#15656e");
var gradientB = ctx.createLinearGradient(0, ch / 2, 0, ch);
gradientB.addColorStop(0, "#55dee5");
gradientB.addColorStop(1, "#399499");
ctx.lineWidth = 4;
var step = 0;
function drawWaves() {
frames++;
phi = frames / 88;
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, cw, ch);
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(0, ch);
for (var x = 0; x < w; x++) {
y = Math.sin(x * frequency + phi) * amplitude / 2 + amplitude / 2;
//y = Math.cos(x * frequency + phi) * amplitude / 2 + amplitude / 2;
ctx.lineTo(x, y + ch - 110 + Math.sin(step / 2) * 10); // setting it to the bottom of the page 100= lift
}
ctx.lineTo(w, ch);
ctx.lineTo(0, ch);
ctx.fillStyle = gradientA;
ctx.fill();
frames++;
phi = frames / 72;
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(0, ch);
for (var x = 0; x < w; x++) {
y = Math.sin(x * frequency + phi) * amplitude / 4 + amplitude / 4;
//y = Math.cos(x * frequency + phi) * amplitude / 2 + amplitude / 2;
ctx.lineTo(x, y + ch - 110 + Math.sin(step) * 20); // setting it to the bottom of the page 100= lift
}
ctx.lineTo(w, ch);
ctx.lineTo(0, ch);
ctx.fillStyle = gradientB;
ctx.fill();
step += 0.02;
requestId = window.requestAnimationFrame(drawWaves);
}
requestId = window.requestAnimationFrame(drawWaves);
canvas {
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
width: 100%;
height: 100vh;
}
<canvas id="screen2"></canvas>

Build a pyramid of balls using the canvas

I'm having difficulties replicating the pyramid below on the canvas.
I'm struggling with the math portion on how to draw a new ball on each new line. Here is my code so far.
<canvas id="testCanvas" width="300" height="300" style="border:1px solid #d3d3d3;"></canvas>
<script>
// Access canvas element and its context
const canvas = document.getElementById('testCanvas');
const context = canvas.getContext("2d");
const x = canvas.width;
const y = canvas.height;
const radius = 10;
const diamater = radius * 2;
const numOfRows = canvas.width / diamater;
function ball(x, y) {
context.arc(x, y, radius, 0, 2 * Math.PI, true);
context.fillStyle = "#FF0000"; // red
context.fill();
}
function draw() {
for (let i = 0; i < numOfRows; i++) {
for (let j = 0; j < i + 1; j++) {
ball(
//Pos X
(x / 2),
//Pos Y
diamater * (i + 1)
);
}
}
ball(x / 2, y);
context.restore();
}
draw();
</script>
I've been stuck on this problem for a while. I appreciate any assistance you can provide.
Thank you.

I noticed that the circle do not touch. I am not sure if you need or want them to but as this presented an interesting problem I create this answer.
Distance between stacked circles.
The distance between rows can be calculated using the right triangle as shown in the following image
Where R is the radius of the circle and D is the distance between rows.
D = ((R + R) ** 2 - R ** 2) ** 0.5;
With that we can get the number of rows we can fit given a radius as
S = (H - R * 2) / D;
Where H is the height of the canvas and S is the number of rows.
Example
Given a radius fits as many rows as possible into the give canvas height.
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
const W = canvas.width, H = canvas.height, CENTER = W / 2;
const cols = ["#E80", "#0B0"];
draw();
function fillPath(path, x, y, color) {
ctx.fillStyle = color;
ctx.setTransform(1, 0, 0, 1, x, y);
ctx.fill(path);
}
function draw() {
const R = 10;
const D = ((R * 2) ** 2 - R ** 2) ** 0.5;
const S = (H - R * 2) / D | 0;
const TOP = R + (H - (R * 2 + D * S)) / 2; // center horizontal
const circle = new Path2D();
circle.arc(0, 0, R, 0, Math.PI * 2);
var y = 0, x;
while (y <= S) {
x = 0;
const LEFT = CENTER - (y * R);
while (x <= y) {
fillPath(circle, LEFT + (x++) * R * 2, TOP + y * D, cols[y % 2]);
}
y ++;
}
}
canvas {
border:1px solid #ddd;
}
<canvas id="canvas" width="300" height="180"></canvas>
Radius to fit n rows of stacked circles
Or if you have the height H and the number of rows S you want to fit. As shown in next image.
We want to find R given H and S we rearrange for H and solve the resulting quadratic with
ss = S * S - 2 * S + 1;
a = 4 / ss;
b = -4 * H / ss;
c = H * H / ss;
R = (-b-(b*b - 4 * a * c) ** 0.5) / (2 * a); // the radius
Example
Given the number of rows (number input) calculates the radius that will fit that number of rows
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
const W = canvas.width, H = canvas.height, CENTER = W / 2;
rowsIn.addEventListener("input", draw)
const cols = ["#DD0", "#0A0"];
draw();
function fillPath(path, x, y, color) {
ctx.fillStyle = color;
ctx.setTransform(1, 0, 0, 1, x, y);
ctx.fill(path);
}
function draw() {
ctx.setTransform(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0);
ctx.clearRect(0,0,W,H);
const S = Number(rowsIn.value);
const ss = S * S - 2 * S + 1;
const a = 4 / ss - 3, b = -4 * H / ss, c = H * H / ss;
const R = (- b - ((b * b - 4 * a * c) ** 0.5)) / (2 * a); // the radius
const TOP = R;
const D = ((R * 2) ** 2 - R ** 2) ** 0.5;
//const S = (H - R * 2) / D;
const circle = new Path2D();
circle.arc(0, 0, R, 0, Math.PI * 2);
var y = 0, x;
while (y < S) {
x = 0;
const LEFT = CENTER - (y * R);
while (x <= y) {
fillPath(circle, LEFT + (x++) * R * 2, TOP + y * D, cols[y % 2]);
}
y ++;
}
}
canvas {
border:1px solid #ddd;
}
<canvas id="canvas" width="300" height="180"></canvas>
<input type="number" id="rowsIn" min="3" max="12" value="3">Rows

How you can approach this problem is by breaking it down into one step at a time.
On (1)st row draw 1 circle
On (2)nd row draw 2 circles
On (3)rd row draw 3 circles
And so on...
Then you have to figure out where to draw each circle. That also you can break down into steps.
1st-row 1st circle in the center (width)
2nd-row 1st circle in the center minus diameter
2nd-row 2nd circle in the center plus diameter
and so on.
Doing this way you will find a pattern to convert into 2 for loops.
Something like this:
//1st row 1st circle
ball(w/2,radius * 1, red);
//2nd row 1st circle
ball(w/2 - radius,radius * 3, blue);
//2nd row 2nd circle
ball(w/2 + radius,radius * 3, blue);
The code below shows each step how each ball is drawn. I have also done few corrections to take care of the numberOfRows.
const canvas = document.getElementById('testCanvas');
const context = canvas.getContext("2d");
const w = canvas.width;
const h = canvas.height;
const radius = 10;
const diamater = radius * 2;
const numOfRows = Math.min(h / diamater, w / diamater);
const red = "#FF0000";
const blue = "#0000FF";
var k = 1;
function ball(x, y, color) {
setTimeout(function() {
context.beginPath();
context.arc(x, y, radius, 0, 2 * Math.PI, true);
context.fillStyle = color;
context.fill();
}, (k++) * 250);
}
for (var i = 1; i <= numOfRows; i++) {
for (var j = 1; j <= i; j++) {
var y = (i * radius * 2) - radius;
var x = (w / 2) - ((i * radius) + radius) + (j * diamater);
ball(x, y, i % 2 ? red : blue);
}
}
<canvas id="testCanvas"
width="300" height="180"
style="border:1px solid #d3d3d3;"></canvas>

How to create a rounded hexagon with javascript andCANVAS

I created this codepen to show what I got.
I managed to generate a hexagon avatar with progressbar around it using the awesome open source Hexagon Progress jQuery Plugin from Max Lawrence.
He also helped me to improve his own code a little but I don't want to bother him again.
Maybe someone here can help me to round the corners of this hexagon.
I want it to looks something like this (from the awesome Vikinger Html template) but need to be open source because my software is all open source. I can't use the Vikinger code.
So far I read that I have to stop the line before the end and add a quadratic curve to the next line start but I could not managed to do that.
His code do something like this on line 505:
ctx.moveTo(this.coordBack[0].x + offset, this.coordBack[0].y + offset);
for(var i = 0; i < this.coordBack.length; i++) {
ctx.lineTo(this.coordBack[i].x + offset, this.coordBack[i].y + offset);
}
Unfortunatelly, I am not that good in javascript or math.

Two ways to do this. The easy way, and the long winded, lots of math way.
Easy rounded corners
To create simple rounded polygons you can use ctx.arcTo. It will do all the math for the corners.
To create the polygon the following functions create a point and a path (array of points)
const Point = (x,y) => ({x, y});
function polygon(sides, rad, rot = 0) {
var i = 0, step = Math.PI * 2 / sides, path = [];
while (i < sides) {
path.push(Point(Math.cos(i * step + rot) * rad, Math.sin((i++) * step + rot) * rad));
}
return path;
}
To create a hexagon. Note that the polygon is centered over its local origin 0,0
const hexagon = polygon(6, 100);
To render the rounded polygon you need to work from the line segment centers. The following function will stroke the path with the rounded corners.
function strokeRoundedPath(cx, cy, path, radius, style, width) {
ctx.setTransform(1,0,0,1,cx,cy);
var i = 0;
const len = path.length
var p1 = path[i++], p2 = path[i];
ctx.lineWidth = width;
ctx.lineCap = "round";
ctx.strokeStyle = style;
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.lineTo((p1.x + p2.x) / 2, (p1.y + p2.y) / 2);
while (i <= len) {
p1 = p2;
p2 = path[(++i) % len];
ctx.arcTo(p1.x, p1.y, (p1.x + p2.x) / 2, (p1.y + p2.y) / 2, radius);
}
ctx.closePath();
ctx.stroke();
ctx.setTransform(1,0,0,1,0,0);
}
strokeRoundedPath(200, 200, hexagon, 20, "#000", 18);
Progress bar
Creating a progress bar is not as simple as the starting point can not be on a rounded corner, and moving over the rounded corners will need a lot of math to get the correct coordinates. This will negate the point of using easy arcToand need us to write the equivalent in JS (Way to slack for that today)
Using line dash for progress
There is however a hack that uses the line dash to create the effect you may be happy with. The snippet demonstrates this
const barWidth = 10;
const cornerRadius = barWidth * 2 + 8;
const polyRadius = 100;
const inset = 1;
const barRadius = polyRadius - barWidth * inset;
var progress = 0.0;
const approxLineLen = barRadius * Math.PI * 2;
const hexBar = polygon(6, barRadius);
const hexPoly = polygon(6, polyRadius);
const hexPolyInner = polygon(6, polyRadius - barWidth * 2 * inset);
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
ctx.setLineDash([approxLineLen]);
loop()
function point(x,y) { return {x, y} }
function polygon(sides, radius, rot = 0) {
var i = 0;
const step = Math.PI * 2 / sides, path = [];
while (i < sides) {
path.push(point(Math.cos(i * step + rot) * radius, Math.sin((i++) * step + rot) * radius));
}
return path;
}
function roundedPath(path, radius) {
var i = 0, p1 = path[i++], p2 = path[i];
const len = path.length
ctx.moveTo((p1.x + p2.x) / 2, (p1.y + p2.y) / 2);
while (i <= len) {
p1 = p2;
p2 = path[(++i) % len];
ctx.arcTo(p1.x, p1.y, (p1.x + p2.x) / 2, (p1.y + p2.y) / 2, radius);
}
}
function strokeRoundedPath(cx, cy, path, radius, style, width) {
ctx.setTransform(1,0,0,1,cx,cy);
ctx.lineWidth = width;
ctx.lineCap = "round";
ctx.strokeStyle = style;
ctx.beginPath();
roundedPath(path, radius);
ctx.closePath();
ctx.stroke();
}
function fillRoundedPath(cx, cy, path, radius, style) {
ctx.setTransform(1,0,0,1,cx,cy);
ctx.fillStyle = style;
ctx.beginPath();
roundedPath(path, radius);
ctx.fill();
}
function loop() {
ctx.setTransform(1,0,0,1,0,0);
ctx.clearRect(0,0,canvas.width,canvas.height);
fillRoundedPath(polyRadius, polyRadius, hexPoly, cornerRadius, "#000");
fillRoundedPath(polyRadius, polyRadius, hexPolyInner, cornerRadius - barWidth * inset * 2, "#F80");
ctx.lineDashOffset = approxLineLen - (progress % 1) * approxLineLen;
strokeRoundedPath(polyRadius, polyRadius, hexBar, cornerRadius - barWidth * inset, "#09C", barWidth);
progress += 0.005;
requestAnimationFrame(loop);
}
<canvas id="canvas" width = "210" height="210"></canvas>

Make a JavaScript canvas background transparent

Am trying to make the background of this Codepen transparent https://codepen.io/scorch/pen/BZjbmW. I would like to have the Swirls on the a different backgrounds, instead of the colored background that is on the stated Codepen.
I have tried add css code but that did not seem to do anything. I tried messing with the Canvas RGB and that did not seem to do anything either.
// create a canvas element
var canvas = document.createElement("canvas")
// attach element to DOM
document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].appendChild(canvas)
// background color [r, g, b]
var bg = [20, 0, 30]
var wh = window.innerHeight
// get the canvas context (this is the part we draw to)
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d")
function setup() {
// setup the canvas size to match the window
canvas.width = window.innerWidth
canvas.height = window.innerHeight
wh = window.innerWidth < window.innerHeight ? window.innerWidth : window.innerHeight
// set the 0,0 point to the middle of the canvas, this is not necessary but it can be handy
ctx.translate(canvas.width / 2, canvas.height / 2)
fill(bg, 1)
}
// fill entire canvas with a preset color
function fill(rgb, amt) {
ctx.beginPath(); // start path
ctx.rect(-canvas.width / 2, -canvas.height / 2, canvas.width, canvas.height) // set rectangle to be the same size as the window
ctx.fillStyle = `rgba(${rgb[0]}, ${rgb[1]}, ${rgb[2]}, ${amt})` // use the rgb array/color for fill, and amt for opacity
ctx.fill() // do the drawing
}
function drawCircle(x, y, r, color) {
ctx.beginPath()
ctx.arc(x, y, r, 0, 2 * Math.PI)
ctx.fillStyle = color || 'white'
ctx.fill()
ctx.closePath()
}
function Particle() {
// initialize loopers with random trange and offset
this.loop1 = new Looper(500 + 200 * Math.random(), 860 * Math.random())
this.loop2 = new Looper(320 + 70 * Math.random(), 20 * Math.random())
this.loop3 = new Looper(120 + 20 * Math.random(), 140 * Math.random())
this.history = []
this.history_max = 40
// this.x = null
// this.y = null
this.offset = Math.random() // some color offset for the color
this.draw = function() {
// set x,y, radius, and color params
var x = this.loop1.sin * (wh / 4 - 10) + this.loop2.sin * (wh / 6 - 10) + this.loop3.sin * 60
var y = this.loop1.cos * (wh / 4 - 10) + this.loop2.cos * (wh / 6 - 10) + this.loop3.cos * 10
var r = 0.2 + 3 * this.loop3.sinNorm * this.loop3.cosNorm // set the radius
var c = `hsla(${280 + 60 * (this.loop3.cosNorm + this.offset) * this.loop2.sinNorm}, ${100}%, ${50 + 10 * this.loop3.sin}%, ${1})`
ctx.beginPath()
ctx.strokeStyle = c
ctx.lineCap = 'round'
ctx.lineWidth = r
var tx = x
var ty = y
for (var i = 0; i < Math.min(this.history_max * this.loop3.cosNorm, this.history.length); i++) {
ctx.moveTo(tx, ty)
tx = this.history[i][0]
ty = this.history[i][1]
ctx.lineTo(tx, ty)
}
ctx.stroke()
drawCircle(x, y, r * 2 + 3, c); // draw the circle
this.loop1.update() // update looper
this.loop2.update() // update looper
this.loop3.update() // update looper
this.history.unshift([x, y])
if (this.history.length > this.history_max) {
this.history.pop()
}
}
}
// initialize a set of particle
var particles = []
for (var i = 0; i < 90; i++) {
particles.push(new Particle())
}
function draw() {
// fill context with background color
fill(bg, 0.36)
// update all the particles
for (var i = 0; i < particles.length; i++) {
particles[i].draw() // do it once
}
// this is a draw loop, this will execute frequently and is comparable to EnterFrame on other platform
window.requestAnimationFrame(function() {
draw()
})
}
// start enterFrame loop
window.requestAnimationFrame(draw);
// force running setup
setup()
// re-setup canvas when the size of the window changes
window.addEventListener("resize", setup)
// create a class to hold value and have built in incrementing functionality
function Looper(steps, start) {
this.val = start || 0 // set value to start value if defined, or 1
this.steps = steps || 100 // set steps to passed value or default to 100
this.norm = this.val / this.range // initialize normalized value (between 0 and 1)
this.sin = Math.sin(this.norm * Math.PI * 2) // get sine value from norm normalized to [0, 2PI]
this.sinNorm = (this.sin + 1) / 2 // normalize sin to [0,1]
this.cos = Math.cos(this.norm * Math.PI * 2) // get cosine value from norm normalized to [0, 2PI]
this.cosNorm = (this.cos + 1) / 2 // normalize cos to [0,1]
this.update = function() {
this.val = (this.val + 1) % this.steps // update value
this.norm = this.val / this.steps // update normalize value (between 0 and 1)
this.sin = Math.sin(this.norm * Math.PI * 2) // get sine value from norm normalized to [0, 2PI]
this.sinNorm = (this.sin + 1) / 2 // normalize sine to [0,1]
this.cos = Math.cos(this.norm * Math.PI * 2) // get cosine value from norm normalized to [0, 2PI]
this.cosNorm = (this.cos + 1) / 2 // normalize cos to [0,1]
}
}

ctx.fillStyle = rgba(255,255,255,0)
// create a canvas element
var canvas = document.createElement("canvas")
// attach element to DOM
document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].appendChild(canvas)
// background color [r, g, b]
var bg = [20, 0, 30]
var wh = window.innerHeight
// get the canvas context (this is the part we draw to)
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d")
function setup() {
// setup the canvas size to match the window
canvas.width = window.innerWidth
canvas.height = window.innerHeight
wh = window.innerWidth < window.innerHeight ? window.innerWidth : window.innerHeight
// set the 0,0 point to the middle of the canvas, this is not necessary but it can be handy
ctx.translate(canvas.width / 2, canvas.height / 2)
fill(bg, 1)
}
// fill entire canvas with a preset color
function fill(rgb, amt) {
ctx.beginPath(); // start path
ctx.rect(-canvas.width / 2, -canvas.height / 2, canvas.width, canvas.height) // set rectangle to be the same size as the window
ctx.fillStyle = `rgba(255,255,255,0)` // use the rgb array/color for fill, and amt for opacity
ctx.fill() // do the drawing
}
function drawCircle(x, y, r, color) {
ctx.beginPath()
ctx.arc(x, y, r, 0, 2 * Math.PI)
ctx.fillStyle = color || 'white'
ctx.fill()
ctx.closePath()
}
function Particle() {
// initialize loopers with random trange and offset
this.loop1 = new Looper(500 + 200 * Math.random(), 860 * Math.random())
this.loop2 = new Looper(320 + 70 * Math.random(), 20 * Math.random())
this.loop3 = new Looper(120 + 20 * Math.random(), 140 * Math.random())
this.history = []
this.history_max = 40
// this.x = null
// this.y = null
this.offset = Math.random() // some color offset for the color
this.draw = function() {
// set x,y, radius, and color params
var x = this.loop1.sin * (wh / 4 - 10) + this.loop2.sin * (wh / 6 - 10) + this.loop3.sin * 60
var y = this.loop1.cos * (wh / 4 - 10) + this.loop2.cos * (wh / 6 - 10) + this.loop3.cos * 10
var r = 0.2 + 3 * this.loop3.sinNorm * this.loop3.cosNorm // set the radius
var c = `hsla(${280 + 60 * (this.loop3.cosNorm + this.offset) * this.loop2.sinNorm}, ${100}%, ${50 + 10 * this.loop3.sin}%, ${1})`
ctx.beginPath()
ctx.strokeStyle = c
ctx.lineCap = 'round'
ctx.lineWidth = r
var tx = x
var ty = y
for (var i = 0; i < Math.min(this.history_max * this.loop3.cosNorm, this.history.length); i++) {
ctx.moveTo(tx, ty)
tx = this.history[i][0]
ty = this.history[i][1]
ctx.lineTo(tx, ty)
}
ctx.stroke()
drawCircle(x, y, r * 2 + 3, c); // draw the circle
this.loop1.update() // update looper
this.loop2.update() // update looper
this.loop3.update() // update looper
this.history.unshift([x, y])
if (this.history.length > this.history_max) {
this.history.pop()
}
}
}
// initialize a set of particle
var particles = []
for (var i = 0; i < 90; i++) {
particles.push(new Particle())
}
function draw() {
// fill context with background color
fill(bg, 0.36)
// update all the particles
for (var i = 0; i < particles.length; i++) {
particles[i].draw() // do it once
}
// this is a draw loop, this will execute frequently and is comparable to EnterFrame on other platform
window.requestAnimationFrame(function() {
draw()
})
}
// start enterFrame loop
window.requestAnimationFrame(draw);
// force running setup
setup()
// re-setup canvas when the size of the window changes
window.addEventListener("resize", setup)
// create a class to hold value and have built in incrementing functionality
function Looper(steps, start) {
this.val = start || 0 // set value to start value if defined, or 1
this.steps = steps || 100 // set steps to passed value or default to 100
this.norm = this.val / this.range // initialize normalized value (between 0 and 1)
this.sin = Math.sin(this.norm * Math.PI * 2) // get sine value from norm normalized to [0, 2PI]
this.sinNorm = (this.sin + 1) / 2 // normalize sin to [0,1]
this.cos = Math.cos(this.norm * Math.PI * 2) // get cosine value from norm normalized to [0, 2PI]
this.cosNorm = (this.cos + 1) / 2 // normalize cos to [0,1]
this.update = function() {
this.val = (this.val + 1) % this.steps // update value
this.norm = this.val / this.steps // update normalize value (between 0 and 1)
this.sin = Math.sin(this.norm * Math.PI * 2) // get sine value from norm normalized to [0, 2PI]
this.sinNorm = (this.sin + 1) / 2 // normalize sine to [0,1]
this.cos = Math.cos(this.norm * Math.PI * 2) // get cosine value from norm normalized to [0, 2PI]
this.cosNorm = (this.cos + 1) / 2 // normalize cos to [0,1]
}
}

Rotating Rectangles Around Circle Perimeter on Canvas

I'm trying to create a little circular "equalizer" effect using JavaScript and HTML canvas for a little project I'm working on, and it works great, except one little thing. It's just a series of rectangular bars moving in time to an mp3 - nothing overly fancy, but at the moment all the bars point in one direction (i.e. 0 radians, or 90 degrees).
I want each respective rectangle around the edge of the circle to point directly away from the center point, rather than to the right. I have 360 bars, so naturally, each one should be 1 degree more rotated than the previous.
I thought that doing angle = i*Math.PI/180 would fix that, but it doesn't seem to matter what I do with the rotate function - they always end up pointing in weird and wonderful directions, and being translated a million miles from where they were. And I can't see why. Can anyone see where I'm going wrong?
My frame code, for reference, is as follows:
function frames() {
// Clear the canvas and get the mp3 array
window.webkitRequestAnimationFrame(frames);
musicArray = new Uint8Array(analyser.frequencyBinCount);
analyser.getByteFrequencyData(musicArray);
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
bars = 360;
for (var i = 0; i < bars; i++) {
// Find the rectangle's position on circle edge
distance = 100;
var angle = i * ((Math.PI * 2) / bars);
var x = Math.cos(angle) * distance + (canvas.width / 2);
var y = Math.sin(angle) * distance + (canvas.height / 2);
barWidth = 5;
barHeight = (musicArray[i] / 4);
// Fill with a blue-green gradient
var grd = ctx.createLinearGradient(x, 0, x + 40, 0);
grd.addColorStop(0, "#00CCFF");
grd.addColorStop(1, "#00FF7F");
ctx.fillStyle = grd;
// Rotate the rectangle according to position
// ctx.rotate(i*Math.PI/180); - DOESN'T WORK
// Draw the rectangle
ctx.fillRect(x, y, barHeight, barWidth);
}

For clarity I've removed part of your code. I'm using rotate as you intended. Also I'm using barHeight = (Math.random()* 50); instead your (musicArray[i]/4); because I wanted to have something to show.
Also I've changed your bars to 180. It's very probable that you won't have 360 bars but 32 or 64 or 128 or 256 . . . Now you can change the numbers of bare to one of these numbers to see the result.
I'm drawing everything around the origin of the canvas and translating the context in the center.
I hope it helps.
const canvas = document.getElementById("c");
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
let cw = canvas.width = 400;
let ch = canvas.height = 400;
let bars = 180;
let r = 100;
ctx.translate(cw / 2, ch / 2)
for (var i = 0; i < 360; i += (360 / bars)) {
// Find the rectangle's position on circle edge
var angle = i * ((Math.PI * 2) / bars);
//var x = Math.cos(angle)*r+(canvas.width/2);
//var y = Math.sin(angle)*r+(canvas.height/2);
barWidth = 2 * Math.PI * r / bars;
barHeight = (Math.random() * 50);
ctx.fillStyle = "green";
// Rotate the rectangle according to position
// ctx.rotate(i*Math.PI/180); - DOESN'T WORK
// Draw the rectangle
ctx.save();
ctx.rotate(i * Math.PI / 180);
ctx.fillRect(r, -barWidth / 2, barHeight, barWidth);
//ctx.fillRect(r ,0, barHeight, barWidth);
ctx.restore();
}
canvas {
border: 1px solid
}
<canvas id="c"></canvas>

Here is another solution, I'm preserving your initial trigonometry approach.
But instead of rectangles I used lines, I don't think it makes a difference for you, if what you need is bars moving in time to an mp3 all you need to do is change the var v = Math.random() + 1; to a reading from the Amplitude, and those bars will be dancing.
const canvas = document.getElementById("c");
canvas.width = canvas.height = 170;
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
ctx.translate(canvas.width / 2, canvas.height / 2)
ctx.lineWidth = 2;
let r = 40;
let bars = 180;
function draw() {
ctx.clearRect(-100, -100, 200, 200)
for (var i = 0; i < 360; i += (360 / bars)) {
var angle = i * ((Math.PI * 2) / bars);
var x = Math.cos(angle) * r;
var y = Math.sin(angle) * r;
ctx.beginPath();
var v = Math.random() + 1;
ctx.moveTo(x, y);
ctx.lineTo(x * v, y * v)
grd = ctx.createLinearGradient(x, y, x*2, y*2);
grd.addColorStop(0, "blue");
grd.addColorStop(1, "red");
ctx.strokeStyle = grd;
ctx.stroke();
}
}
setInterval(draw, 100)
<canvas id="c"></canvas>