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Earthquakes Generate Music in Realtime

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Uploaded by on Mar 2, 2010

Tectonic is a sound sculpture created in real time by earthquakes as they occur across the globe. A tightly integrated system between Max/MSP, Google Earth and Ableton Live processes a stream of real-time data that is translated into synthesis and sample playback parameters.

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  • WICKED CREATIVE

  • Awesome - thanks for sharing!

  • Wow. Brilliant.

    That's it, I must have Max4Live

  • this is great, really cool idea, but i'm not super fan of the sound, some more organic synthesis would have me cheering up here.

  • Imagine putting this device in a lounge club. :O

  • Imagine putting this device in a lounge club. :O

  • Beautiful and brilliant work Micah. You're incredibly talented.

  • cool

  • Science and art FTW!

  • Incredible! I love the eerie and hypnotic sounds of the Earth moving and shaking. It must have taken quite a bit of work to put all the pieces together.

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