Concept idea for sound visualization

Inspiration image

The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dali

I want to make melting effect. I will make very simple graphical images as seeds and they will be effected and distorted by sound.


How to do:
I found similar effect source for Quartz Composer
http://vdmx.memo.tv/tb_graddistort_1_0



Test shot

Reaktor : making simple synthesizer

Reaktor is a graphical modular software music studio of proprietary license developed by Native Instruments. It lets musicians and engineers design and build their own instruments, samplers, effects and sound design tools. It is supplied with many ready-to-use instruments and effects, from emulations of classic synthesizers to futuristic sound design tools. In addition, more than 3000 free instruments can be downloaded from the growing User Library. One of Reaktor's unique selling points is that all of its instruments can be freely examined, customized or taken apart; Reaktor is a tool that effectively encourages reverse engineering. Reaktor Session is a discontinued, limited version of the software that allowed musicians to play Reaktor files but not edit or reverse-engineer them.
-Wikipedia

To design sound, I installed this application and following below tutorial, I built simple analog synthesizer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=098dGze08M4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0pbDdPjPL4&feature=related

But, nothing happened in my reaktor. I can't hear any sound. I don't know what's going on.






///////

Cymatics : Sound Experiments

Cymatics (from Greek: κῦμα "wave") is the study of visible sound and vibration, a subset of modal phenomena. Typically the surface of a plate, diaphragm, or membrane is vibrated, and regions of maximum and minimum displacement are made visible in a thin coating of particles, paste, or liquid. Different patterns emerge in the exitatory medium depending on the geometry of the plate and the driving frequency.
The apparatus employed can be simple, such as a Chladni Plate or advanced such as the CymaScope, a laboratory instrument that makes visible the inherent geometries within sound and music.

-Wikipedia


We had a cymatic experiment with cornstarch and sound.

Cymatics from koosi_lab on Vimeo.


It looks different depends on the concentration of cornstarch.
When it is waterly, it shows some kinds of vibrated patterns and when it is thick, it changs the state like a moving dough lump.
The pattern and status were also changed by the sound tone. I could see lower sound generated strong vibration and strong pattern.
And it was interesting to see how the sound looks like.

Circuit + Ableton live

Ableton Live is a loop-based software music sequencer and DAW for Mac OS and Windows by Ableton. The latest major release of Live, Version 8, was released in April 2009. In contrast to many other software sequencers, Live is designed to be an instrument for live performances as well as a tool for composing and arranging. It is also used for mixing of tracks by DJs, as it offers a suite of controls for beatmatching, crossfading, and other effects used by turntablists, and was one of the first music applications to automatically beat match songs. It does not support traditional musical notation.
-Wikipedia

Circuit + Ableton live from koosi_lab on Vimeo.



I connected the circuit to computer with 3.5mm plug.
The input sound can be played in Ableton live, I played around with the circuit and sample effects. I used Ambient effects in this video, it distorts the sound.