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Cymatics ableton projects gold6/16/2023 Although the usage of cymatics and modal vibrational phenomenon is not a new discovery, “Leonardo Da Vinci noticed that vibrating a wooden table on which dust lay created various shapes”, using it in conjunction with art and music and performance is a relatively new thing. This can be done via non-newtonian fluid on a speaker, sand on a Chladni Plate of even water in a bowl. In the case of cymatics, the audio creates the visuals but rather than the output remaining digital, the product creates a physical manifestation of the music. ![]() Sight and sound become the same thing in time and space,” Artist Robin Fox who uses oscillators in his artwork has said that when it comes to the interaction between music and visuals, “there is no causality the two things happen simultaneously so you don’t have time to think about which came first. ![]() Oscillators convert direct current (DC) from a power supply to an alternating current (AC) signal, and when partnered with various sounds, can often display beautiful, mesmerising images. ![]() ![]() Seeing as this is a very broad category we decided to focus our attention more towards the physical manifestation of music visualisation (cymatics) in conjunction with the digital representation through the use of an oscillator. Jasper and I both share a common interest in the interaction between music, visuals and the various other sensory ways they can be presented together.
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