Anyone into Cymatics? The Study of Visual Sound
- KVRAF
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- 5175 posts since 29 Apr, 2006
Anyone on here into or aware of Cymatics? awesome stuff
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cymatics/164007517075627
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cymatics/164007517075627
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- KVRAF
- 11052 posts since 19 Jun, 2008 from Seattle
Ages ago.. did experiments with graphite and bronze/brass filings on large sheets of various materials, and some steel-drum heads. "Bowed" the metal plates, and/or attached small motors (fish-tank-pumps/dremels/scroll-saws, etc), to the bottom of them... hit the switch... viola!
Fascinating stuff.
Fascinating stuff.
I'm not a musician, but I've designed sounds that others use to make music. http://soundcloud.com/obsidiananvil
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 5175 posts since 29 Apr, 2006
AWESOMEShabdahbriah wrote:Ages ago.. did experiments with graphite and bronze/brass filings on large sheets of various materials, and some steel-drum heads. "Bowed" the metal plates, and/or attached small motors (fish-tank-pumps/dremels/scroll-saws, etc), to the bottom of them... hit the switch... viola!
Fascinating stuff.
- KVRAF
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- 5175 posts since 29 Apr, 2006
robojam wrote:The only time I ever saw sound was after eating large amounts of really good acid.
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- 12368 posts since 30 Apr, 2002 from i might peeramid
aka chladni plates (may pull up better vids)
you come and go, you come and go. amitabha neither a follower nor a leader be tagore "where roads are made i lose my way" where there is certainty, consideration is absent.
- KVRAF
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- 5175 posts since 29 Apr, 2006
thank youxoxos wrote:aka chladni plates (may pull up better vids)
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- KVRAF
- 4823 posts since 17 Aug, 2004
I really don't see a point in it ?? You can build entirely different recognition system and it will produce entirely different images/shapes/vibration whatever which will have same value like the first one. It's like they are trying to invent different language which has the very same value as someone elses language (given that someone else will do again entirely different interpretation).memyselfandus wrote:Anyone on here into or aware of Cymatics? awesome stuff
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cymatics/164007517075627
What's the point really? I am not bored and i do think that human sound interpretation (hearing) is still literally amazing, magical and already awesome.
I was more impressed with Tesla coils and weird projects surrounding it..
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- 12368 posts since 30 Apr, 2002 from i might peeramid
media comes to rest on nodes thereby illustrating the virbational mode, eg. if you look ino harmonics for discs and plates, you'll see the vibratory modes described by two integers eg. (0,1)kmonkey wrote: What's the point really?
i think it's like water, allows you to more easily visualise vibratory propagation. "physically informative" i guess.
hey, if you don't smoke, that's your business
you come and go, you come and go. amitabha neither a follower nor a leader be tagore "where roads are made i lose my way" where there is certainty, consideration is absent.
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- KVRAF
- 11052 posts since 19 Jun, 2008 from Seattle
Exactly. I just find it fascinating, not only "artistically", but from a perspective of the physics of interaction, in creating the "waves". But then, I was (the 'family story' goes) drawing mandala's since I could hold a crayon, sooo, these patterns look "familiar" to me. So do many types of fractals for that matter. that said:xoxos wrote:media comes to rest on nodes thereby illustrating the virbational mode, eg. if you look ino harmonics for discs and plates, you'll see the vibratory modes described by two integers eg. (0,1)kmonkey wrote: What's the point really?
i think it's like water, allows you to more easily visualise vibratory propagation. "physically informative" i guess.
In my example (above) where I would draw a 'bow' (cello) on the edge of a metal plate.
I was enthralled by the different patterns of various material(s) that evolved relative to the thickness of the plate, and where it was bowed. How those patterns changed (were affected by) affixing magnets (glued to non-ferrous material) or blocks of wood, to the bottom (or top) of the plate, and/or placing 'clamps' around the edges, etc.
All (apparent) "solids" being "vibrations" (fluid/malleable) on a sub-atomic scale... makes one 'wonder'.
I'm not a musician, but I've designed sounds that others use to make music. http://soundcloud.com/obsidiananvil