KVR Audio

danielmm · Post by **danielmm** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 1:53 am

Just got an email from Symbolic Sound, makers of Kyma and in it is a link to a UCLA site that say's

it's possible to 'touch' a cell with a nano probe, measuring oscillations in the cell membrane without destroying the cell. UCLA researcher James Gimzewski and his graduate student Andrew Pelling tried amplifying and listening to these oscillations through speakers and were astonished to discover that healthy yeast cells vibrate at audio rates (and that unhealthy cells split into inharmonic clusters of frequencies).

http://www.nicala.org/yeastcell.htm
Besides the harmonic qualities of the cells there is a theme song near the end of the video that was made with Kyma for the TV series (I think

) called Narc.
Warning, could be very boring to some as the video is 13min in length but I find this shit facinates me.

dano

Joxer the Mighty · Post by **Joxer the Mighty** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 3:57 am

Fascinating actually. Rhythm is everywhere.

So you align yourself with the Night Elves, eh?

danielmm · Post by **danielmm** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 10:39 pm

........she's a sweetheart, aint she?

dano

DevonB · Post by **DevonB** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 10:45 pm

So do the unhealthy cells alias though?

On a more serious note, that is pretty cool. Obviously the noise they make is too low in volume to hear above the blood swimming in our own ears, I imagine... You think it could be captured with 32 bit with its low noise floor?

Devon

danielmm · Post by **danielmm** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 10:53 pm

You think it could be captured with 32 bit with its low noise floor?

nano compatible soundcard perhaps?

dano

Singing cells and Kyma