Rhythm of Time
In August 2020 I wrote a soundscape that, to me, felt like a sculpture. There’s something ubiquitous in sound that touches our deepest emotions, and that is precisely what I am seeking.
The idea is to generate audio artworks based on this soundscape. But I also want to combine it with visuals.
A soundscape study
This is a soundscape study where I want to discover the shapes of sound, and then combine this assets into a landscape.
By seeing sound I might be able to find what patterns trigger our emotions. Here are examples of different sounds and how they look when I play them through the algorithm.
White noise.
White noise with a sweeping lowpass filter.
Short sinewaves that sounds like bells.
A square note with a low pitch
A square note with a high pitch
A flash!
A sine wave with a raising pitch.
A triangle wave with a raising pitch.
A saw wave with a raising pitch.
A note with a low frequency oscillator modulating the pitch.
If you combine different parts together it could look like this:
At the beginning of 2024, I decided to change the direction of the project. I felt that I wasn't fully succeeding in integrating the soundscape with the visuals. At that time, it looked like this:
I have since explored several different directions without being satisfied. In June 2024, I went on an inspiration trip to Japan. This gave me many new ideas. I was especially inspired by the gardens in the Zen Buddhist temples, particularly their rock gardens. During the fall, I will likely continue exploring this project again.
