What hides behind

This track is the sonification of the first month of development of the JetUML repository

JetUML

This instrumental would explore the notion of how rain might sound in various cosmic settings, considering the different physical properties of these environments and how they might affect sound, or how different forms of life (or perception devices) could interpret these sounds.

Earth

Sonification of the first month of development of the JetUML GitHub repository.

JetUML soundtrack

The ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission has been keeping a close eye on the Sun for more than three years, witnessing it becoming increasingly active as it approaches the peak in the 11-year solar cycle. This audio is a sonification based on the detected flares and the spacecraft's distance to the Sun.   

This audio is a sonification based on the detected flares (metallic clinks) and the spacecraft's distance to the Sun (background hum).

Sound design: Klaus Nielsen (@maplepools) 
Image: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team 
Watch the video: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2024/12/See_and_hear_three_years_of_solar_fireworks  

Hear three years of solar fireworks

Orion In Motion captures the celestial grandeur of the constellation Orion, transforming astronomical data into an auditory cosmos. This recorded section of a computer algorithm, originally conceptualized as a sound installation, sonifies the positions, motions, brightness, and spectral types of Orion's major stars using techniques of parameter-mapping sonification.

Inspired by the mythology and cosmic dynamics of Orion, the piece intertwines randomness and algorithmic precision. Stars become sound sources, emitting shimmering drones, evolving chords, and clouds of notes. Each celestial body's data—derived from SIMBAD's astronomical catalog—is mapped to sound synthesis parameters, creating an ever-evolving sonic cosmos.

The result is an infinite soundscape where the heavens move in sound and time, inviting listeners to explore the cosmic mystery through the language of music. This recording distills a moment of the algorithm's perpetual evolution, offering a glimpse into the boundless interplay of science and art.

Orion In Motion

Bleu De Travail, Maria Blondeel 1992
  Duur 10 minuten, stereo 
Remastering: 92BDT_mb25
Audiocassette 1994: M.B. produktie - Audiovisueel 
Sonificatie: Maria Blondeel 
Geluidstechniek: Guy De Bièvre , Maria Blondeel
Digitalisatie: Maria Blondeel

Geluidsopname van de installatie Bleu de Travail die bestuurd wordt door een eenvoudig overvloeisysteem voor diaprojectoren met handmatig geplaatste pulsen op een audiocassette. De maat van de pulsen verloopt sneller dan de projectoren mechanisch aankunnen. Dit zorgt voor onregelmatigheden die de normale volgorde verstoren. De ruis van de ventilator en het transportmechanisme van de diaprojectoren krijgen de bovenhand. De dia’s wisselen sneller dan het beeld kan worden weergegeven, er ontstaat een aleatorische compositie. De lichtintensiteiten worden omgezet in geluidsgolven. Bleu de travail werd in 1994 geremastered voor een computergestuurde diaprojectie. 

Photo: Didier Verriest, coloured by Maria Blondeel

Bleu De Travail

ESA's Euclid space telescope is creating the largest 3D-map ever made of our Universe, to study the most mysterious cosmic components: dark matter and dark energy. While scanning the sky, Euclid snapped a breathtaking image of Messier 78, a vibrant nursery of star formation.

This audio is a sonification of the image, where the twinkling sounds represent the galaxies and stars in the frame. The steady undertone rising and falling in the background corresponds to the swathes of interstellar dust in the image.

Sound design: Klaus Nielsen (@maplepools) 

Image: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay) and G. Anselmi

Watch the video: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2024/12/Cosmic_jingles_listen_to_Euclid_s_image_of_M78 


Cosmic Jingles: listen to Euclid’s image of a star nursery

Listen to the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft as it flew past Mercury on 8 January 2025. This sixth and final flyby used the little planet's gravity to steer the spacecraft on course for entering orbit around Mercury in 2026. 

What you can hear in the sonification soundtrack of this video are real spacecraft vibrations measured by the Italian Spring Accelerometer (ISA) instrument. The accelerometer data have been shifted in frequency to make them audible to human ears – one hour of measurements have been sped up to around one minute of sound.  

Sonification by Carmelo Magnafico (IAPS/INAF).

Watch the video: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2025/01/The_sounds_of_BepiColombo_s_sixth_flight_past_Mercury

The sounds of BepiColombo’s sixth flight past Mercury

Blogpost: https://blog.illestpreacha.com/napowrimogenmo2025nonnet2

For the 29th Poem of #NaPoWriMo/ #NaPoGenMo 2025, “AudioNonnet” is Coded in SonicPi as a 12 line Nonnet (A countdown poem with syllables decreasing each line from 12 to 1). With the remixing process, AudioNonnet contains 9 separate sections to replicate the musical meaning of Nonnet.

AudioNonnet

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