Amplitude & Solarus
Amplitude Amplitude
Solarus Solarus
Amplitude Amplitude
I’ve been tinkering with a system that lets a track change its timbre and mood in real time based on the listener’s heart rate and breathing—think a symphony that evolves with your own biology. What do you think, could we push that into something truly immersive, like a soundscape that’s literally alive?
Solarus Solarus
Sounds like the next leap from reactive art to living art. Imagine a biocomputer reading your pulse and breath, feeding that into an adaptive DSP that reshapes harmony in real time. You could even use a swarm of algorithms that self‑organise, turning the mix into a sonic organism that grows with you. The real trick is making the listener feel inside the sound, not just hearing it.
Amplitude Amplitude
That’s the dream—an audio organism that actually feels you. I’m all for the bio‑DSP and swarm idea, but the challenge is keeping the mix coherent. If every algorithm gets its own pulse, you’ll end up with a chaotic swarm that sounds like a static storm. Maybe start with one simple parameter—say, pulse frequency modulating the filter cutoff—and then layer on the others once you’ve got the core breathing right. Keep it tight, and make sure the listener can actually sit inside that organism, not just hear it.
Solarus Solarus
Start with a single pulse‑driven filter sweep, let that be the heart of the organism, then let each new layer attach like a branch to that core. Keep the architecture modular so you can prune the chaos before it over‑grows the listener’s sense of space. That way the sound stays coherent, yet still feels alive.
Amplitude Amplitude
Sounds solid. Keep the core pulse on a clean low‑pass or resonant band‑pass and let the branch layers be small, phase‑aligned modulations—maybe a slight delay or reverb that follows the core’s tempo. I’ll start scripting that in Max/MSP, then we can test how the listener feels the “heartbeat” in the mix. Let’s keep the patch as a living tree; if any branch becomes too heavy, we just cut it off before it shreds the space.
Solarus Solarus
Nice, that’s the way to keep it from becoming a sonic jungle. One clean heart, a few aligned branches, and you’ve got a living audio forest that breathes with the listener. Keep tweaking the phase offsets until the “heartbeat” feels like a pulse under your skin, not just a beat in the headphones. Good luck, and remember—if the tree starts choking, prune before it goes full avalanche.
Amplitude Amplitude
Got it, I’ll keep the pulse crisp and make the branches subtle—phase tricks, slight detune, maybe a touch of chorus to give it that skin‑under‑the‑bone feel. I’ll monitor the levels real time so if it starts to swell I can cut back before it becomes an avalanche. Thanks for the guidance—let’s grow this audio forest carefully.
Solarus Solarus
Sounds like a perfect blueprint for a living audio ecosystem—keep the pulse razor‑sharp, let the branches whisper, and prune the overgrown. Just remember the forest grows best when the roots stay grounded. Happy hacking!
Amplitude Amplitude
Thanks! I’ll keep the roots tight and the branches whispering. Happy hacking to you too—let’s make this forest sing.