The Bacterial Orchestra uses the iPhone to create "viral music"
Like I said, wild. That program is called the "Bacterial Orchestra -- Public Epidemic No. 1," and it sounds like the app will be available on the iPhone soon as well. Of course, you'll have to have a bunch of iPhones with the app in one place for it to work the way it's designed, but at least there's good video of it.
There's also good video of the iPhone OScestra, a group of musicians run by Smule's Ge Wang, who use apps like their Leaf Trombone and the Ocarina to churn out something an interesting composition, and who performed at London's Open Hack convention last week. I'm not sure whether it's just so much power in such a tiny machine or the innovative multitouch interface, but the iPhone is turning out to be quite an instrument, in many different ways.
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This is really wild: what you see above is an example of "viral music" -- it's part of an upcoming music festival that's taking place in...
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dpswireless
Slow news day i take it.
May 19 2009 at 9:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Rego
Not gonna be on my device!
May 19 2009 at 2:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
John
Congratulations. You've created the sound of ducks in a feeding frenzy.
May 19 2009 at 11:19 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
LD
The concept seems kind of interesting, but the execution is kind of terrible. Mostly it's just a bad digital echo.
May 19 2009 at 10:42 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
vincent
Can people get a life please?
May 19 2009 at 8:26 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Maddy
Good video of the iPhone OScestra.
May 19 2009 at 3:52 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
mart
Hipster epidemic, more like.
Seriously though, it looks alright doesn't it. I'd like to see if it can actually create something melodic over time.
quasimoto
Hmm doesn't seem that much different from RJDJ apps.
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