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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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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
quasimoto said 2:50AM on 5-19-2009
Hmm doesn't seem that much different from RJDJ apps.
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mart said 3:18AM on 5-19-2009
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.
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Maddy said 3:52AM on 5-19-2009
Good video of the iPhone OScestra.
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vincent said 8:28AM on 5-19-2009
Can people get a life please?
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LD said 10:42AM on 5-19-2009
The concept seems kind of interesting, but the execution is kind of terrible. Mostly it's just a bad digital echo.
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papasui said 11:09AM on 5-19-2009
Sounds awful.
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John said 11:19AM on 5-19-2009
Congratulations. You've created the sound of ducks in a feeding frenzy.
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Rego said 2:54PM on 5-19-2009
Not gonna be on my device!
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dpswireless said 9:16PM on 5-19-2009
Slow news day i take it.
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