BTCSND~ | Bitcoin Network Sonification Process

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I want to share a Sound Art Installation project named BTCSND~  that I designed in 2016 for the Twelfth Edition of the "International Festival of Music and New Technologies - Visiones Sonoras (Sound Visions)" in Mexico.

BTCSND~ is the translation of a digital economic model into a musical sound medium, it uses data flow of the bitcoin network, such as: transactions, price fluctuations, blocks info and other crypto data.  All this is used to generate a multichannel sound installation,  where the user gets immersed in a surround environment generated by the data flow.

It consists of codes that obtain and analyze the cryptocurrency data, then the data travels via a local network to a Pure Data patch were the data determines the acoustic, musical and spatial properties of a sound palette previously developed in the studio. The volatile price of bitcoin plays a fundamental role since it's conditions the possible tonal intervals of each transaction that is happening, generating an atmosphere with a mood depending on: a low  : ( , a high  : ) or a stability in the price :|

BTCSND~ | Pure Data Patch

BTCSND~
Bitcoin Network Sonification Process
Binaural Sample 20/09/2016 - 12:35am

https://soundcloud.com/btcsnd/btcsnd-binaural-sample

As a recommendation try to listen to the sample with headphones or in good speakers. Hope everyone likes it!

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[chrysophylax]

That ...

Is actually quite impressive!

What does it base the sounds on?

#crysx

[BRE]

That ...

Is actually quite impressive!

What does it base the sounds on?

#crysx

Thanks Bro

The vast majority of sounds come from samplers, for which a palette of sounds was previously developed in the studio experimenting with different audio synth techniques. But it also has 2 granular synthesizers that are in charge of the textures and the bassy sounds.

[chrysophylax]

That ...

Is actually quite impressive!

What does it base the sounds on?

#crysx

Thanks Bro

The vast majority of sounds come from samplers, for which a palette of sounds was previously developed in the studio experimenting with different audio synth techniques. But it also has 2 granular synthesizers that are in charge of the textures and the bassy sounds.

Well ...

if there is any chance of implementing some of the ideas into our Projects, I am all ears

#crysx