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How to Make Music Composed of Space Itself | SSFX Space Sound Effects

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Channel: Martin Archer · 2017 · Science & Technology

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You may have heard various space sounds, but some composers have done more than just listen to them. Hear about the ways in which music can be made from space itself. More on space sounds at http://ssfx.qmul.ac.uk

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00:58 Incorporating "Space Audio" into musical compositions
02:00 Mapping space data to musical notes & instruments
02:52 Removing the need for a composer?


Links for more information

SSFX
http://ssfx.qmul.ac.uk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNQjXaM87T8

Adam Neely's video on How Astronomer's Compose Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8ZKVsT4pJg&t=1s

MAARBLE Electro Acoustic Compositions using Plasma Waves
http://www.maarble.eu/outreach/index.php/multimedia/sounds-of-space

Andrew Huang's song "Across the Universe" using Plasma Waves around Comet 67P CG from Rosetta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrw7Wp2q8nY

Arthur Jeffe's Music from Gravitational Waves and Exoplanets
http://www.epcmusic.com/space

Voyager mission duet
https://soundcloud.com/geant-sounds/sonification-of-voyager-1
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/22/space-voyager-music-solar-system
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/10591194/The-sound-of-space-piano-duet-created-from-37-years-of-Voyager-data.html

SSFX is funded by a Queen Mary University of London Centre for Public Engagement Large Award
Music by Kevin MacLeod
Image Credit: Chris Jones/IFL Science

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