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Traditional / experimental practice

The Pulse of the Earth · One Day, Up Close

The first day of the same week, slower: one hour is 11.7 seconds. The earthquakes can be heard one by one. Not a recording from the ground: a sonification of the USGS earthquake catalog (Credit: U.S. Geological Survey). There is no claim of any effect.

5 minNo headphones needed

Liner notes

Bed
Brown noise
Strikes
Material ×3, Gong · 160 Hz
What do you hear?
hissy · wide · busy

5 layers, 3 sound engines; generated on this device every time it plays.

How is this sound made?

  1. Brown noise−30 dB
  2. Material−20 dB

    Material · stone, 31 strikes, 700 Hz

  3. Material−14 dB

    Material · stone, 40 strikes, 320 Hz

  4. Material−9 dB

    Material · wood, 5 strikes, 140 Hz

  5. Bell−12 dB

    Gong · 160 Hz, 2 strikes

  • Reverb: room, 16% mix

In the room you can listen to each layer on its own, change its settings and save it as your own recipe.

Sound is generated on this device in real time; no files are downloaded from a server. There is a 2 s fade-in at the start and a 0 min fade-out at the end.

Compare with another sound

Hear both at the same loudness; drag the slider to the middle and they blend.

These two sounds can't share one recipe (different tuning or effects): listen to the samples one after the other.

B: neighbours on the map

What do we know, what don't we know?

S · Soundscape, no claim

No health or mental-effect claim at all; it is simply a soundscape.

This session isn't linked to any claim of effect.

A session's level is the weakest of its linked claims; it is never raised by a strong but unrelated claim.

Its neighbours on the map

The five sounds closest to this one by measured sound features.

  1. 1Deep Sea · Midnight ZoneWarm · textured · wideSame goal: explore
  2. 2The Pulse of the Earth · Magnitude and NumberWarm · steady · wideBoth beats and pulses · both steady · same goal: explore
  3. 3The Pulse of the Earth · Tōhoku 2011Warm · steady · wideBoth steady · same goal: explore
  4. 4The Matter of Sound · StoneWarm · steady · wideBoth beats and pulses · both steady · same goal: explore
  5. 5Frame Drum · 4.5 BeatsDark · rhythmic · closeBoth beats and pulses
See on the map

Keep your device volume comfortable, preferably below 60%. You can also use your device's headphone-safety settings.