Moonbell - Listen to the moon

[TSPenguin]

Representing data has always been possible in many ways. This one I am particular fond off.

It uses topographical data from Kaguya mapped to MIDI instruments. Give it a whirl and fiddle a little with the instruments to listen to your personal moon.

http://wms.selene.jaxa.jp/selene_sok/moonbell/moonbell_en.html

 

[Rocketman527]

That sounds like me trying to play the piano

 

[ThatGuy]

Sounds like my niece trying to play my out-of-tune piano.

 

[Linguofreak]

Reminds me of this: http://www.asteroseismology.org/

 

[Eagle]

To make it less jarring open the prefrences pane in the lower left and set the speed lower and switch to a softer instrument. I managed to make music box sound very creepy.

 

[Andy44]

Very cool, you can also change the scales and drag the little diagram around to see different parts of the Moon.

For creepiness, though, you can't beat Cassini's radio signals from Saturn put to audio:

http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/space-audio/cassini/SKR1/

 

[TSPenguin]

Now this is truly creepy stuff! Good thing it is beyond the audible spectrum usually.

 

[Andy44]

Well, it's not even a pressure wave, it's an EM wave, so regardless of frequency you cannot hear it without a radio receiver to convert it, but, yeah, you're right.

If you surf the web a bit, you'll find that every body with a significant magnetic field makes these radio noises, including Jupiter and the Earth. One noise I found somewhere was from the Gallileo vehicle as it crossed Jupiter's magnetopause bow shock, very cool.

You can hear some of the Earth noises with a shortwave or AM radio.

But Saturn's noises are the scariest I've heard so far.

 

[tori]

Reminds me of this CD:

It had a load of data-driven-synthesizer "music" that was unique to each world and/or setting. And Jupiter's EM (linked) is the most creepy.

 

[Unstung]

I hear nothing from the site in Firefox and Google Chrome.

 

[TSPenguin]

Make sure you do not have your MIDI output muted.

 

[cinder1992]

I hear nothing from the site in Firefox and Google Chrome.

go into your sound card settings and check that the volume changer labelled "midi" or "synth" isn't muted.

 

[RisingFury]

Saturn scares all the kids away...

 

[KOS]

I can't hear the sounds... on the moon site, but I have MIDI turned on...

 

[TSPenguin]

Did you try selecting another output device in the preferences of moonbell?

 

[Loru]

http://www.spacesounds.com/home/index.html

Nice collection

 

[eveningsky339]

Saturn sounds like the start of a horror movie.

 

[Andy44]

Saturn sounds to me like a 1950's sci fi movie. Forbidden Planet kind of stuff.

 

[ex-orbinaut]

Far out! They're all truly beautiful sounds. The Moon sounds quite acceptable interpreted as Chinese, it brings pictures of junks sailing around Foochow harbour to mind. :lol: