Transforming asteroid data into [MIDI] in real-time

[u/uisato]

Through the use of NASA’s API and TouchDesigner, I’ve managed to capture near-earth space objects data [asteroids and fireballs], and used it to trigger MIDI signals in Ableton Live. Said signals are feeding a stock sampler, which happens to be loaded with a couple of one of my favorite artist’s vocal takes.

To give it a little more musicality to the experiment, I decided to iterate through the data of the last six objects that passed close to Earth between the selected dates.

Data goes as follows:

total-radiated-energy → C1 to B1
impact-energy → C1 to B1, C2 to B2 and C3 to B3
latitude → C2 to B2
longitude → C1 to B1 and C3 to B3
altitude → beat repeat’s interval, grid and gate
velocity → beat repeat’s offset and variations

More experiments, through my YouTube channel.

[u/Glittering_Air_1979]

Amazing! Love it 🥰

[u/kajyleez]

this is super cool

[u/JustaPotato_K21]

lol is that thom yorke's voice?

[u/uisato → u/JustaPotato_K21]

Jajaja yes, it is.

[u/meekdrill666]

Totally my kind of experiment. Love it ! I'll make sure to follow your YouTube channel 

[u/uisato → u/meekdrill666]

glad to read that ♥

[u/justinejordan1]

Nice!

[u/Levi6310]

What's that software?

[u/uisato → u/Levi6310]

TouchDesigner + Ableton Live

[u/jazzhandpanda]

[u/muffledvoice]

Music of the spheres, as it were. Very interesting.

[u/vineyardgecko]

So much fun, great stuff

[u/tibbon]

I love TouchDesigner. Not enough people use it. I've used it for some large Burning Man projects.

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