Virtual Music Box

By Miss Cellania in Art, Music on Oct 12, 2006 at 5:07 am

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The Whitney Music Box is a musical realization of the motion graphics of John Whitney as described in his book “Digital Harmony”. The dots are arranged to trigger notes on a chromatic scale when they pass the line. The dots are each timed to a different speed, but they synchronize themselves at constant intervals. Its a bit hard to describe, but you’ll love seeing it in action. There are 17 music box variations. Link


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  1. Moni A.
    Oct 12th, 2006 at 7:58 am

    Whoa, I like it but it made me a little dizzy. LOL. Very hypnoyic.

  2. panzyfaust
    Oct 12th, 2006 at 9:43 am

    That is freakin’ fantastic. It would make a great teaching tool for psychoacoustics or music theory.

  3. Miss Cellania
    Oct 12th, 2006 at 9:47 am

    The final variation is a lot of fun, because you control the direction and spped!

  4. ted
    Oct 12th, 2006 at 11:32 am

    Interesting idea, but I think you’d have to be a little stoned to keep from becoming bored.

  5. mod*mom
    Oct 16th, 2006 at 1:34 am

    i love the colors + the patterns they make.
    i wish the music was more groovy!
    i’ll have to play with it a bit + link it on my blog!

    btw this is my first time on your site + it really is neat!

  6. MusicChild
    Jan 22nd, 2011 at 5:52 am

    Great post, Thanks for your sharing.


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