cymatics in technology
what is cymatics?
Cymatics is the study of sound and matter - I study liquid cymatics, taking images of lights reflecting off a surface of a fluid in a pan that is attached to a speaker oscillating up and down according to a sonic input. Follow the links below to learn more about this incredible science!
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The Cy-Math-Matics series features a large amount of research I have done over the last 12 years or so, and is a fun and accessible way to dive into the deeper concepts of resonance science. This 6-hour course is available for $60!
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Vibration Matters!
This video features an exploration into interactive digital backgrounds with paired cymatics video. The audio here is Tipper - Dreamsters, an excellent pairing to these visuals! Check out more videos there on my Youtube channel!
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Bio-Resonance
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Heartbeat Cymatics
If you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of a powerful heartbeat recorded with a Doppler heart monitor. That is, this is the sound of a baby's heartbeat while still in the womb! The fluid used for this video happens to have the same viscosity, density and surface tension as human blood. Further, the pan measured 1.5", as that is about the diameter of a sphere that would have the same volume as a newborn's heart.
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Cat Purr Cymatics
Have you ever *seen* a cat’s purr? Now, you can! In this video, you see the cymatics of a cat’s purr that cycles with its breath, emitting a sawtooth-like waveform at around 25Hz. The audio was run through a 2.125” pan half-full of sumac syrup, honey, wood ash and rubbing alcohol. What's interesting is that the pan size (2.125") is about twice the average size of a cat's larynx which makes for some interesting bioresonance!
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Whale Song Cymatics
This audio was recorded by Kent Noonan in a session of recording off the coast of Maui around a pod of humpback whales. This call specifically came from a father whale circling around a mother and baby, who can be heard in the extended recording. The low grumble produced the array of larger hexagons and triangles, then when the high-pitched squeal enters the fluid rippled into a tessellation of extremely-small hexagons that tiled the surface
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In this "Mr. E Short" I show a few short clips of cymatics visuals I have captured in some random experiments I ran over the last month or so. Isn't it wild all the many forms and geometries that are exhibited through sound? As beautiful as these shapes are, they are quite interesting scientifically. In the realm of science, we call these shapes and patterns Faraday wave-patterns.
Please enjoy this video consisting of over 3 minutes of slow-motion cymatics footage set to a therapeutic dance track I composed titled "The 5th Chamber Beats" that comes directly from a pentatonic "lens" of the Fibonacci sequence. The cymatics imagery is produced by a 18.22Hz sine wave in a 1.75"-diameter pan.
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One day I was helping one of my daughters get a splinter out of her foot. After successful retrieval, I bonked the tweezers on my knee and they rung out like a tuning fork! We were instantly intrigued, and opened up the oscilloscope app on my phone to investigate. Sure enough, the tweezers ring in at 135Hz, which is a little sharp of the C3 note. Watch this video and learn more about tweezer resonance, and resonance in general!
In this short video, I show some capabilities of our Halo Light System analog RGB and brightness controller while I display multifrequency cymatics of a 4.44Hz square wave and its octave, an 8.88Hz square wave. I have the 4.44Hz square wave set at a 90-degree phase, so you hear a bit of a horse-galloping sound with the timing.
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The Halo Light System
from Resonant Devices This is a video of a 19.8Hz sine wave signal oscillating a 2" pan of fluid with lights from the Halo Light System from Resonant Devices. You can see the real-time shifting between 6 different stored arrays on my Halo controller. I changed the speed of the video to better highlight the geometries of the standing waves, and to better show how the different color arrays display these standing waves in such unique ways!
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Moog Synthesizer
Real-Time Cymatics This video is wild and is perhaps the most incredible instrument-to-cymatics video ever recorded. In this video you can see the amazing work recorded by our CEO Erik Larson, playing an E3 (162Hz) note on a Moog Synthesizer, bending it up to an F3 (174Hz) and down to a D#3 (155Hz) then back up to the E.
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Mr. E's Mysteries - Episode #3 - Cymatics: Matter & Sound
This 1.5-hour long episode is FULL of science, art and mystery where we explore the basics of sound to understand the process and science of cymatics.
While we discover the magic of DIY liquid and laser cymatics, I pose questions of the nature of sound, vibration, and pattern. Though this is a beautiful and awe-inspiring venture through imagery, we will take the route of a scientist and experiment using the concept of resonant frequency. Throughout the demonstration we explore concepts such as calculating a fundamental resonant frequency, using pi and the Schumann frequency as beat patterns, and more. |
Mr. E's Mysteries - Episode #4 - Cymatics: History's Secrets
Continuing on from Episode #3, I discuss topics of sonic science from ancient history to modern technology, such as:
What more could the ancients have known about the universe through their perspective of sonic mastery? |
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The Lion-Sun
Connection Have you ever wondered why ancient cultures associated the lion with the sun?
In this short video I present scientific (acoustic) evidence that there may truly be a connection between the lion and the sun. By calculating the sonic frequency of the sun's photosphere and raising the result to an audible level in an appropriate octave range, I show how the vocalizations of the male African lion resonate precisely with the resulting frequency of the sun. |
A Curious Case of
Sonic Mitosis: In this short clip, I demonstrate a concept I call "sonic mitosis". We see a semi-standing wave cymatic glyph undergo constructive interference with itself to generate the final, stable, standing wave pattern representing the resonant frequency of this particular metal pan. This, and so much more, awaits you in this upcoming episode!
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Check out these videos from my series on Coffee Cymatics where I use coffee as the liquid for the cymatics!
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Did you know that matter is geometrically arranged by sound?
Are you aware of the effects sound has on its environment?
Have you ever wondered how ancient megalithic structures were built?
Or why so many cultures have "sacred" sounds?
What if I could offer you proof that all matter is arranged by sound?
Are you aware of the effects sound has on its environment?
Have you ever wondered how ancient megalithic structures were built?
Or why so many cultures have "sacred" sounds?
What if I could offer you proof that all matter is arranged by sound?
Sample cymatics images from my early days
Are you interested in seeing MANY more of these images and perhaps ordering one as a HIGH DEFINITION metal print, T-shirt, coffee mug or sticker? Click the button below to learn more and to see some of my latest work using my invention, The Halo Light System!
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