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We want to extend our perceptions to the most intimate parts of the cosmos, so that with our experiments, we become listeners of the perpetual act of transformation of nature.

Ray of Light MCA/S
Ray of Light MCA/S is a software multichannel analyser/synthesizer for the sonification of X and Gamma Rays. The software works with a gamma spectrometry system made by a 1.5" NaI(Tl) Scintillator and a spectrometer driver. The system can discriminate the photons' energies (something that geiger counters can't do), and analyse the patterns of radioactivity generated by different nuclear reactions.

Max8 was used to create a realtime MCA with integrated syntheziser and includes:
1) A pulse recognition algorithm
2) A special FFT for the analysis of the pulse heights (PHA analysis)
3) 512 realtime oscillators 
4) Reverb, EQ and Delay Channels
5) 3 looping samplers for further sound processing  

The project s part of my DATAMI A.i.R. Residence 2019 at the JRC-Ispra.



We want to extend our perceptions to the most intimate parts of the cosmos, so that with our experiments, we become listeners of the perpetu

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On Radioactive Music - Chapter 1: Ray of Light MCA

Radioaktivnost is a 16 step sequencer for software and hardware synthesizer, clocked by radioactive decay.
You can use a real Geiger counter, or – maybe, while you wait for yours from ebay – use the internal simulation.

Those who are familiar with analog step sequencers will feel quite at home with Radioaktivnost. There are 16 steps (you can use 1 to 16 steps) and every step can trigger a note on (0 ~ 127).
You can set the sequence forward, backward, palindrome or random.
You can also listen to the geiger sound and watch the counter and take a measure the old school way: Start the counter and a stopwatch at the same time and see how many counts you get in 60 seconds.

Max8 was used to build the entire software. 
The great features of pictures implementation gave me the possibility to create a professional UI interface in a very small time.

Time to go nuke!

Radioaktivnost is a 16 step sequencer for software and hardware synthesizer, clocked by radioactive decay.
You can use a real Geiger counter

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