Querying humanity, please wait . . .
Querying humanity, please wait . . .
Over 1100 tracks were submitted from 37 countries around the world.
Contributors were asked to sing, clap, or tell a short story.
We did not recruit musicians for this project - it was open to anyone willing to try something new. We simply asked people to record a few seconds of audio, and we aggregated the results.
Listen: Full Choir | Example 1 | Example 2
Contributors were asked to record 2-5 notes into their computer mic. You can try it here!
Seven distinct musical phrases were used to create the full choir sequence.
Hundreds of tracks were spliced together to create this choir sound.
Once mixed together, tracks from the crowd were added to an existing composition by Rob Morris and Vivian Darkbloom. Listen here.
The visualization incorporates live tweets and geo-locations of audio contributions. The tweets are unfiltered sentiments from real people and may contain explicit content.
Produced and directed by Robert R. Morris at the MIT Media Lab
Music performed and composed by Robert R. Morris, Brian Skerratt, Vivian Darkbloom, and hundreds of people from Mechanical Turk, cyberspace, and beyond
Visual design by Robert R. Morris and Daniel McDuff.
Audio production by Scott Riebling, Robert R. Morris, and Brian Skerratt
Mixed by Scott Riebling and Robert R. Morris
Audio mastering by Andy VanDette at Masterdisk, NYC
Audio engineering by Scott Riebling, Robert R. Morris, Brian Skerratt, and Peter Whincop
