MandelMusic by Nick Didkovsky, a sonification of the Mandelbrot Set

MandelMusic by Nick Didkovsky
A musical sonification of the Mandelbrot Set

"Play" the Mandelbrot set by clicking on the graph, and explore the dynamics of this mathematical system.

First, get the JSyn plug-in
Second, choose an instrument from the drop-down list below (instruments are named after their authors).
Third, click somewhere on the graph to see and hear the iteration path.

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Thanks to Langdon Crawford for contributing his Fractal Synth instrument.
Thanks to Nicholas V Tranchina for contributing his Wapper instrument.
Thanks to Chad Wagner for contributing his GrainMandel instrument.
Thanks to Takeyoshi Mori for contributing his MandelAM instrument.
Thanks to Ryan Yard for contributing his Double Modulating instrument.
Thanks to James Forrest for contributing his Ringer instrument (hardcore panning and blistering spectra).
Thanks to Joel Mellin for contributing his Noise instrument (approaches white noise as iterations increase).
Thanks to John Rice for contributing his left/right high/low pass filtered FM insanity.
Thanks to Eunyoung Lee for contributing a very beautiful and subtle panning circuit made up of a triangle osc multiplied by a sawtooth osc.
Thanks to Stephen Ward for contributing a percussive and delicate double sine osc instrument.

Build your own MandelMusic instrument and submit it to this site (you'll need to download the JSyn developer's kit from softsynth.com).

This applet was built using JMSL and JSyn. JMSL is an experimental music composition and performance language by Nick Didkovsky and Phil Burk.

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