A Musical Train Ride.

October 1, 2012 2:47 PM

The Dynamics of The Subway
posted by empath (12 comments total)

More please. I would like to ride again.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 3:19 PM on October 1, 2012 [1 favorite]

Awesome!
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 3:23 PM on October 1, 2012

Interesting... I had to make a transition from defining each "note" to "OMG I can't keep track of this"...once I let go of that, all was well.
posted by HuronBob at 3:46 PM on October 1, 2012 [1 favorite]

Wow - that's amazing.
posted by Pecinpah at 4:06 PM on October 1, 2012

Really neat thanks!
posted by grog at 4:22 PM on October 1, 2012

This is a really nice antidote to the Something is Wrong on the Internet post.
posted by Rora at 4:22 PM on October 1, 2012 [1 favorite]

The on-rails portion of this video reminds me of Audiosurf.
posted by dobi at 5:03 PM on October 1, 2012 [1 favorite]

It's the Anti-Polar Express! Lovely work.

Changed using the edit window. Yay!
posted by sneebler at 6:01 PM on October 1, 2012

Eulerian video magnification:
Subway (input sequence) -- Subway (Eulerian magnification)
posted by 0rison at 6:28 PM on October 1, 2012 [1 favorite]

At first I thought how nice, another Mario Paint-esque animation and then suddenly I had to go pick my mind up off the floor because it had been BLOWN.

Well done stuff.
posted by Spatch at 7:14 PM on October 1, 2012 [1 favorite]

There's something beautiful about this. I've been playing piano and keyboards since I was little, and this is the closest anyone's come to depicting the abstract shapes I see in my mind whenever music plays. Awesome!!!
posted by tantrumthecat at 7:14 PM on October 1, 2012 [1 favorite]

Yeah, this was wonderful. I think it's the closest portrayal I've seen of how I often visualise music.
posted by Diag at 3:32 AM on October 2, 2012 [1 favorite]