Evan Grant: Making sound visible through cymatics
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www.ted.com Evan Grant demonstrates the science and art of cymatics, a process for making soundwaves visible. Useful for analyzing complex sounds (like dolphin calls), it also makes complex and beautiful designs.
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DOES ANYONE KNOW if there have been any cymatics experiments in space? Would the forms created by vibrations perhaps be 3 dimensional, floating in the air? an interesting thought. cheers
@shikherbhardwaj
Жыл бұрын
Everything would be flying there.
@santahill
Жыл бұрын
That is a great question, did you ever find an answer? If maybe not necessarily 3D but would they form different patterns in space than on earth or on say Jupiter due to the difference in gravity? Would the actual sound be different to 'hear'?
@eleanor.abernathy7836
Жыл бұрын
In order for waves to propagate, air is necessary. The only wave that can propagate without air is electromagnetic (sun). For this reason, in the space there are no sounds but also no heat etc. So the experiment should be rearranged
@themrchubs1
Жыл бұрын
The answer is no, the sand would simply drift away, it wouldn't be able to produce a 3d version
@achraezuxceus
Жыл бұрын
I'd be interested to see the results on water in zero g.
This is why binaural beats/music has an effect on your consciousness and therefore our physical bodies because they're simply a manifestation of the energy we surround ourselves with, cymatics gives us a visual hint of what we're manifesting. In 20-30 years we'll look back at this time exactly the same way we currently look back on those who thought the world was flat. We have SO much to learn and this is just a hint of the massive paradigm shift towards metaphysics we're now moving into.
@davida6797
6 жыл бұрын
Yes, but you need to understand that you are a osilater, a carrier, and a receiver You're everything you need, to get to any state of mind
But how many people were newly introduced to the concept because of his presentation? The man doesn't claim to be the frontrunner of the field, but he is piquing the interest of an audience who will then look further into the field of cymatics and share it with friends. There is nothing wrong with introducing a topic to people, especially when it is one so beautiful--a call to action if you will.
Its useful in determining just how complex the "language" they use are. It would open up huge windows for animal bahavior studies if we could decode their auditory communications.
thankyou... i was not aware of the work, i've never studied the subject, but I do know it is a force or energy and as that can be used in forms of conversion. That understanding it visually could be quite important.
It is a part of one of the greatest game which is called "The Glass Bead Game" mentioned in book written by Hermann Hesse and Conducted experiments with water by Emoto Masaru. In the Middle Ages, "readers of fate" could, on the basis of the music of previous eras, read the state of culture and society with a predetermined probability.
Very informative, THANK YOU , for your short crash course explaining cymatics
@Welcome2TheInternet
5 жыл бұрын
It's practically a word-by-word reading of the Wikipedia article. Pure plagiarism.
Now I want to see video of the cymatic version of the 5 noted from Close Encounters
I love music and sound as well as visual arts, this is really cool and interesting!
This is so mind blowing... TED Conference so is fucking awesome... Some of the newest and greatest ideas on earth presented at these... Im gonna so have a "Nergasm" O.o...
Beautiful and inspiring!
This is an awsome vedio that I started out watching it in my Tech class .. Awsome info a must see !
In the beginning there was sound!
@kylekronez2203
2 жыл бұрын
Pols voice
@qreationzwithqia9843
2 жыл бұрын
Let there be light 🤍
Someone reverse engineer the crop circles please
no we see it after the fact, just as we hear a noise after the energy that created it, sometimes minutes later (after the fact). The speed of light within the distance of a room, as it reflects off the wall to your eye, is after the fact as it has passed from it's source to where it impacts your retina. And waves is just my way of expressing it... like a liquid or fluid force.
Good call. Ultrasound is commonly used in psysiotherapy to aide in healing of such things. I recall it being used heavily while recovering from a kneecap dislocation.
This is amaaaazing
Very fascinating
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" [John 1:1] "Into the great void of space, came a sound, and matter took shape" [Hans Jenny about cymatics. Search his video on yt: Bringing Matter To Life With Sound]
@plainkady
4 жыл бұрын
This appears in the Vedic scriptures too. And the sound was "AUM".
@arunrawat7075
4 жыл бұрын
its written in vedic literature
Admire your effort! great presentation of Cymatics
TED talks always have the best comments. I think that this was cool, but we will have to see what can really be done with it. Looking at the noises a dolphin makes doesnt seem useful to me, but I hope something big can come of this.
AMAZING. Visual representation of sound with the foundation of mathematics. I wonder what the significance is when each geometric formation forms in relation to the previous formation? Is there a breakdown of the exact frequencies to create each breakpoint geometric formation? Do you know what I mean? In the video there was a new formation each time he made the frequency higher. I wonder at what hertz these formations formed. 007
@professorsteinberg6826
Жыл бұрын
I've been trying to find out about this too- I want to know what a musical scale "looks" like, and to see the relationships between octaves and other intervals!
@crawfordnita1087
7 ай бұрын
Great question... and what would happen in sequences of those formations 🤔🤔🤔
I'm so intrigued by cymatics. When I first saw the sand 'pop' into different geometrical shapes and patterns it was like I was awakened to a new world of possibilities. To say the least, it was very eye opening. And it took me down a rabbit's hole, where I discovered the 432hz vs 440hz theory. Which if you dont know about, look into it.... But I am always reminded of the question I heard a while ago ... which came first sound or light? Right off the bat, most people will say that light came first. But a simple sentence in the bible tells us the true answer... it says this is in every bible written.... "God said, 'Let there be Light' " That sentence says a lot in my opinion.
@A_Pipoca
4 жыл бұрын
Indeed! "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" gives us a clue too. The Word is Sound. In my opinion Sound came first, then Light. There's a book called "The World is Sound: Nada Brahma - Music and the landscape of consciousness" by Joachim-Ernst Berendt. It's interesting to check it out regarding this subject.
@animaanimus8011
3 жыл бұрын
@@A_Pipoca I also believe there is a connection between the use of sound and the immense construction of our ancestors. I’ve always wondered if Solomon’s “Shamir” used sound.
@wordsculpt
3 жыл бұрын
Not a dichotomy. Light and sound are both expressions of electromagnetic energy waves.
@animaanimus8011
3 жыл бұрын
@@wordsculpt True. And I think the ancient texts are describing matter being created by light. CERN just announced they did it in their super collider.
@jasondean88888
Жыл бұрын
Ah yes. When ever I want up to the minute and highly accurate scientific information....the 1st place I run is the bible.
What I'm interested in is decoding the sound from the shapes in nature--if we have the means to figure out the corresponding shape of a sound, then we should be able to do this in reverse. Think about it--what's the sound of a snowflake? Of a carbon atom and the earth's magnetic field?
@wordsculpt
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent thoughts. They do have an approximation of the sound frequencies emitted by planets. It is interesting that the sound of the sun is roughly "om"! But I would absolutely love to hear more research in this area. (We just need someone with money to fund it. )
sound is my life long passion i trying to find the prefect sound & i want to see what it looks like CYMATICS is so wonderful i want to learn as much as i can can any one help me grow my knowledge
I think we adapt, or overcome flaws in order to survive, but we are all flawed in every aspect of our being in some way. I've never studied psychology, I understand the placebo effect, as well as other areas.. I'm self educated in a wide variety of personal interests. As far as inspiration, since you like TED, this is an especially good one and I suggest you search and see it "Elizabeth Gilbert: A new way to think about creativity" It's takes faith to have faith.
Is anyone knows whats that music at the end?
very well said. i was wondering about the string theory affiliation with cymatics throughout this whole video. thanks.
@Welcome2TheInternet
5 жыл бұрын
There's no affiliation. This video is pseudoscience.
Everything is one. That is why your cymatic designs look like things in nature. The universe is one big cymatic. you and I are just vibrations.
I think what he is saying is that dolphin's type of language deals with variance in frequency and pitch instead of form and context like human communication. Since our languages are based on different principles the only way for us to understand dolphin language is through a different medium such as visually.
I really want to find out why those patterns are created at a certain frequency.
So how about using cymatics for molecular assembly?
yes and I see "selection" as the primary mechanic.
The ending gave spooks, unexpectedly.
awesome :) bravo!
yer im looking for a hobby other than language learning this is interesting, if cymatics is sound represented in visual form, maby all thing are also sound represented in visual form.
Crop circles mostly follow the "rules" of Sacred Geometry. Music follows the "rules" of Sacred Geometry - so i would imagine that, yes each crop circle could be represented by a particular piece of music - interesting project for someone methinks.
Well said. Sound creates Geometry .
@tharippayilsarath6480
2 жыл бұрын
Appreciate your chakras. Have you googled 'Om yantra tonoscope' images
Nice info
Gdybym była taka mega mega mądra to z chęcią bym pomogła tym naukowcom. To jest bardzo ciekawa nauka :) .
Can anyone inform me of the movie where they had to use cymatics to save the world at the end. They lead scientistist/chemist used the metal plate at the end to. I have been looking for this movie after I saw it months ago. I know it's old but can't remember. It's not Frequencies or Final Frequency 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️ If ANYONE knows please tell me
@danmikecanada799
7 ай бұрын
Im not trying to criticize cymatics but I do not think that moving grain of sand isn't what you can call visible sound. Its the vibration made by sound that makes the sand move. I think you won't be able to see sound on a macro level for it was designed to be only perceived audibly.
I agree it is confusing... sort of an origami affect possibly (if I used that word correctly). Gravity is a weak force, but it can add energy or momentum to an object (and not just in the act of "falling") interacting in orbits.
@MaGiCMushroomClouds
2 жыл бұрын
In electromagnetic field theory it is an acceleration of two objects toward a null point in counterspace.
yea he's saying something of sense and yes we been knowing that since b.c's and truly cymatics was involved in the making of the universe even the bible affirms it"john 1:1" and my challenge to him is...can we use cymatics to understand why our heart beats..what is our heart responding to n
@ThisisAmberOrtiz
2 жыл бұрын
I love this question.
i love this
i am absolutely shock ed that ...none of you tried this with molten ceramics or a polyester and see what happens when it hardens
Where does one get one of these machines?
@crawfordnita1087
7 ай бұрын
Did you find out? I want one too 🤷🏾♀️
LOL no... I've had no "visions" per-say. Actually where I am now has been the result of a LOT of critical thinking. As I did say a while back it was an epiphany. Once I passed that threshold, then I could hear and see differently, or with a different lens than those who live entirely material. I achieved a balance between the two, a 'natural balance' with "filters" that work most of the time. Well grounded and humbled by my new perspective it (God) gave me a whole new life.
@dereksh23 he probably referred to an air chamber in zero gravity environment, like a space station...
Interesting stuff.
Go to Tamilnadu.. Women in almost every home every single day draw even more intricate cymatics.. on their porch... It has deep meaning..
I'm pretty sure I've seen this a hundred times before in music visualizers.
@Welcome2TheInternet
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's unoriginal. In fact the entire talk is literally copied from the wilkipedia article.
@jaanvinm12
4 жыл бұрын
Inter Net why do u think its fake, i have seen you on every comment here, why are u angry?
i wansnt talking about visions. I was talking about illusions which we all experience. Most people think illusions are only optical where in fact they exist for all senses and not only senses but there are cognitive illusions as well. sometimes even after we are told its an illusion we still see it or sense it.. did you look up the table illusion ? i can send you a link in pm if you prefer.
also i know its a lot but it kinda builds upon itself to see how we can come to wrong conclusions sometimes even though we might be very intelligent and have lots of knowledge. Its like the visual illusions you must saw them. No matter how smart you are and how much you know you still see one table as being longer then the other. google table illusion on images to see that illusion. Well visual illusions are not the only illusions. Its almost impossible to see unless we are told
Our voice is just our vocal chords vibrating. So, in the bible, when it said (in the beginning) that God "spoke," would that not mean that God created vibrations? That vibrations came before everything else in the material universe?
Future medical approach is towards healing with light and sound. Maybe scientists can explore how cymatics can be used in healing diseases by bringing the frequencies that out of harmony to a normal range of frequency.
@wordsculpt
3 жыл бұрын
It is 5 years later, but nice to see an intelligent comment. Would enjoy further conversation. If interested, hit the like button to let me know.
@sivabarathi71
3 жыл бұрын
@@wordsculpt Ever heard of Royal Rife. He used the science of sympathetic resonance with a rife resonator to destroy a wide range of bacteria, fungi and viruses. He was discredited by the mainstream medical community.... I am not surprised!
freuquency creates perfect form, because space/time fabbric is in multi-dimensional geometry, run a hertz through it, it will take form of the fabric of space/time from its pulsation through the fabric
@Welcome2TheInternet
5 жыл бұрын
Meaningless babble. Just like the talk
is there a device or app that will display cymatics created by voice or you.
@Cons_Piracy_Theorist
4 ай бұрын
I'm sure there would be apps but in terms of a physical device, it's called a Chladni plate. Tibetan singing bowls also affect water quite strangely if it's placed inside the bowl while playing.
Skipped right over a few contributions of prominent figures of this subject. Yet it was claimed that Rife his collaborator and Emoto were kooks. And a concerted effort to discredit them ensued
you arent closed minded if this is not always the case. However most people never listen to the arguments of the other side just spew their own arguments out not even considering the fact that they might be wrong. Or just never even care enough to discuss their position. In both of the cases they are closed minded. We all might not be in the mood sometimes thou and i respect that. Good luck to you sir. Hopefully you look into this important matter another day. Hope ur mood improves as well
he didn't say anything meaning full, but sound music waves and vibrations are amazing! and are the fundemntal "building blocks" of our universe!
@Welcome2TheInternet
5 жыл бұрын
Soundwaves are not the building blocks of our universe. The universe existed for tens of millions of years before a sound was made.
Totally fascinating.
Gothic Cathedrals of medieval times were far more than a style of architecture aesthetically appealing for their time. They were acoustically designed sacred technology, when combined with choirs and pipe organs would open the portals of sacred geometry (cymatically depicted in the circular stained glass windows) which would transport parishioners through the spiritual portals of their psyches much as megaliths, drums, and psychedelics did for tribal cultures and their shamans (priests).
@MaGiCMushroomClouds
2 жыл бұрын
There are cymatic patterns in the ceilings of temples in India too.
@crawfordnita1087
7 ай бұрын
INTERESTING 🤔🤔🤔
That may be the way it sounds to you, it's complicated. It is that and more... I describe our senses as revolving around a material and spiritual axis. Material in that covers day to day reality, spiritual is where imagination and inspiration enter. Almost a left/right brain concept but that the spiritual acts similar as an antenna to a dimension that is populated by the creator as well as 'others'. (distractions) No i don't "hear voices" but I am "inspired".
You do know what a Tonoscope is I hope which dates back a lot further than cymstics. Give credit where it is due- India.
This is mindblowing... am i high or will this be the key to communicate with otherworldly beings
We could possibly grasp n prove through the history of the sound what happened cause the waves never end
@Jesuisquejesuis I'm not saying 'old' like 2009 old. I'm saying old like "keynote on windows 3.1 for workgroups" old.
What did he say that was inaccurate? It seemed he was mostly talking about how high quality visualisations of data help us gain insights.
@Welcome2TheInternet
5 жыл бұрын
No. He was just copy/pasting from the Cymatics Wikipedia article. Read it for yourself. He says nothing original on the video. It's pure plagiarism.
I've developed my own rational for a belief in an incomprehensible abstract. If you ask for proof? it doesn't work that way... but knowing (or believing as that is relative) it makes sense, perfect sense in fact. But if you want a debate? don't bother. If you want to understand or are curious, I may oblige..
Have they ever try to compare cymatic notes to the hieroglyphs found in caves and found in scriptures of ancient civilisations? I know it's worth a shot right it appears that sound is the universal language
So, theoretically, couldn't we turn geometrical patterns into sound??? Patterns found in nature and in ancient architecture, to see what those physical patterns sound like???????
Cymatics and acoustic levitation to see the patterns in a drop of water in 3d
Gregorian Chant utilized the original hertz vibrations that create a dynamic change on the body (healing, alleviating depression, curing sickness, can survive on less than 3 hours of sleep a day etc). Google "Good Vibrations" for the research
a process for making sound waves visible or manipulating atoms to interrupt behavior.
This is the "chord of creation"..... "Ya-Baha-Ul-Abha" ......please do a cymatic exploration of the chord of the human voice and show it's pattern please.
@avigindratt7608
9 жыл бұрын
I go to UC Davis, and cymatics will be the center of my research.
@anassimanitou8229
7 жыл бұрын
Pray tell, under which major/program?
Busy work beats sent me
Free2fredy, Maybe not to be made audible but to give clues to frequency. ;)
Circle's also appear in ice. Crop circles are not the only thing with circles. I think you may be on to something!
Did anyone notice how this talk is a beat-by-beat copy/paste of the Cymatics Wikipedia article? I'm embarassed that someone would just plagiarize a wiki article and try to pass it off as their own presentation.
LOL good one, and another one that was so obvious I completely ignored it. "The Sun" Gravity based fusion.
What's that thing where they are using their hands to control the patterns?
So that's how they make crop circles so quickly. J/K
@safenders
Жыл бұрын
@@AJKivela369 oh man. This is What a time warp feels like
What is that machine????
@sravanitadimalla1674
6 жыл бұрын
Lauren Abby tonoscope
Light
What comes around is all around
"Yes" - acording to this system of deception, self-honesty is seen as madness --- as seen in your question.
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This kind of wave phenomena is not some mysterious new science that reveals a ghostly creative order behind the universe. It is well understood that everything vibrates and everything has a fundamental frequency and harmonics, just like those of a vibrating string, air column, or drum membrane. It is the medium (i.e. the flexing of the plate up and down) that shifts the powder to the points where there is least movement. These patterns are analogous to the waveforms that can easily be observed along a guitar or violin string, except in that case, the vibrating string is effectively one dimensional and is also causing the sound (by exciting air around it). Similarly, if you were to put rings around a vibrating string, they would naturally migrate and settle on the nodes between the 'loops' where there is least movement (which would change depending on what harmonics are more strongly pronounced). Also, you are not 'visualising sound', but the behaviour of the medium itself. That is to say, the patterns formed on a plate are not impressions of the initial sound, but of where there is least movement on the plate. If you weakened the plate in those areas, it would react differently and produce different patterns with the same sound. Violin makers *may* have known about this for centuries, perhaps using patterns in the sawdust as a guide to fashion the wood so that certain areas of the body vibrate more than others.
@ToneSpectra
9 жыл бұрын
***** The ripples on the seabed occur for the same reason the sea-waves form when the wind blows, except by the force of water. In fact, the larger mottles and ripples in dry sand are formed by the wind also. (The sea actually flattens or smooths them out as you can observe at the water's edge.) Also, sea-waves are constantly shifting along with the tide, so how could a fixed representation of sea-waves form on the seabed? On a vibrating plate, grains of sand settle where there is least movement on the surface. It's just that a plate which is vibrated at its exact centre will flex up-and-down symmetrically in all directions. If you put sand on it, the grains will settle on the 'nodes' in a symmetrical pattern.
@ToneSpectra
9 жыл бұрын
***** No, the patterns in sand do not result from a predetermined pattern in the wind that somehow becomes impressed, but rather from the dynamics of individual sand-grains (saltation) set in motion by the wind. Incidentally, the vibration of air is actually more like a spring (compressing and rarefying) not an up-and-down wave. It is the plate (not the direct vibration of sound in air) that forms the patterns shown in the video.
@bcjammer
5 жыл бұрын
don’t let the religious fuckwads cloud your view. there IS an underlying principle regarding reality and waves...nothing new agey or supernatural but a very natural quality...one we doubtfully fully understand. makes it interesting, sure, but not mystical in the least. it seems mystical only because of our limited understanding
Dolphins have been trained in sign language too. And they understand nuances of word order, syntax, and context. watch?v=ZwJaUFHs-C4 They have communication abilities sufficient enough to be able to communicate previously learned abstract behaviors to eachother. I suppose body language could be part of this. Which is not to diminish it's label as a "language". It seems like language to me.
@crawfordnita1087
7 ай бұрын
Movie 'LUCY'
you build a house on a foundation, but you dont live in the foundation, you live in the house.
I want to know what sound the star of David sounds like.
Iwanna from what little I have read gravity is a great deal stronger than folks understand. ask yrself what holds together entire galaxies, like a wheel around a hub. Supermassive black holes formed by immense gravitational forces cause such savage gravity 'suction' that their immense 'inner' mass, the singularity, actually holds everything, like the entire Milky Way for example in its inexorable grip. So gravity is not just the force of something dropping on the ground...it gets very intense.
Wow
Since Stars REALLY look like this.... It makes you wonder what they are 🤔
@divebrakes Amen. Helmholtz is the man.
This is really not the forum or format where a debate on belief systems can take place reasonably. I've had them before and am in no mood to now. Close minded? just because I realize the possiblity of a futile debate and am not willing to waste my time? If that pleases you, you are welcome to feel that way. I have a good idea of what you want, and if I felt it would help you I'd oblige. Experience warns me otherwise.
Did he imply in the video that the vibrations of certain sounds actually have something to do with how starfish and snowflakes form? Or was that just a tangent of "look at the pretty picture"?
i think all that matters is that he's pushing the idea. he never claimed to have discovered cymatics, and i for one would have not known about it had i not been shown this video of him addressing the subject.
Amazing! V2DHEART
me too