Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to 99% Invisible - 15: Sounds of the artificial world
Designing organic sounds for iInorganic things
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. 99% Invisible - 15: Sounds of the artificial world launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
- 1
- 2
A discussion on sound and how we hear things
2015 · americanpublicmedia.org · its alternatives →
- 3
This is an web audio experiment I've been wanting to do for a long time. Basically an ambient music composition, but all the sound elements are laid out in space, and that musical space can be explored freely. It's definitely inspired by in-world music that sometimes appears in games. I basically took that concept, keeping the music aspect, and dropping the entire "game" aspect. I also turned it into a more "traditional" non-interactive album, but since I started with code, why not program the whole thing? Had a blast making the entire album from code, the complete source for the album is…
2024 · ambient.garden · its alternatives →
- 4
- 5
How Imperfections In Products Make Them Lovable
2015 · its alternatives →
- 6
- 7PG
2020 · bafs.github.io · its alternatives →
- 8
Happy Shrimp▲92Alibaba's AI music generator for turning ideas into songs
Aug 2026 · happyshrimp.ai · its alternatives →
- 9
Origami▲109A free design prototyping toolkit for Quartz Composer
2013 · facebook.github.io · its alternatives →
- 10
- 11
- 12
Create and experiment with ambient soundscapes
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
- 13
A personal audio journal experiment
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
- 14
- 15
A fresh new take on sound wave art
2016 · soundviz.com · its alternatives →
- 16
A melange of listener-requested etymologies
2015 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
- 17
Building abstractions that aren't ahistorical
2015 · descriptive.audio · its alternatives →
- 18UB
2022 · weenoisemaker.com · its alternatives →
- 19SA
2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
- 20BB
- 21BA
2013 · bandfu.com · its alternatives →
- 22
a global field recording sound map with remixes
2017 · citiesandmemory.com · its alternatives →
- 23
An interactive, educational guide to the physics of sound
2018 · waveforms.surge.sh · its alternatives →
- 24
Also compare
Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →