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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. 1AS
   Ambient soundscape generator for productivity▲45

   2015 · stampede.it · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Reasonably Sound - 1: The Ear▲55

   A discussion on sound and how we hear things

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3AA
   An algorithmic audio landscape▲193

   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. 4IY
   Increase your productivity with ambient noise▲337

   2013 · coffitivity.com · its alternatives →

5. 5MA
   Muzoti – Algorithmic Music with Web Audio/Midi and VueJS▲93

   2018 · muzoti.com · its alternatives →

6. 6AA
   AsciiDots – a 2D esoteric language inspired by circuits▲148

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7AA
   An attempt to rethink a music sequencer design▲305

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Soundation▲76

   Fun electronica creation for everyone

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   99% Invisible - 43: Accidental music of imperfect escalators▲66

   How Imperfections In Products Make Them Lovable

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Imaginary Soundscape▲6

    Take a walk in the soundscapes imagined by AI

    2018 · its alternatives →

11. 11TA
    Turtle.audio – a music sequencer inspired by turtle graphics▲126

    2018 · turtle.audio · its alternatives →

12. 12TA
    Tinkersynth, a whimsical generative art machine▲105

    2019 · tinkersynth.com · its alternatives →

13. 13PG
    Phase – Generate sounds from mathematical functions▲8

    2020 · bafs.github.io · its alternatives →

14. 14MS
    Mindscapes – Stochastic background music generator▲49

    2014 · mindscapes.co · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Happy Shrimp▲92

    Alibaba's AI music generator for turning ideas into songs

    12d ago · happyshrimp.ai · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Origami▲109

    A free design prototyping toolkit for Quartz Composer

    2013 · its alternatives →

17. 17SM
    Sharp11 – Music Theorization and Improvisation Engine▲113

    2016 · julianrosenblum.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    A Soft Murmur▲92

    Ambient sounds to wash away distraction.

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19AR
    A realtime node-based audio synth based on LLVM▲78

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20T1
    TR-101 – A drum synth/sequencer made with Vue and the web audio API▲105

    2017 · inverted3.gitlab.io · its alternatives →

21. 21GJ
    Gendy.js – A stochastic synthesis module for Web Audio▲38

    2015 · abbernie.github.io · its alternatives →

22. 22CT
    Canny the Robot – Programming a device with headphones▲16

    2015 · research.kumpf.cc · its alternatives →

23. 23
    SynthScaper▲6

    Create and experiment with ambient soundscapes

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24AJ
    A JavaScript emulator of the Synthi A synthesizer▲68

    2016 · alexnisnevich.github.io · its alternatives →

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