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Life & fun · September 6, 2025

Traces

Hear the little song in everything. Turn the world in music.

Traces launched on September 6, 2025 with 7 votes, #2,024 of 8,160 launches that month. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

What it does

Traces - Turn objects into music. Take a picture of anything, and the app generates a melody based on the properties of the object. Your phone is the conductor. Add your object to the map and discover objects added by others.

Traces - Turn objects into music. Take a picture of anything and the app generates a melody based on that object.

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