The Met's sonic time machine
Seoul's futuristic neon pulse
Lagos's polyrhythmic afrobeat fire
Mexico City's deep Mesoamerican bass
The ultimate digital showdown
themet Mix ancient instrument samples into fresh beats to discover how historic sounds become modern hits.
themet Digital sampling preserves the unique sounds of decaying historical museum instruments.
themet The Ultimate Digital Showdown
Spinning ancient strings into a brand new beat (make it drop!) / From Seoul to Lagos, history is hitting the street (hit the street!)
themet Producers from Seoul, Lagos, and Mexico City compete to see who can make ancient instruments sound the most futuristic.
Infinite instruments: Once a single note of an ancient instrument is digitally sampled, producers can play it across eight octaves forever.
themet Modern time-stretching algorithms allow ancient rhythms to perfectly match modern electronic dance tempos.
A fight, struggle, or competition between people, groups, or forces. Producers from Seoul, Lagos, and Mexico City competed using beats sampled from a 1721 Stradivarius.
What digital wave representation is created when an analog sound is converted into computer data?
How does sampling help connect younger generations of listeners to ancient musical history?
What software sampler is commonly used by producers to map a single recorded note across a full keyboard?
What advanced digital tool allows producers to change the speed of an audio sample without altering its pitch?
What happens to a sound's pitch in traditional analog playback when you speed up a tape recording?