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I gave every train in New York an instrument

https://www.trainjazz.com/
81•joshuawolk•2d ago

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RohanAdwankar•1d ago
So cool!
zephyreon•1h ago
Very neat. This is an example of digital art that I’d love to see exist in physical form somehow. I suppose it could get rather noisy at a museum but I love the intersection of mass transit & music.
huhkerrf•1h ago
The sound doesn't work for me, but I love the description of the G. It does have a cult following: and just like a cult you're tricked into loving it despite its many flaws, like the one hour wait at night or sprinting to the middle of the platform.
bsimpson•1h ago
The MTA knows the nights you want to take it, and ensures it doesn't go past Bedford-Nostrand on precisely those nights.
ananmays•1h ago
lovely
card_zero•1h ago
The trombones (A, C, and E) are kind of farty. This is not how I remember "Take the A train". Too much realism.
jannyfer•1h ago
Interesting and amazing presentation.

I also liked that it didn't explicitly say how it decides when to play a note.

All the subway routes are normalized to 15 seconds long from beginning to end. The app then plays all 15 second routes together, playing the instrument assigned to the route when there's a train there.

Neat commentary on the instruments that were assigned to the route when you mouse over it.

AlBugdy•33m ago
It's interesting that a lot people like this but dislike AI-generated music. The music itself here is completely random to us, yet I can't see how AI-generated music can be worse than random.

The idea is novel/fun/cool, but the notes ARE random as far as we can tell. So if you're against AI music, you just like the idea but don't care about the music or... something else I can't imagine.

Enlighten me, please.

PowerElectronix•18m ago
I think it has to be with expectations. Out of random music we don't expect much, so any result that is nice is good enough. For AI we are promised it's "just as good" but we get generic, soulless music that bring nothing new to the table.

Yeah, it's better than a lot of people, but it doesn't deliver the "just as good" part. On top of that you get that now anyone can promp a song and have a deluge of grey, tasteless elevator music.

pierrec•15m ago
The music all by itself is not particularly enjoyable here. What's great is the concept, execution, and the way data from an unlikely source is directly audible in the music. What defines art will always be fuzzy, but this particular work is a good example of art I can appreciate: presenting known things in an unusual way, playing with perception to create new connections between remote concepts, and sometimes providing a stepping stone to, as you say, enlightenment.
MattGaiser•13m ago
A lot has to do with the story. Nobody would likely listen to this as pure music.
card_zero•9m ago
What is "pure music"? Who listens to music with no ideas about it?

Of course music can be worse than random: it can be annoying.

xydac•20m ago
classic, crowdsource it to other cities !!
cratermoon•4m ago
If I could offer one usability suggestion: darken the text displayed at the bottom when a specific route is selected. Currently it's much too light for the white background. I couldn't tell you the exact contrast ratio but I'm certain it doesn't meet accessibility guidelines.

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