Demo: Sonic Catalog of Rare Diseases
summary
A working sonic catalog maps 230 promoter sequences from a rare‑disease spreadsheet into musical events using Max and Kyma; the sonification plays a number of DNA letters equal to how many genes are listed (e.g. nine genes → nine letters), groups diseases by organ system onto Indian ragas, and layers a composed electronic texture plus an electric‑viola overdub into a 7.5‑minute demo. The prototype exposes scale problems, frames sonification as artful data‑driven music, and aims to raise awareness.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Rare disease music project
- 1:03Rare diseases need attention
- 3:11Genetic data into music
- 4:41DNA sequences to sound
- 7:30Sonification system
- 8:33Sonification to composition
- 16:11Live performance challenges
- 17:40Instruments and collaborators
- 20:09Alternative sonification
- 22:14Musical framework
- 23:18Raising awareness
- 24:21Medical applications
- 25:46Vocals and stories
- 26:52Limitations and impact
- 27:37Call to action
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