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Tree Ring Music

Who knew that the rings of a tree could generate musical sounds?

The artist Bartholomäus Traubeck has built a record player that can “play” a cross-sectional slice of a tree.

It’s not really like any other record player. This device uses a PlayStation Eye Camera and a special motor to transfer data to a computer. A program called Ableton Live can then transform the data to make a sound.

Apparently, each different tree trunk makes a different sound.