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SONIFICATION BUNDLE

Transform Any Data Into Music & Sound

What if you could transform raw data, text, images, video, or OSC into music, modulation, effects, or even synthesis?
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A collection of unique creative devices, our Sonification Tools were designed by Ableton Certified Trainer Noah Pred to allow access to new musical ideas via real-world data sources. Our Sonification Bundle is your total creative toolkit for sonification: combining enhanced new versions of Data MIDI, Data Mod, and Data FX, along with the all-new Data Synth, Dataforge, Photomat, and Typewriter this collection provides everything you need to translate raw data, text, images, videos, motion, and more into compelling musical ideas.

Press for Sonification Tools:

ATTACK MAGAZINE
CREATE DIGITAL MUSIC
FUTURE MUSIC
MUSIC RADAR
SYNTH ANATOMY


Sonification Tools turn data of nearly any kind—numbers, text, images, video, camera feeds, or OSC streams—into directly playable musical material. Enter or paste values in Data or Text mode, drop images into Image mode, or feed in live video or OSC to generate MIDI patterns, modulation sequences, filter and distortion processes, impulse responses, exported waveforms, or even custom oscillators depending on the device. With Data MIDI and Data Mod, you can loop and map any dataset to a musical range, trigger it at metrical or millisecond rates, apply Euclidean sequencing, offsets, and swing, or use arbitrary MIDI input to drive the data. Video files, live camera input, and raw OSC streams expand this into a fully real-time creative system.

Custom trigger modes, scale-aware pitch output, and real-time control of pitch, velocity, and note-length ranges allow you to interpret your chosen data source in flexible, musical ways. Randomization introduces new patterns and textures instantly, while gating enables more complex rhythmic behavior based on thresholds. And on Live 12, Dataforge, Photomat, and Typewriter extend data, image, and text sonification directly into MIDI clips. Whether working with personally meaningful material or exploring found datasets, Sonification Tools let you embed real-world phenomena into your creative process, transforming data into expressive musical ideas.


Read our deep dive:
WHY SONIFY?


KEY FEATURES

  • Sonify text, numerical data, images, video, camera input, desktop capture, OSC streams, or noise
  • Generate MIDI patterns, modulation sequences, effects processes, impulse responses, exported waveforms, and full synthesis using data
  • Euclidean sequencing in Data MIDI and Data Mod for structured rhythmic output
  • Trigger data via metrical rates, millisecond timing, or arbitrary MIDI input
  • Scale-aware pitch generation with full control over pitch, velocity, and note-length ranges
  • Flexible gating to produce output only above or below chosen thresholds
  • Data randomization with optional decimals, exponential skewing, and distribution shaping
  • Invert, Reverse, Scramble, or Bias data sets in Data FX with enhanced spectral filtration
  • High-resolution image and video sonification with 64x zoom and draggable pan
  • Play-once trigger option in Data MIDI and Data Mod for phrase-level gestures
  • Sample-rate control in Data, Image, and Text modes for granular temporal shaping
  • Data plot visualizer in Data, Image, and Text modes for precise inspection
  • Unique toggle in Data MIDI to reduce repeated pitch values at output
  • Includes Dataforge, Photomat, and Typewriter for sonifying text and data directly in MIDI clips
  • Includes Data Synth for transforming Data, Text, or Image sources into the oscillators of an eight-voice polysynth

 NEW IN SONIFICATION TOOLS V2

  • Text and Image sonification modes in all devices
  • Video file, Camera, and OSC sonification modes in Data MIDI & Data Mod
  • Euclidean sequencing options in Data MIDI & Data Mod
  • Data FX can now Invert, Reverse, Scramble, and Bias a data set - with improved Spectral Filtration
  • Generate data with or without decimals
  • Apply exponential data skewing
  • 64x Image mode zoom with draggable pan scrolling (all devices)
  • 64x Video mode zoom with draggable pan scrolling (Data MIDI & Data Mod)
  • New Desktop capture and Noise generator video modes (Data MIDI & Data Mod)
  • Play once trigger option (Data MIDI & Data Mod)New sample rate control in Data, Image, and Text modes (Data MIDI, Data Mod, Dataforge & Typewriter)
  • New data plot visualizer in Data, Image, and Text modes (Data MIDI and Data Mod)
  • Data MIDI gets a Unique toggle to reduce repeated pitch values at output
  • Comes with Dataforge, Photomat, and Typewriter MIDI Tool Generators and of course, the all new Data Synth: transform Data, Text, or Image into the core oscillator of an advanced 8-voice polysynth


“Artists have always used tools to make music. Whether that be a rock striking another rock, a mechanical metronome guiding the tempo, or a pulse generated arpeggiator endlessly playing a scale — these tools help us create art and perform in new ways. Noah Pred's work with Manifest Audio is born from this passion of using tools to help artists grow and evolve. His creations have allowed me to create art in ways I never would have imagined possible before their release. A great tool doesn't do the work for you, but is an extension of you. It relies on what you already know, but then takes you to places you don't know. Ultimately, the user is responsible for that final push toward a complete and finalized piece of art. Art born from the intimate relationship between an artist and their tools.”
— Matthew Dear, Ghostly International

“Just had a play, mainly with Data MIDI and Data Mod. Overall it's great and I would definitely recommend it. The text to sound function is good for coming up with interesting, rhythmic-sounding patterns. The video to sound function I love. Using Data Mod you can map the brightness of the video to any parameter you want - up to eight parameters in total. I used my laptop camera as an input and had a lot of fun covering and uncovering the lens with a book to make sounds that were higher or lower, darker or brighter. You can use the image to sound function to scroll up/down or left/right over an image and sonify it ... for small datasets, it's a gamechanger — it's very powerful and makes it very quick and easy to get incredible sounds with no code.” — Miriam Quick, Loud Numbers
Not sure what data to use? Sites like Our World In Data are a great place to start. You can also type in personally meaningful numbers — or an arbitrary string of data can also be randomized from scratch within each device to easily generate infinite sequences, patterns, and tones. A groundbreaking set of tools for artists and producers, our Sonification Tools allow you to embed real-world phenomena into your creative process — and express those phenomena as uniquely as you wish, giving them a voice through your music, and inspiring newly meaningful approaches in the process.

CLICK HERE TO LEARN HOW ARTISTS USED SONIFICATION TOOLS AT SÓNAR 2024


Info View Annotated
Learn all you need to know directly in Live - just open the Info View and hover your mouse over any parameter.
Scale Aware
Natively integrated with Live 12's scale and key for seamless workflow.
Theme Adaptive
Device colors automatically adapt to your preferred Live theme.
Optimized for Push
All parameters ready and available in Push.

Requires: Ableton Live 12.1.5 running Max for Live 9.1.0 or above on Mac or PC; Windows machines may require the free VIDDLL Max package for image and video modes.

Includes: Data FX, Data MIDI, Data Mod, and Data Synth Max for Live devices, Dataforge, Photomat, and Typewriter Max for Live MIDI Tool Generators, Utility Boost, manual.

    Supported image formats: BMP, JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF
    Supported video formats: MP4, MOV