Project: Variable 4

Translating live weather conditions into musical patterns.

by James Bulley and Daniel Jones

Variable 4 is an 8-speaker outdoor sound installation which translates weather conditions into musical patterns in real time. Using meteorological sensors connected to a custom software environment, the weather acts as conductor, navigating through a map of 24 specifically-written movements.

More information

• Variable 4 website
• Interview on The Creators Project
• Interview on Dazed Digital
• Feature on The Quietus
• Source code: isobar, used to generate and manipulate musical patterns