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Sound is vibration moving through air, water, and the human body. When a gong, bowl, or instrument vibrates, it produces frequencies the nervous system can feel, decode, and respond to.
This interaction shapes directly the physiological and emotional state — influencing respiration, tension, brainwaves, and subtle energetic patterns.
Live acoustic instruments radiate sound from large, freely vibrating surfaces. Multiple frequencies arise simultaneously, interact with one another, and unfold dynamically in space. The sound field is shaped moment by moment by the instrument, the room, and the presence of the listener.
Digital recordings can capture the sound of these instruments.
However, typical playback systems reproduce it through relatively small, fixed sound sources. While effective for listening, they often lack the full spatial complexity, physical coupling and real-time variability of a live acoustic sound field.
An effect that lies outside the possibilities of digital or electronic music.
Digital sound is built from mathematically perfect waveforms that are:
repetitive
limited in complexity
two-dimensional (speaker-based)
not physically modulating the space
A gong, by contrast, generates a real-time acoustic pressure environment that physically engages both space and body — creating conditions that arise through direct physical interaction with live vibration.
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