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For this week's Creative Code Challenge by @sableRalph : Animated Bacteriophages, I decided to do some research on Phages and sonify a probable scenario of where Phages are attacking bacteria (to reflect the animated portion of the Prompt) while a person eating it through SonicPi.
The first task for the WCCC was to figure out more information about Phages, Below is some of the information I gathered and under the "Reading/Reference" Header, you can see where I sourced the information from:
This isn't a new battle stage
Or an update for the Phages
This is a routine location
As embedded in their phases
As bacteria lurks in the Intestines
Who shall win this time?
with their new winning formulation?
IllestPreacha · Phageologies Battlefield In The Guts
While Taking a look at the information, I used the following for the design :
Phages are the Most abundant biological group on Earth - (Łusiak-Szelachowska M et al, 2020)
Phages are located everywhere but the main task is to destroy bacteria as they don't attack human cells.
One of the interesting ecosystems containing Phages is the Human Guts. (Łusiak-Szelachowska M et al, 2020)
In some ecosystems, there is a 10 to 1 ratio of Phages vs Bacteria (Clokie et al, 2011)
Comments in the code explain the Design choices that take in the information above
=begin
The guitar sounds are representing the phages and their quest of vanishing the bacteriums
There will be mutliple thraeds of phages to embody their abundance
Every eight loops, there will be a beep to symbolize a bacteria that was taken out
The bacteria are represnted by synths
=end
x = 0
live_loop :phages_set1 do
=begin
The Amp parameter is also representing the 8to 1 ratio but with a dice randomizer
In one source, they mentioned 70% of marine bacteria contains Phages
This can be seen within the Spread function that uses Euclidean rhyhtms
=end
sample :guit_em9, beat_stretch: 2 , amp: dice(8) if spread(7,10).tick
if x % 8 == 0
with_fx :distortion, distort: 0.9 do
with_fx :echo do
sample :elec_beep, amp: 7
end
end
end
sleep [0.8,1.2,1.6].choose
end
#A Different Strand of Phages
live_loop :phages_set2 do
with_fx :ping_pong do
sample :guit_em9, beat_stretch: 10, amp: dice(8) if spread(5,12).tick
end
puts x
x += 1
if x % 8 == 0
with_fx :echo do
with_fx :echo do
sample :elec_beep, amp: 7, beat_stretch: 2
end
end
end
sleep [0.6,1,2].choose
end
live_loop :bacteria do
with_fx :krush, mix: 0.67 do
use_synth :piano
play_pattern chord(:E3, :m7), sustain: 12, decay: 14
end
sleep [8,12,16].choose
end
live_loop :bacteria2 do
with_fx :ixi_techno, mix: 0.67 do
use_synth :prophet
play_pattern chord(:E3, :m7), sustain: 12, decay: 14
end
sleep [8,12,16].choose
end
with_fx :vowel, voice: dice(3), mix: 0.5 do
with_fx :bitcrusher, mix: 0.9, pre_amp: dice(3) do
with_fx [:whammy,:vowel].choose, mix: rrand(0.1, 0.6) do
# with_fx :echo , mix: 0.4, decay: dice(2) do
live_audio :foo
end
end
end
Clokie MR, Millard AD, Letarov AV, Heaphy S. Phages in nature. Bacteriophage. 2011 Jan;1(1):31-45. doi: 10.4161/bact.1.1.14942. PMID: 21687533; PMCID: PMC3109452. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3109452/)
Kasman LM, Porter LD. Bacteriophages. [Updated 2022 Sep 26]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2023 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK493185/
Łusiak-Szelachowska M, Weber-Dąbrowska B, Żaczek M, Borysowski J, Górski A. The Presence of Bacteriophages in the Human Body: Good, Bad or Neutral? Microorganisms. 2020 Dec 16;8(12):2012. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8122012. PMID: 33339331; PMCID: PMC7767151.(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7767151/)
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/biology-of-viruses/virus-biology/a/bacteriophages