The Sound-O-Matic system was originally developed for use in the Greenhouses at the Botanical Garden in Aarhus, where more than 100 loudspeakers are placed in the beds and plants – adding to the authenticity of the experience. The sounds are played in real time, so the experience varies. A flock of birds are put to flight with wings beating through the tropical rainforest. The direction in which they fly varies based on random algorithms in the Sound-O-Matic system, so the flock never sounds exactly the same as last time and never takes the same route through the rainforest.
An example of the constantly changing soundscape of the Greenhouses -
An example of the visual and auditive experience from a walk through the Greenhouses -