The world, scored in real time

Hear the shape
of the news.

Recent global headlines become harmony, rhythm, and melody. Every story leaves a deterministic musical fingerprint.

Work in progressLive-data reliability and musical mappings are still being refined.

Standing by

Tuning in to the GDELT news stream… The interactive preview remains available while the live signal connects.

Illustrative stories demonstrate the complete interpretation system.

Signal path

How the news becomes music

Preview data · live feed loading

Evidence from the current batch is normalized into four signals, then translated into audible constraints.

Harmonydorian

Pulse72 BPM

Register24 semitones

Touch68%

01 · LanguageHeadline sentiment

Average local-lexicon score across 6 headlines.

Valence 0.10

MinorDorianMajor

−1 negative0 mixed+1 positive

Becomesdorian

Thresholds at −0.10 and +0.10 select the scale.

02 · Volume6 recent stories

Current proxy: batch size compared with a 32-story reference.

Activity 19%

QuietBusy

Becomes72 BPM

Every story plays a primary note · 19% harmony chance · tempo = 58 + activity × 72.

03 · Breadth6 sources · 6 countries

Publisher variety within the current headline batch.

Diversity 100%

FocusedVaried

Becomes24 semitones

Pitch range = 7 + diversity × 17.

04 · EmotionSentiment magnitude

Strength of language, independent of positive or negative direction.

Intensity 66%GentleForceful

BecomesVelocity 0.68

Stronger attacks and more emphatic articulation.

Waiting for playback

Press Play to follow each headline through the interpretation system.

Input signal

6 stories