Communion with Home Jungle

When Plants Sing Back: The Birth of a Communicative Indoor Nature

Visual Overview of the Setup :

Test and Setup Explanation:

Note: technical walkthrough in the youtube description of the video - click youtube to read it there.

Excerpt:

What if your plants could talk to you—not with leaves or flowers, but through sound?

At the Ajinomatrix BioSphere Home Design Studio (AJXBSHDS), we’ve connected the dots between bioelectric plant data, ambient music production, and MIDI-compatible creative tools. Using PlantWave and our vintage Yamaha SU-10 sampler, we route raw nature feedback into evolving, soulful ambient loops.

It’s not just science—it's communion. Imagine entering your home and being greeted by a melody shaped by your Monstera’s hydration level or your basil’s photosynthesis rhythm. We're now developing AI-driven MIDI modulation layers, tuning the “voice of nature” based on light, CO₂, humidity, and even time of day.

Next steps: multisensory broadcast to smart homes, and a series of artistic collaborations and demos.

Stay tuned—your plants may be humming you a lullaby tonight. 🌱🎧

UPDATE: 28-10-25

We have succeeded midi connextion with GarageBand - we have now a MIDI notes feed operational! See here:

Note: technical walkthrough in the youtube description of the video - click youtube to read it there.

To Summarize

- The first video shows the setup: we measure the waves emitted by the plant 🌱 above the aquarium (this aquarium with a plant on top is called a paludarium).

- The second video shows how we were able to recover the signal via the PW app on the Yamaha Bluetooth amplifier (and then reroute it to GarageBand) music app/DAW on the MacBook 💻

- ⁠Finally, the last video looks similar, but the connections and signal are digital rather than analog/hi-fi as beforehand, because we capture the MIDI signal (i.e., keyboard language) through a Roland MIDI-to-USB adapter and then transform it with the sound design we want. At this point, it's a free choice and no longer determined by the app - Cool, right?

- ⁠It also means that if you want to modify either the MIDI signal or the sound design to suit your mood, for example, well, you can. - Like, if you're in a metal mood 🤘, you can make a metal riff from the signal. - Or if you want to relax with more stellar music, it will choose that, based on your desires. That's what we're studying!

With Vegan dedication,

The Ajinomatrix Home Design Studio R&D Lab rats ^^