It is necessary to know that the plant retransmits what it perceives of its environment, thus multiple factors can “prevent” the plant from emitting vibrations, like for example:

– the leaf is too dry. Moisten its surface.

– a lack of water in the ground or city water that is too chlorinated.

– a pot that does not allow its roots to breathe.

– a forced culture or with chemical fertilizer.

– stress from you or the plant.

– Too much movement in the room. A quiet place is better.

etc…

Choose a thin leaf or a soft petal, taking care that the thread does not pull on the branch by the weight.

NB: Plants with thick cuticles (shiny surface on the leaf as in camellias for example) can be listened only in bloom, by placing the sensor on a petal. Hard leaf prevents the transmission of electrical signals.

Yes, you can record the sounds with an audio recording application on your smartphone (Dictaphone for example). Then you can share it like any other media.

You will need the “Smartphone cable” sold on the site. Note that this cable will also allow you to send the sound to the computer through the online application https://voice-recorder-online.com

https://www.musicoftheplants.com/shop-online/jack-cable-for-smartphone/

The Music of the Plants device is a biofeedback. We could say that it is near to a measurement machine that measures the electrical impulse between 2 electrodes. We have seen that in some circumstances such as a high humidity environment (like tropical areas or summer season) there could be the transmission of very low voltage current between the 2 electrodes due to the fact that humidity is a good conducting medium.

Of course! Please send us your tracks and we can sell in our shop or share in our social networks.

You can use any MIDI 5pin cable to connect to a MIDI interface.

If you want to use MIDI signal to compose music with your favorite professional music software, Bamboo M has 2 different approaches.

Connect Bamboo to computer (PC or MAC)

If you would like to supply the MIDI signal directly to computer, use a normal USB cable (already included in the box).

• Plug micro-USB cable into Bamboo “USB port”
• In menu go to SETTINGS – OUTPUT MODE and select “MIDI-USB -> PC”

Connect Bamboo to MIDI interface (5 pins/DIN plug)

If you would like to supply the MIDI signal directly to an external MIDI interface like a synthesizer or mixer, use the special MIDI-Jack cable (jack 3,5 – 5pins/DIN plug).

• Plug MIDI-Jack cable into Bamboo “Audio OUT” jack socket
• In menu go to SETTINGS – OUTPUT MODE and select “MIDI-Jack>Synth”

The special MIDI-Jack-cable can be purchased at our online store.

Of course! You can listen by yourself a small selection of all the music albums already produced with our devices into the music and book section of the shop.

Also you can hear some music experiences on our YouTube channel by clicking here.

You can use the most common music software like:

• FL Studio
• Garage Band
• Ableton Live
• Logic Pro
• Cubase
• Pro Tools
• Reaper
• …and many others

Yes Bamboo and U1 have a MIDI output that can be connected to an interface or to your computer (MAC or Windows).

The supported cards are ONLY the “normal” micro SDHC cards from 4GB to 32 GB. SDHC UHS-1 card usually referred to as “ULTRA” are also NOT supported.

For the correct card please see our SD card available in our shop.

The music recorded on the Bamboo SD card is a specific and original file property of Music of the Plants. The music can be listened to only with the Bamboo or with the Bamboo Control Software.

It is a .txt file and NOT a music file as .mp3, .WAV or other format. So it cannot be read with computer, phones or other supports.

You have different options to record the music.

1. Connect the jack smartphone cable  to record the music in your mobile or computer, using any recording APP or software.
2. Use the SDHC card
3. Use the MIDI output and connect your computer via USB cable.

* MIDI output channel for both U1 and Bamboo, the MIDI output is on channel 0.

This is an easy process.

Just press “up arrow” to go to “setting menu”, press “right arrow” to enter, then press “right arrow” or “left arrow” to find your language.

We have the following languages available:

• English
• German
• Italian
• Spanish
• French
• Russian
• Chinese
• Japanese

The contact between the leaf and the clip needs to be good enough to establish electrical conductivity between the two elements. Water is a very good conductor and can improve the contact. If “bad contact” appears on the device, make sure that the leaf is sufficiently moistened. You can use our gel available in our online shop.

When you put in contact two different elements a third layer is created in between the two made of dust, dead cells, microbubbles of air, pores. To have an excellent connecting interface you can use water that can adjust the different irregularities and increase conductivity.

After connecting the sensors, the Bamboo should indicate “await signal” because it’s exploring the range of all possible resistances. When the device finds the exact working point, where the plant is reacting, it starts playing with the message “music playing”.
When the message “no signal” appears, it means that the electrical signal is not strong enough to be detected. At this point you need to moisten the leaf again or you could try to unplug and plug the sensor so that the device can scan the resistance range again.

Also we suggest watching the very intuitive tutorial for images that you find on the homepage.

One sensor needs to be gently clipped on the leaf and one sensor needs to be inserted in the soil.
Remember always to moisten the leaf with some water or our specific gel before clipping the leaf. Water increases the electrical conductivity thus increases the precision of the signal.
If the device stops playing make sure that the contact with the leaf or the soil is moistened enough.
Also we suggest watching the tutorial video  “How to use Bamboo M  with Zigola Pioppo clicking here.

We suggest watching the tutorial video “How to use Bamboo M with Zigola Pioppo by clicking here.
For an in-depth explanation of the use of Bamboo please see the Quick Guide Manual inside the Bamboo box or download it in our Resources section (available soon).