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The sounds of the internal oscillations of the Sun can be heard here and at "Solar Sounds" . Both are linked from a containing article, "The singing sun".
They are not true natural sounds because they are sped up, filtered, looped and God knows what other nameless DSP alterations were visited upon them. But they more than fit the "natural music" category - definition of which is very liberal on my parts since I consider whale sounds, birdsong, waterfalls, rain thunderclap and surfs (even urban cacophonies) as "natural music".
But I hadnt had a problem adding them to the "natural music" library under its own "astrosounds" and "space sounds" library. (The first track in the space sounds lib was the recording of the Cassini-Huygens mission's Huygens probe parachuting down on the Saturn's satellite Titan.)
Leaving aside for a moment their grand natural splendor, a an amateur synthesizerist, these sounds psyched me the curry out something wicked.
The low numbered and separated modes recording sounds make very interesting clear waveforms in their own right. (example)
Recording where numerous oscillation modes are present (example recording), the sounds as waveforms are literally "out of this world" and a great find for waveform samplers and tinkerers. In addition to a lively TVA and TVP "program", terms come to mind like Rich multilayered textured and (in a timbral/spectral sense) very colorful!
Other celestial objects also have audio signatures / recordings worth hearing (and using) e.g..
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