Self-Organized Criticality — Each Topple Plays a Note
Sandpile (click to drop sand)
Topple activity & avalanche sizes
Scale
Base freq (Hz) 220
Drop rate 5
Volume 0.30
Grains: 0 | Topples: 0 | Max avalanche: 0
Each cell topples when height ≥ 4, sending 1 grain to each neighbor.
SOC: system self-tunes to criticality — avalanche sizes follow a power law.
Topples trigger notes: height determines pitch, distance from center = pan.