Instrument 02 / International Morse
Morse time
Ready. Nothing plays until you press transmit.
0-----
1.----
2..---
3...--
4....-
5.....
6-....
7--...
8---..
9----.
A dot lasts one beat; a dash lasts three. Digits are separated by a longer silence. The colon is omitted from the transmission.
Why this clock exists
On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse sent the first official telegraph message from Washington to Baltimore as marks carried over a wire. Here, six digits become another short transmission, visible until you choose to hear or feel it. The clock asks how a moment changes when it must travel: punctuation disappears, intervals acquire meaning, and silence becomes part of the message.
Library of Congress on Morse's first message