sg1q+@andrew.cmu.edu (Simon Peter Gatrall) (07/12/88)
I realize I may be beating a dead horse, and that this discussion probably doesn't belong on this bboard anymore, but... While musical output from computer data may, or may not, be useful for commercial purposes, it has already been used for creative purposes. I don't have the exact references, but at least twenty years ago (+/- 10) people were turning siesmic data into music. All kinds of stuff has been done before. Doug Adams certainly didn't think of it first (I wouldn't even bet that he thought of it independently). -Simon Gatrall sg1q+@andrew.cmu.edu
spf@whuts.UUCP (Steve Frysinger of Blue Feather Farm) (07/12/88)
> In-Reply-To: <12339@mimsy.UUCP> > > I don't have the exact references, but at least twenty years > ago (+/- 10) people were turning siesmic data into music. > -Simon Gatrall sg1q+@andrew.cmu.edu See for example: Speeth, S. D. (1961). Seismometer Sounds. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 33, 909-916. This was for the purposes of data analysis; I fully expect that many others tried it for artistic purposes Steve Frysinger