Goiter Sanchez Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 In the following linked video... http://www.crackajac...rom-tree-rings/ "A record player that plays slices of wood. Year ring data is translated into music" Looks like a laser-turntable reads the rings and sends requisite data to software where the collected parameters of the tree-rings are converted into a piano composition. I would like to hear this done with more objects! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patternoverlap Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 trees make nice music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising for burgers Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 anyone care to elaborate?? i thought we were going to listen to the actuall ribs in the wood slices (disc) but instead it sounds consonant. there must be something programed to do that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 Yeah, I wish they had made more of an attempt to describe the technology involved and how it was utilized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinski Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 willows are the new erik satie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising for burgers Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 A tree’s year rings are analysed for their strength, thickness and rate of growth. This data serves as basis for a generative process that outputs piano music based on the year ring data. Those are analyzed for their thickness and growth rate and are then mapped to a scale which is again defined by the overall appeareance of the wood (ranging from dark to light and from strong texture to light texture). The foundation for the music is certainly found in the defined ruleset of programming and hardware setup, but the data acquired from every tree interprets this ruleset very differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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