(kingman) family fun with the solar system
my dad (carl) and i did the first bit of actual work on my solar system sonification project today. we spent a few hours looking up data (from my grandma's old dictionary (the old-fashioned way)), fiddling with the numbers, and listening to results manually. then carl wrote a little java program to play the pitches, and we continued the brainstorming to determine which astrophysical parameters might best map to which parameters of sound. it was a good way to spend the afternoon. better than the other alternatives, anyway. at some point i'll write up a little summary of the project and vision so i can link to it. maybe you will have brilliant ideas to contribute.
posted by cherry blossom @ 10:57 PM
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ah yes I had a conversation on the weekend that reminded me that you hadn't emailed me in a while. I was thinking about your sonification project, as I do for an hour each morning, when I was speaking to a guy who builds gold detectors. Apparently really good operators can tell the difference between a five cent piece and a nickel. Not sure if this helps but I thought I'd let you know I was thinking about your project.
pray tell, kind aussie, who are you?
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