mathemusica
eccentric mathematical genius(?) and egotistical quasi-crackpot stephen wolfram has unleashed wolfram tones, an online applet for instantly generating unique musical compositions in 15 different styles (eg classical, country, dance, r&b...) apparently based on ideas discussed in his book a new kind of science. when i first read about this on slashdot, i was quite excited and already wondering what title i might give to my first 12".
what a gyp! the music generated by this program is the crappiest randomly generated midi(?) music i've ever heard. seriously, this shit would have been unimpressive in the 1980's. my cat (rip) consistently 'generated' better music by walking across my 61-key casio back in the day.
if this is an audio representation of the science contained in that behemoth of a book, it's no wonder the rest of the scientific community has been so slow to follow up on it.
on a more positive note, the 'compositions' generated in the country style are genuinely hysterical.
what a gyp! the music generated by this program is the crappiest randomly generated midi(?) music i've ever heard. seriously, this shit would have been unimpressive in the 1980's. my cat (rip) consistently 'generated' better music by walking across my 61-key casio back in the day.
if this is an audio representation of the science contained in that behemoth of a book, it's no wonder the rest of the scientific community has been so slow to follow up on it.
on a more positive note, the 'compositions' generated in the country style are genuinely hysterical.
COMMENTS:
said: I'm currently working on an online music applet based on Owen's cat (rip).
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said: i like it. did you play with the pitch mapping? i had no idea that many named scales existed. i think i know where my phone's new ringtone is gonna come from. though it's not nearly as badass as the way andy moorer generated the "thx sound".
said: henceforth, i resolve that the only music to which i listen will be composed in eskimo tetratonic.
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said: i immediately thought of that when i saw the wolfram thing. the kittens are my fovorite form of musical composition ever. i don't know if the site is still up, but i saved a copy of the flash file to my computer, i'll see if i can dig it up.
said: no need.
said: how did you save the flash file?
said: looked at the page source, found where the swf file was on their server, conjured up a link to it, and right clicked it.
said: oh, that's a handy link
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