whump.com | More Like This WebLog

I’ve been playing with WolframTones tonight, after finding out about them from Kathryn Cramer.

These are little musical compositions created by running a one-dimensional cellular automata, then taking a slice, rotating the slice, and mapping a musical scale to the result.

You tweak the result by playing with the generator’s initial conditions, changing the instruments, tempo, and musical scale.

Save your experiments in in a menagerie, and for $2, you can send one to your phone to use as a ring tone.

Some examples:

• Lush and swoopy
• A ringtone
• Bright, busy electronica

Possibly Related posts (machine generated):

1. Modding your VX 4400, or, we want Kare Kano ringtones!
2. Crossing
3. The Venusians
4. TMDR Rides Again
5. Le Guin: The Musical