Comments on: Musicifying Data? Spam Rendered in MIDI http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/05/30/musicifying-data-spam-rendered-in-midi/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:48:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Samuel Van Ransbeeck http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/05/30/musicifying-data-spam-rendered-in-midi/#comment-492422 Samuel Van Ransbeeck Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:59:10 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=3526#comment-492422 Last semester I wrote a software program that translates stock exchange values into music in realtime and improvises on it. For who is interested in it, here you can get it http://www.filemojo.com/018385241811973/Stockwatch.zip http://www.filemojo.com/022716332178181/Stockwatch.zip (the second one has examples in mp3 instead of aif files) cheers Samuel Last semester I wrote a software program that translates stock exchange values into music in realtime and improvises on it. For who is interested in it, here you can get it
http://www.filemojo.com/018385241811973/Stockwatch.zip
http://www.filemojo.com/022716332178181/Stockwatch.zip
(the second one has examples in mp3 instead of aif files)
cheers
Samuel

]]> By: richard http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/05/30/musicifying-data-spam-rendered-in-midi/#comment-490715 richard Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:29:06 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=3526#comment-490715 If you used the FBI keylogger machine "Carnivore" like another processing project, you could get something more dynamic. I for one would like to hear a literal translation of spam with vocal samples of porn, watches, viagra, lonely hart's, singing out to me in a beautiful spam opera. If you used the FBI keylogger machine “Carnivore” like another processing project, you could get something more dynamic. I for one would like to hear a literal translation of spam with vocal samples of porn, watches, viagra, lonely hart’s, singing out to me in a beautiful spam opera.

]]> By: AtomoSynth Abyssal, free Mellotron samples, Den-kuri Master(den-kuri ver2), and Musicifying Data? Spam Rendered in MIDI http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/05/30/musicifying-data-spam-rendered-in-midi/#comment-490346 AtomoSynth Abyssal, free Mellotron samples, Den-kuri Master(den-kuri ver2), and Musicifying Data? Spam Rendered in MIDI Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:25:53 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=3526#comment-490346 [...] Musicifying Data? Spam Rendered in MIDI - Peter Kirn wrote a simple program that checks his Gmail account using IMAP, then translates the [...] [...] Musicifying Data? Spam Rendered in MIDI - Peter Kirn wrote a simple program that checks his Gmail account using IMAP, then translates the [...]

]]> By: » Visualizing Spam http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/05/30/musicifying-data-spam-rendered-in-midi/#comment-490050 » Visualizing Spam Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:25:13 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=3526#comment-490050 [...] schöne Spam Pflanzen und Gebäude von Alex Dragulescu bis hin zu Verrückten Typen die ihren Junk email ordner mit ableton live synchronisieren und sich alles nett als mididaten ausgeben lassen. das klingt nach [...] [...] schöne Spam Pflanzen und Gebäude von Alex Dragulescu bis hin zu Verrückten Typen die ihren Junk email ordner mit ableton live synchronisieren und sich alles nett als mididaten ausgeben lassen. das klingt nach [...]

]]> By: dlab http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/05/30/musicifying-data-spam-rendered-in-midi/#comment-489279 dlab Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:46:24 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=3526#comment-489279 Peter, I want to see more on this in the future. Very amusing :-) Peter, I want to see more on this in the future. Very amusing :-)

]]> By: Peter Kirn http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/05/30/musicifying-data-spam-rendered-in-midi/#comment-488842 Peter Kirn Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:12:50 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=3526#comment-488842 It's not the whole story, no. :) The easy part is mapping the timestamps, so that the duration of the piece is mapped to spam arrival times. Beyond that, I think this gets more into the area of the art of it than anything meaningful, but I did toy with look at the length of the messages themselves. Here, because spams did tend to overlap, I mapped pitch as a simple algorithm that would randomly generate some variety while avoiding two notes hitting at the same time and flanging. But I could do something fancier in the future. So you're absolutely right, though I haven't done the *most* interesting thing with this just yet! It’s not the whole story, no. :)

The easy part is mapping the timestamps, so that the duration of the piece is mapped to spam arrival times. Beyond that, I think this gets more into the area of the art of it than anything meaningful, but I did toy with look at the length of the messages themselves. Here, because spams did tend to overlap, I mapped pitch as a simple algorithm that would randomly generate some variety while avoiding two notes hitting at the same time and flanging. But I could do something fancier in the future.

So you’re absolutely right, though I haven’t done the *most* interesting thing with this just yet!

]]> By: Jere Käpyaho http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/05/30/musicifying-data-spam-rendered-in-midi/#comment-488650 Jere Käpyaho Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:29:14 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=3526#comment-488650 The most interesting part is how you map the spam (or any other data) to the MIDI notes. Could you elaborate on the rules that govern the pitch and duration of the notes? By varying those, you can create completely different music from the same data. The mechanism itself is almost trivial in comparison. You mentioned something about the receive times of the messages in the video, but that is not the whole story, is it? The most interesting part is how you map the spam (or any other data) to the MIDI notes. Could you elaborate on the rules that govern the pitch and duration of the notes? By varying those, you can create completely different music from the same data. The mechanism itself is almost trivial in comparison. You mentioned something about the receive times of the messages in the video, but that is not the whole story, is it?

]]> By: Ido Schacham http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/05/30/musicifying-data-spam-rendered-in-midi/#comment-488035 Ido Schacham Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:58:25 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=3526#comment-488035 Super cool! Sounds like some neat music is coming out of there. Very John Cage with those long pauses. Super cool! Sounds like some neat music is coming out of there. Very John Cage with those long pauses.

]]> By: gbsr http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/05/30/musicifying-data-spam-rendered-in-midi/#comment-487765 gbsr Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:55:48 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=3526#comment-487765 now this would actually be a good reason to get rid of my spamfilter. now this would actually be a good reason to get rid of my spamfilter.

]]> By: Dub http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/05/30/musicifying-data-spam-rendered-in-midi/#comment-486248 Dub Sat, 31 May 2008 00:39:21 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=3526#comment-486248 <b>7oi</b> - Send me your e-mail address, you're welcome to some of mine! Peter, it'd be all about \/1a9ra and Roxel watches - it'd be more like a "Brand" or a "Bland" than a band 7oi - Send me your e-mail address, you’re welcome to some of mine!

Peter, it’d be all about \/1a9ra and Roxel watches - it’d be more like a “Brand” or a “Bland” than a band

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