September 11, 2005
Walflram Tones: an experiment in a new kind of music
A well known scientist, Stephan Wolfram published "A New Kind of Science" in 2002, hailed as a major intellectual landmark. Which right there makes it way over my head, but I'm sharing it with you anyway.
At the core of his work is the idea of exploring a "computational universe" of simple programs, and one application is with music.
In his own words:
WolframTones works by taking simple programs from Wolfram's computational universe, and using music theory and Mathematica algorithms to render them as music. Each program in effect defines a virtual world, with its own special story--and WolframTones captures it as a musical composition.
It's all original music--fresh from "mining" Wolfram's computational universe. Sometimes it's reminiscent of familiar musical styles; sometimes it's like nothing ever heard before. But from just the tiniest corner of the computational universe WolframTones can make everyone on Earth their own unique cellphone ringtone."
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