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Butterfly Dream
22 years ago
22 years ago
The article is out! It isn't Der Spiegel after all (I misunderstood--the guy USED to write for them). Anyway, here is the link:
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/aktuell/sz/getArticleSZ.php?artikel=artikel2095.php
Those of us who are not fluent in German can get by with a Babelfish translation (babelfish.altavista.com).
One thing really pisses me off about this article, and it was not Mr. Breuer's fault. His editor put in that thing about me having a 'brain damage.' Bullshit. My IQ is 156. I do have a learning disability, which Breuer and I discussed at length.
This will make more sense when you read MY article:
http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/joyharwood/botlife.html
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/aktuell/sz/getArticleSZ.php?artikel=artikel2095.php
Those of us who are not fluent in German can get by with a Babelfish translation (babelfish.altavista.com).
One thing really pisses me off about this article, and it was not Mr. Breuer's fault. His editor put in that thing about me having a 'brain damage.' Bullshit. My IQ is 156. I do have a learning disability, which Breuer and I discussed at length.
This will make more sense when you read MY article:
http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/joyharwood/botlife.html
OnyxFlame
22 years ago
22 years ago
I'm not into music theory, but since music is supposedly based on math, all you'd prolly hafta do is make a library of all the formulae it uses. Some humans (I'm not one of them) actually write their songs with a firm view of these formulae in mind anyway, so it shouldn't sound *too* different.
Shadyman
22 years ago
22 years ago
Hmm interesting.. All you'd really have to do are program in the "rules" and let it go... I'm going to try to make one 
Butterfly-- I (had fun trying to) read that article page... Coudn't understand a bloody thing, the grammar was so choppy. Either way.. Brain damage?

Butterfly-- I (had fun trying to) read that article page... Coudn't understand a bloody thing, the grammar was so choppy. Either way.. Brain damage?

The Professor
22 years ago
22 years ago
And what's this about you taking two years to be born?
I bet you could make music out of fractal patterns!
I bet you could make music out of fractal patterns!
Skysaw
22 years ago
22 years ago
Onyx,
It's not too difficult to make a program that spits out music that sounds vaguely like Mozart, for example, but quite a different thing to have one actually *compose* music, as opposed to merely plagerizing music from one style at the microscopic level, and rearranging things until it sounds new.
All the math in the world will get you not far in music theory. I should know, I used to tutor the subject at a conservatory.
It's not too difficult to make a program that spits out music that sounds vaguely like Mozart, for example, but quite a different thing to have one actually *compose* music, as opposed to merely plagerizing music from one style at the microscopic level, and rearranging things until it sounds new.
All the math in the world will get you not far in music theory. I should know, I used to tutor the subject at a conservatory.
Shadyman
22 years ago
22 years ago
Prof-- You can make music out of fractal patterns
Search up Fractal Music Generator
I'm playing with a couple right now



Butterfly Dream
22 years ago
22 years ago
Whatever that was about two years, I'm sure it didn't refer to me. I've only been here at PF since May.
Any German speakers? If not, I will attempt to read this thing to my mom over the phone and see if she can decipher it.
Any German speakers? If not, I will attempt to read this thing to my mom over the phone and see if she can decipher it.
OnyxFlame
22 years ago
22 years ago
Hmmm I got a friend who could translate, unfortunately he's prolly not online.
Bleah just checked, he must be (a) working or (b) sleeping. Or, knowing him, maybe both.
Bleah just checked, he must be (a) working or (b) sleeping. Or, knowing him, maybe both.

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