Comments on: but what does it SOUND like? http://www.pillowsopher.com/blog/?p=116 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:07:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: drbcladd http://www.pillowsopher.com/blog/?p=116&cpage=1#comment-11978 drbcladd Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:32:16 +0000 http://www.pillowsopher.com/blog/?p=116#comment-11978 I remember a piece of music, way back in the day (say c1982) that was three solutions to the Towers of Hanoi running at different speeds. Different aspects of the model space were mapped onto pitch, timbre, attack, and decay values which drove a synthesizer. I suppose if I weren't so old and lazy I could go and try to find it on the Web...but I am old and lazy. I remember a piece of music, way back in the day (say c1982) that was three solutions to the Towers of Hanoi running at different speeds. Different aspects of the model space were mapped onto pitch, timbre, attack, and decay values which drove a synthesizer. I suppose if I weren’t so old and lazy I could go and try to find it on the Web…but I am old and lazy.

]]> By: What does a sorting algorithm SOUND like? « adafruit industries blog http://www.pillowsopher.com/blog/?p=116&cpage=1#comment-11964 What does a sorting algorithm SOUND like? « adafruit industries blog Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:20:13 +0000 http://www.pillowsopher.com/blog/?p=116#comment-11964 [...] Chuck writes - A while back I saw a post about visualizing sorting algorithms. But what do they sound like? I put together a quick Chuck script that does a bubble sort of a list of integers. Each time it compares two values it first converts the values from a MIDI note value to a frequency and then plays two tones with those frequencies. [...] [...] Chuck writes - A while back I saw a post about visualizing sorting algorithms. But what do they sound like? I put together a quick Chuck script that does a bubble sort of a list of integers. Each time it compares two values it first converts the values from a MIDI note value to a frequency and then plays two tones with those frequencies. [...]

]]> By: cod3fr3ak http://www.pillowsopher.com/blog/?p=116&cpage=1#comment-11945 cod3fr3ak Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:01:26 +0000 http://www.pillowsopher.com/blog/?p=116#comment-11945 Very, very cool man! Very, very cool man!

]]> By: Silveira Neto http://www.pillowsopher.com/blog/?p=116&cpage=1#comment-11939 Silveira Neto Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:45:37 +0000 http://www.pillowsopher.com/blog/?p=116#comment-11939 Amazing. Would be cool show also the sound of others sort algorithms. Amazing. Would be cool show also the sound of others sort algorithms.

]]> By: Arne D H http://www.pillowsopher.com/blog/?p=116&cpage=1#comment-11907 Arne D H Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:50:51 +0000 http://www.pillowsopher.com/blog/?p=116#comment-11907 You could also sort n random values, making each iteration conform to one waveform (each number is one sample). For each iteration, write all the numbers to a byte stream. Then prefix the appropriate .wav or other fileheader. The sorting process would go from white noise to a clear sawtooth shape, with intermediate stages exhibiting different kinds of overtones, indicating whether the ordering is currently mostly local or global. You could also sort n random values, making each iteration conform to one waveform (each number is one sample).

For each iteration, write all the numbers to a byte stream. Then prefix the appropriate .wav or other fileheader.

The sorting process would go from white noise to a clear sawtooth shape, with intermediate stages exhibiting different kinds of overtones, indicating whether the ordering is currently mostly local or global.

]]> By: Joe http://www.pillowsopher.com/blog/?p=116&cpage=1#comment-11892 Joe Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:30:15 +0000 http://www.pillowsopher.com/blog/?p=116#comment-11892 I love this idea. Great, great. Thanks! I love this idea. Great, great. Thanks!

]]> By: Burton MacKenZie http://www.pillowsopher.com/blog/?p=116&cpage=1#comment-11890 Burton MacKenZie Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:00:36 +0000 http://www.pillowsopher.com/blog/?p=116#comment-11890 I happened to listen to that while also watching a time-scrolling audio spectrum. You can see the sort! I happened to listen to that while also watching a time-scrolling audio spectrum. You can see the sort!

]]> By: Joshn http://www.pillowsopher.com/blog/?p=116&cpage=1#comment-11889 Joshn Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:51:34 +0000 http://www.pillowsopher.com/blog/?p=116#comment-11889 for some reason I now have 8 bit zelda theme in my head! for some reason I now have 8 bit zelda theme in my head!

]]> By: Jim Bumgardner http://www.pillowsopher.com/blog/?p=116&cpage=1#comment-11883 Jim Bumgardner Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:00:07 +0000 http://www.pillowsopher.com/blog/?p=116#comment-11883 I did the same kind of thing with a Minimax search, so you can hear what a computer chess engine is "thinking". http://www.krazydad.com/blog/2009/05/21/musical-chess/ I did the same kind of thing with a Minimax search, so you can hear what a computer chess engine is “thinking”.

http://www.krazydad.com/blog/2009/05/21/musical-chess/

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