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31 Jan 12 - 04:05 PM (#3299849) Subject: Play Your Favorite Tree Slice From: Charley Noble This experiment could generate a whole new set of "ring tones." The link will take you to a video recording of music generated by the tree rings from a thin section of a tree trunk: click here for music "A tree's year rings are analysed for their strength, thickness and rate of growth. This data serves as basis for a generative process that outputs piano music. It is mapped to a scale which is again defined by the overall appearance of the wood (ranging from dark to light and from strong texture to light texture). The foundation for the music is certainly found in the defined ruleset of programming and hardware setup, but the data acquired from every tree interprets this ruleset very differently." Who needs musicians, when we've got forests? Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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01 Feb 12 - 04:36 AM (#3300120) Subject: RE: Play Your Favorite Tree Slice From: Bert And if a tree slice falls in a forest......... |
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01 Feb 12 - 08:13 AM (#3300211) Subject: RE: Play Your Favorite Tree Slice From: Charley Noble And if there is a bear or Pope there? The sequel to the hit tree slice tune might best be called... ... a chip off the old block! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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01 Feb 12 - 08:22 AM (#3300216) Subject: RE: Play Your Favorite Tree Slice From: Bobert What next??? Your 5 favorite tree tunes... Personally, I waiting for The Trees to go on tour... B;~) |
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01 Feb 12 - 08:32 AM (#3300223) Subject: RE: Play Your Favorite Tree Slice From: Charley Noble Bobert- Not all tree slices resonate beautiful music. Some only bark! I'll leave now! Charley Noble |
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01 Feb 12 - 09:33 AM (#3300254) Subject: RE: Play Your Favorite Tree Slice From: GUEST,leeneia Well, Charley, it's always interesting to see what the technoguys are up to now, but I listened for a while and the music quickly became boring. It doesn't take long to realize that when the dark knot goes under the scope, the piano will produce a deep thud. It takes a mind to create a melody, and I'm old-fashioned enough to need a melody, at least part of the time. |
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01 Feb 12 - 09:34 AM (#3300255) Subject: RE: Play Your Favorite Tree Slice From: harmonic miner The top of my guitar is a tree slice. Does that count? |
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01 Feb 12 - 10:32 AM (#3300276) Subject: RE: Play Your Favorite Tree Slice From: Charley Noble leeneia- I tend to agree with you in terms of the musical score. Minimalist melody doesn't really interest me either. But maybe there's a better tree slice awaitin' in the forest! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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01 Feb 12 - 10:48 AM (#3300283) Subject: RE: Play Your Favorite Tree Slice From: GUEST,Klumper Oh blimey.. more dreadful boring ambient new age piano music for pothead tree huggers and hippy clothes shops. but.." hey man, it's beautiful, the trees are singing to us" psst.. don't tell 'em they had to kill the tree and slice it up to get it to play any music.. oh go on then, tell the dopey new age ****s !!! |
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01 Feb 12 - 11:25 AM (#3300307) Subject: RE: Play Your Favorite Tree Slice From: GUEST,Klumper On further consideration, the musical saw , or better still, the tone of a revved up chainsaw is far more enjoyable. |
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01 Feb 12 - 11:28 AM (#3300308) Subject: RE: Play Your Favorite Tree Slice From: Charley Noble Klumper- Back in the 1980's we had a chant base on Ronald Reagan's environmental remarks: Radiation on the breeze, Blame it on the killer trees! Cheerily, Charley Noble |