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rafe
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posted 14 July 2014 14:09         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/what-do-tree-rings-sound-when-played-record

Fitting for this forum especially considering the theme of KISS being organic sound

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MathisNitschke
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posted 05 August 2014 01:52         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

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photonal
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posted 05 August 2014 12:05         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Today in the Guardian Newspaper is a fantastic article about recovering sound from recording the vibrations of objects with a high-speed video camera.

I couldn't help thinking what would then happen if the high speed cameras mentioned in the article were used to film other objects, like a tree blowing in the wind, and by mapping the tree structure to harmonics, such as the trunk to a fundamental, through to its leaves at the high harmonics - what would ensue?

Would a forest of conifers sing a different melody than a deciduous woodland?

[Read the article here: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/05/mit-crisp-packet-eavesdrop-audio-sound ]

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SSC
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posted 05 August 2014 13:42         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Awesome idea, Photonal. I think you should try it! And then you should come to KISS2014 and teach the rest of us how to do it!

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photonal
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posted 06 August 2014 01:27         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Would love to

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gustl
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posted 06 August 2014 02:31         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'd love to hear about it

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rafe
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posted 06 August 2014 14:01         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Photonol brought up a good point. When I listened to the original project it got me really curious about other mappings with the data input. It seemed like a fun exploration to develop some alternate timbre related control mappings



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