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pyramind
Cellular Automata and generative music
Feb 11th, 2008, 5:42pm  
Hi,

This is a sample output of something I've been working on lately. A somewhat intelligent cellular automata system that I developed with some atari2600 style sonification.

Poor figure that you see at the beginning triggers a relatively complex cellular life system(which is based on conway's rules but it's not ahistoric and can switch rules on the fly depending on the situation) and I've done some work to sonify the life with atari2600 sounds. I have no control over the system once it is started, and it dies by itself.

Software used:

Processing connected to SuperCollider via osc_p5 library and the great p5_sc library, and I used the Atari2600 UGen by Fredrik Olofsson, all custom software.

It is actually in stereo but Youtube bastardizes the content by converting everything to mono. If anyone is interested in the original, i can send links.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYjevNIJztw
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deathbob
Re: Cellular Automata and generative music
Reply #1 - Feb 11th, 2008, 9:47pm  
Wow, that is amazing.  A synthesis of audio and visual that only a computer could love! Smiley  How much of this is done in processing and how much do you ship out ?  I would be very interested in a stereo version, and also the source code / trying to port as much as possible to one language (processing).
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pelintra
Re: Cellular Automata and generative music
Reply #2 - Feb 14th, 2008, 1:44am  
i really really love that!!!
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NickSonic
Re: Cellular Automata and generative music
Reply #3 - Feb 14th, 2008, 12:03pm  
Oh nice! I did something similar some time ago as part of an audio program based on graphic functions (c++ though, not Processing). You can find more information here:

www.nicolasfournel.com\blip.htm

the cellular automaton function also used Conway in real-time to manipulate whatever samples you had loaded.

Nico
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pabloxid_
Re: Cellular Automata and generative music
Reply #4 - Jan 24th, 2010, 11:31am  
Very cool. Is there any document that explain how you do it?
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Luis Carli
Re: Cellular Automata and generative music
Reply #5 - Jan 24th, 2010, 1:46pm  
Yes, some documentation would be nice!
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