More sonification links

Here are some links to projects we looked at today - in particular I think the Skype article has some interesting insights that we didn't get to. And Luke duBois's work is almost always worth spending time with.

• Boston Globe article on Luke duBois's recent work; and his website
• verge.com article on Skype's sound design
• New York Times, "A Conversation with Whales"; interesting thoughts on interspecies communication
• Philosopher Daniel Dennet's brainwaves sonified, ala Brian Eno
• An in-depth feature on musicologist and acoustician Stephen McAdams on musical timbre - really interesting!
• A bunch of sounds from Nasa

April 22 meetings

We have two classes left: for next week, April 22, I'd like to get through as much of the Sonification Handbook as we can - again, focusing on the audio links. We'll meet as a group until 12:30; then I'd like to have 15-minute meetings with these people:

12:45 Will

1:00 Dakota

1:15 Elisa

1:30 Ralph

1:45 Mike

Then on April 29, we'll have our final group meeting, again ending around 12:30; then we'll have the following individual meetings:

12:45 Qi

1:00 Matt

1:15 Tori

1:30 Guillermo

1:45 John

And as we discussed, we'll have a final presentation/performance on Monday, May 9, to coincide with the transit of Mercury (there are about 13 transits of Mercury every century, so if we miss this one it's not the end of the world, but still). For Central Standard Time, this year's transit starts at 6:12 am, and ends at 1:42 pm; the greatest transit (Mercury right in the middle of the Sun) is at 9:57 am.

So maybe, if we start our event at 11 am, just like our regular seminar, that would work! Is everyone free from 11 am - 1 pm on Monday, May 9? Let me know - thanks!

Christopher Macklin's sonification links

Thanks to Professor Macklin for coming in and sharing his expertise and research! Here are some links to things he was talking about:

- ICAD 2004 dataset and description of channels: http://www.icad.org/websiteV2.0/Conferences/ICAD2004/concert_call.htm

- ICAD 2004 concert with links to sonifications and write-ups describing methods: http://www.icad.org/websiteV2.0/Conferences/ICAD2004/concert.htm

- Example of an audio game, or a "video game without video": https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-nightjar/id431598741?mt=8

Sonification plans

This Friday, I'd like us to discuss specific sonification strategies for our final projects, and how we can use the readings and other projects we've looked at to get ideas. Specifically I'm interested in some aspects of semiotics which I don't think we've discussed yet: icons, indices, and symbols. If you haven't encountered this before, a good starting point is wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiotic_elements_and_classes_of_signs

I'd also like to continue diving into the Sonification Handbook - we can check out the first several chapters together, focusing on the sound examples. My dream is to get through the first four or five chapters - we'll see how we do!