[microsound] music from network traffic?

[COSTELLOE Richard <Richard.COSTELLOE@xxxxxxxxx>]

just wondering if anyone has used network traffic, sniffed tcp/ip, 
as a music source. I have traffic from a room full of servers flowing
through my screen and would like to implement this somehow into a 
music project. 

capturing and parsing the traffic is easy, and I've thought about
assigning a different "instrument" for dumps from each server or client,
and allow the aesthetic elements to then be determined by the
variations... 
perhaps the volume of traffic, or even the type (for smtp traffic, use a
certain sound, for dns use something else.) it could be wonderful with
just percussion sounds alone. 

alternatively I thought about tying this into a network monitoring
system, 
so that if all is running well I can tune into a harmonoius phillip
glass- 
sounding broadcast. but if a server is in trouble, the tone changes...
maybe
add some distortion and frantic idm-beats. 

further, it would be an interesting twist to do a live show in some city
just using ambient wireless network traffic as your source... perhaps
with
some visual elements also plucked from the ether. people's passwords
flying
by on some matrix-cy projection. 

has anyone come across a similar project, or could recommend methods for
turning sniffed network streams into 'found' music? perhaps even some
linux/windows audio applications that allow you to implement raw data
for
sequences or triggers of some sort... 

best, 

richard 




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