Re: [microsound] image to sound conversion software

[derek holzer <derek@xxxxxxx>]

I think any discussion of "transcoding" image (or other data) into sound 
has to take into account that such mapping is purely subjective. The 
artistry is in finding meaningful transpositions from one medium to 
another. Using "raw" data as sample values is certainly one way, and 
using an image as spectrographic values for resynthesis is certainly 
another. There are certainly enough softwares out there that do either 
trick, and those sounds are familiar to us from the many many artists 
who have used those softs already (to death in some cases). Dig a little 
deeper and decide for yourself the relationship of pixel to sample 
instead of relying on other people's ready-mades and you might be on to 
something new.

Anyway, I'll be giving a workshop with Sara Kolster on PD and GEM in 
Bergen Norway next month, and one facet of that workshop is the 
relationship of (moving) image to sound. Emphasis will be placed on 
direct connections between sound and image through three different 
methods: influence of sound on image, influence of image on sound and 
the use of common "control data" for both image and sound. Full text has 
been posted on the Microsound-announce list:

http://or8.net/pipermail/microsound-announce/2005-April/000080.html

derek

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