Geoffrey Taucer Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 http://www.coverpop.com/whitney/ Do you like music? Do you like art? Do you like math? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you absolutely must click that link. If you did not answer yes to any of those questions, you probably lead a sad, empty, miserable life, and you have my pity. But click the link anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 What if you say no to music and art but say yes to math? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Taucer Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 What if you say no to music and art but say yes to math? THen click it. In fact, I'd say it appeals to the mathmatically inclined even more than to the musically and artistically inclined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Then you are totally spending your time on the wrong forums. Anyway, too bad the sample quality is so bad, and that the notes are so dissonant. Other than that, wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Then you are totally spending your time on the wrong forums. True, I wasn't saying that was my answers to the questions, but I meant in reference to the sad life part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 A happy life without music? Seriously... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 A happy life with math? Seriously... Fixed 10 char limit sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labnumbersix Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 It's like Rez and acid are tag-teaming your body inside of a rainbow made by Satan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 I'm not a math person (or a music person), but I do like how the line of dots becomes a swirl, and then goes through 3, 4 5, and 6 point stars, and back again as they go around. Geometry... whoa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Pretty awesome stuff right dar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Really interesting concept...and fun to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antipode Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Heh, kind of like a whole bunch of orbiting planets. Awesome find, thanks for linking. I love the sound. EDIT: Daaaamn, listen to Vars. 14 and 18 with headphones. That's amazing. I'd love to have a high-quality and fullscreen standalone version of this just to have on my computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Taucer Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 I'm not a math person (or a music person), but I do like how the line of dots becomes a swirl, and then goes through 3, 4 5, and 6 point stars, and back again as they go around.Geometry... whoa. When the farthest-out dot has travelled 1/5 the way around, there will be a very clear 5-sided star. When it's gone 1/4 the way around, there will be a four-sided star. When it's gone 1/3 of the circle, there's a 3-sided star. And so on. I could spend hours delving into the patterns in this thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiroiKiri Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 (is hypnotized by the lights and sounds...) this is pretty interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siven7 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 it's mesmerizing... I love when it "ends" and then all of the dots come back in a big "wham!" (minus the george michael, and the other guy... the one who isn't george michael). mesmerizing... so mesmerizing that I must quote the prophet, Will Farrell: "That show was delightful... no, no, it was brilliant... no, no , no... there is not word to describe it's perfection, so I'm forced to make one up. And I'm going to do so right now... scrumtralescent." yep, I think that that sums it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumUltimA Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 wowowow this is a+ i wish composers at peabody came up with shit like this.. the flurry of fourths and diminished chords... and then the block chords.... this is amazing. i gotta show this to my teacher. i'm going crazy over this shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 old but still fun to watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumUltimA Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 oldbut still fun to watch sigh... --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BardicKnowledge Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 This was great -- especially #18, which I will use the next time someone asks me how to hear harmonics. Great stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Zero Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 The original in itself is pretty amazing. The fact there are a bunch of variations just make it incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Author Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 A happy life with math? Seriously... Fixed I am sorry, but somehow I see your relation to math to be similar to that fake educational video from the Simpsons' relating to zinc. I can totally picture you in your bed having a nightmare and yelling: "Math, come back math... I NEED YOU!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 This is interesting. Kind of reminds me of Electroplancton, only without the sea theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Less Ashamed Of Self Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 20 was my favourite, bell carol. A mathematical understanding of music is probably the most powerful tool in creating the most beautiful patterns within it. Autechre and Boards of Canada, and some similar mathematically conscious artists make some amazing stuff just by better understanding how synthesized sounds work. If there was a course in musical mathematics readily at my disposal I would take it in a heartbeat. Similarly, one of my previously favoured musical programs, Audiomulch, had this really cool demo file called the Perfect Fifth Drone. I won't pretend to understand how it works, I just know it fucking floored me when I first heard it. Still does every time. It's something ridiculously simple too, like some sine wave tones just phasing around with a perfect fifth interval with a touch of delay. I saved the file. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Zero Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 I personally found the radar one to be the most intriguing. Closely followed by stereo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan The Politician Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 This sort of stuff creeps me out. It was novel at first, but when you start allowing yourself to completely listen to a piece, you lose yourself to something that you don't quite enjoy, but find irresistable, nonetheless. I suppose you can chalk it up to sheer technical beauty, but with no emotions or thoughts attached to it. I had to snap myself out of what felt like an odd sense of exasperation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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