Music 220a - Homework 1: Data Sonification

Chuck Files / Data Files

Generated Wave File

Description

In mapping the data into sound I simply added the data file into the chuck program via the “string to dataDir” function and provided the name of the file with the string dataFile. I used a sine oscillator with a bit of reverb and ran it through the envelope provided to smooth out the sound. I added a pause between two of the sporks as well so that one spork executed for 500 miliseconds, and then the next spork executed on top of it, created the polyphony.

Sources

The source I used for the data was the Annual sheep population (1000s) in England & Wales 1867 to 1939

  • sheep data