Music 220A: HW#1 Data Sonification

Audio File:

This file gets very loud and high-pitched, so volume adjustment is advised

Sonification

Data Files:

All data files came from the Time Series Data Library created by Rob Hyndman. The complete series is hosted by Data Market . I shortened "Annual GNP deflator" to span 1909-1970 so that it would better match the other sets.

Annual GNP deflator, U.S., 1889 to 1970
Annual real per capita GNP, U.S., 1909 to 1970
Annual nominal GNP, U.S., 1909 to 1970
Annual real GNP, U.S., 1909 to 1970
U.S. annual coffee consumption. 1910 - 1970
Alcohol demand (log spirits consumption per head), UK, 1870-1938

Information

To create this composition I used six data files. The first section consists of the first three files (in the same order as the above list) played simultaneously. The second section is the solo, which is only the fourth file playing. The final section is the fifth and sixth files playing together. The only chuck files that I used were the data-reader and the player. I used 250 ms as the delay for the all of the files other than the sixth one (alcohol consumption), for which I used only 75 ms (hence the much faster pace). The frequency was the same for the first four files and 75% of that for the fifth. For the sixth file I set the frequency back to the original setting (80 + w*200).