Music 120 - Fall 2003
Auditory remapping of bioinformatics: sonification of complex data

Assignment 2A - Getting acquainted with PD

1. Select 2 'copy and pastable' 1-dimensional time based numeric data sets (examples, stock market, meteorological, etc) or a 2-dimensional set that you can segregate into two discrete files.
2. Copy the data into a text file.
3. Import the file into a an array in PD.
4. Retrieve the data one element at a time.
5. Map the data (scaled perhaps) to frequency and amplitude parameters in a pd oscilator.
6. Do the same for the  comparison data set.
7. Create a pd patch that allows you to hear both sets simultaneously.

Datasets presented in class

• TestData.txt
• 1978births-under-15-numeric.txt

Pd patches presented in class

• tutorial_1.pd
• tutorial_2.pd
• array-example.pd
• array-example2.pd

Assignment 2B

1. Select a biological or biomedical data set (or subset) with 2 or more dimensions.
2. Design a method of sonifying the data - if you're daring try to mock it up in pd.
3. Stay tuned for further instructions