Sonified particle physics

Dave — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:38:58 +0000

LHCSound is a site where you can listen to sonified data from the Large Hadron Collider. Some thoughts:

That’s one untidy heap of a website. Is this how it feels to be inside the mind of a brilliant physicist?
The name “LHCSound” refers to “Csound”, a programming language for audio synthesis and music composition. But how many of their readers will make the connection?
If they are expecting their readers to know what Csound is, then their explanation of the process they used for sonification falls way short. I want to know the details of how they mapped their data to synthesis parameters.
What great sampling material this will make. I wonder how long before we hear electronic music incorporating these sounds.

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