“Timbre Trees” by The George Washington University
Title:
- Timbre Trees
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Company / Institution / Agency:
- George Washington University
Description:
Timbre Trees are functional compositions of sound, analogous to shade trees. Genetic algorithms were used to mutate these trees, to generate sounds,and to allow the user to guide their evolutions. Parameters from a motion control system were used to drive the synchronization as well as the timbre of sounds.
Hardware:
HARDWARE: Silicon Graphics Indigo, Crimson
Software:
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: James K. Hahn, Larry Gritz, Joe Geigel, Jong
Won Lee, Tapio Takala
Additional Contributors:
Producer: James K. Hahn
Contributors: James K. Hahn, Larry Gritz, Joe Geigel, Jong Won Lee, Tapio Takala
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