“Timbre Trees” by The George Washington University

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Conference:


SIGGRAPH Video Review:


Track:


    03

Title:


    Timbre Trees

Company / Institution / Agency:


  • The 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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