Tao's Cellular Material
The Emergent Behaviour of the Material
Instruments and Devices
Generating Sound Output from the Material
In order to generate output waveforms the vibrations of the material are `listened' to directly. In order to achieve this a `sensor' is placed on the surface of the material at a chosen point and a time-varying trace of the motion of the point with respect to the z axis is written to an output file. This numerical data can then be played back as digital audio samples.Output signals may be derived from mathematical expressions involving more than one point on an instrument. In addition, the positions of the points from which the signals are generated may be moved around under algorithmic control. These are just two of the tools at your disposal for creating interesting dynamically evolving sounds.
Tao's Cellular Material
The Emergent Behaviour of the Material
Instruments and Devices